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Knoxville, TN — Robert J. Brown, PE, who was deputy manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Operations Office until his retirement in March, 2011, has joined Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc. (BWSC) as Client Manager in the firm’s Federal Program Business Unit.
“Robert Brown is highly respected in the engineering community nationwide for his abilities and for his leadership of the Department of Energy’s operations in Oak Ridge,” said Robert Higgins, Chief Executive Officer of BWSC. “We are very pleased that he is now a colleague at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon.”
Brown held a variety of leadership, management, and engineering positions during his 38-year tenure with the Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) office of the Department of Energy (DOE). At BWSC, Brown will lead business development and client relations for DOE projects.
BWSC has worked continuously since 1991 on hundreds of projects on the Oak Ridge campus. Clients have included the Department of Energy, Bechtel Jacobs, and many other DOE contractors. BWSC has completed projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Y-12 National Security Complex, the Heritage Center, the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, and the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee.
Prior to serving as deputy manager of DOE’s Oak Ridge Operations office, Brown was Chief Operations Officer for ORO, a multi-program complex that includes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Y-12, and the East Tennessee Technical Park. During his tenure, he also served as assistant manager for Assets Utilization, executive director for the Oak Ridge Construction and Engineering Division; director of the Project Management Division, and Deputy Assistant Manager of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for ORO.
Brown is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a resident of Farragut, Tennessee. He serves as the vice chairman of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. |
