Leadership Team
The strong technical orientation of Holtec International is reflected in the executive management of the company, which is peopled with persons of significant technical and business attainments:
Dr. Kris Singh
Dr. K. P. (Kris) Singh
Dr. K. P. (Kris) Singh is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Holtec International. Dr. Singh received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, a Masters in Engineering Mechanics, also from Penn in 1969, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Ranchi University in India in 1967. He established Holtec in 1986.
Since the mid-1980s, Dr. Singh has endeavored to develop innovative design concepts and inventions that have been translated by the able technology team of Holtec International into equipment and systems that improve the safety and reliability of nuclear fossil renewable energy plants. His work on developing innovative technologies to advance the state-of-the-art has led to 20 patents issued thus far and over a dozen in provisional issuance status. Active for over thirty-five years in the academic aspects of the technologies underlying the power generation industry, Dr. Singh has published over 60 technical papers in the permanent literature in various disciplines of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. He has edited, authored, or co-authored numerous monographs and books, including the widely used text “Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessel Components”, published in 1984. In 1987, he was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has been a member of the American Nuclear Society since 1979 and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1974, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Over the decades, Dr. Singh has participated in technology development roles in a number of national organizations, including the Tubular Exchange Manufacturers Association, the Heat Exchange Institute, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In the late 1980s, he also served as a Professor (Adjunct) of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in pressure vessel technologies. In that period, Dr. Singh also lectured extensively on nuclear technology issues in the U.S. and abroad, providing continuing education courses to practicing engineers.
Dr. Singh has held executive management positions since 1979. Since 1986, he has focused on the growth and success of Holtec International, helping build the company into a technology powerhouse respected for its engineered goods and services around the world.
Dr. Singh’s wife, Martha, runs a real estate holding company with assets in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. Married since 1974, the Singhs have two grown children. The Singh family supports secular charitable causes in the U.S. and around the world through a privately funded entity registered as the KPS Foundation. One of KPS Foundation’s major gifts is a $20 million contribution to the “Krishna P. Singh Nanotechnology Center” being built at the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Dr. Singh serves on several corporate boards including the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Board of Overseers, School of Engineering and Applied Science (University of Pennsylvania), and Holtec International.
Dr. Alan Soler
Dr. Alan Soler is the Executive Vice President of Holtec International. Dr. Soler received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1959, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958.
In the early-1960s, Dr. Soler was active in technology development and consulting in the nuclear power industry while a Member of the Technical Staff at the Ingersoll-Rand Research Center. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Soler joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he remained until taking early retirement in 1991. During his tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, he rose to the position of Full Professor and was acting department chairman for two years during the late 1980s. During Dr. Soler’s tenure at the university, he remained active in consulting for the nuclear and fossil power industry on a steady basis, and occasionally provided consulting services to the legal industry. Dr. Soler’s technical focus encompassed the broad area of Structural Mechanics and Seismic Analysis of structural components and assemblies. Since 1986, Dr. Soler has focused on development and application of novel design concepts to the equipment for wet and dry storage of spent nuclear fuel. Active for over forty-five years in mechanical engineering, Dr. Soler has published numerous technical papers in the permanent literature in various disciplines of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. He is a co-author of the monograph “Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessel Components”, published in 1984. Dr. Soler is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1955.
Dr. Soler has participated in the technology development activities of the Tubular Exchange Manufacturers Association, the Heat Exchange Institute, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and has lectured extensively in the U.S and abroad on various engineering topics. At various times in his engineering career, Dr. Soler has held a U.S. Air Force Secret Clearance and an Atomic Energy “Q” Clearance.
Mr. Frank Bongrazio
Mr. Frank Bongrazio is the Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Holtec International. Mr. Bongrazio received a B.S. in Accounting from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1972 and graduated from the Federal Reserve School for Senior Bank Examiners (1978). In his early career, he was Bank financial examiner for the State of New Jersey (1971-1982). Vice President and Senior Credit Officer of a billion-dollar regional bank (1982-91): managed over one-third of the bank’s investments. Mr. Bongrazio is the recipient of numerous awards from the State of New Jersey. CFO and Vice President of Holtec International since 1992. Responsible for all commercial aspects of the Company’s business, including lines of credit, bonding credit, cash flow management, and benefit plans. The Human Resources Department (HR) also reports to Mr. Bongrazio.
Under Mr. Bongrazio, Holtec has consistently maintained the highest Dunn & Bradstreet rating and remains completely debt free. Thanks to a consistently solid financial performance under Mr. Bongrazio’s leadership, Holtec International has virtually unlimited access to investment capital and other instruments for business operations such as performance bonds and letters-of-credit.
Mr. Bongrazio is a member of Holtec’s Board of Directors and chairman of the executive committee.
Mr. Pierre Paul Oneid
Mr. Pierre Paul Oneid is Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of Holtec International. He has also been recently named President of SMR, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International. SMR, LLC is developing Small Modular Reactor to be deployed around the Globe. Mr. Oneid earned an Executive Master of Business Administration from Queens University in Canada in 1998 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada in 1981. Mr. Oneid is a Professional Engineer with thirty years of experience in the Nuclear Industry, including twelve years in mechanical and structural design, eight years of business development and corporate strategy, and 10 years in executive positions. Prior to joining Holtec, he served as an executive in charge of Global Marketing & Sales, Nuclear Division, for Stone & Webster, A Shaw Group Company. Mr. Oneid is the longest serving member of NEI, Nuclear Strategic Initiative Advisory Committee (NSIAC).
Mr. Oneid is Holtec corporate executive responsible for Nuclear Projects, Manufacturing, Corporate Strategy, and Marketing & Sales. Mr. Oneid views himself as Holtec’s transformation executive with the mission to imbue the company with a “Customer First Customer Foremost” ethos through which he seeks to deepen the company’s relationships with its clients using a core group of the company’s personnel dedicated to strengthening service and responsiveness. In addition to being a die-hard “nuke”, Mr. Oneid is an enthusiastic skier and recreational aviator. Pierre and his wife Michele have four children and live in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Dr. William S. Woodward
Dr. William S. Woodward is Senior Vice President of International Projects. Dr. Woodward received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and has thirty years of experience in nuclear engineering technology and nuclear programs development. In executive management at the Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, Dr. Woodward developed and managed Westinghouse’s research programs for both the nuclear fuels and the nuclear services business sectors, including the U.S. DOE Multi-purpose Canister development program. Early in his career, he worked on the development of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project and is the author of a dozen archival papers, numerous internal reports, and one patent. Dr. Woodward is a member of the ASME and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. Dr. Woodward is Holtec’s corporate executive responsible for the development of the company's international business in dry spent fuel storage.