Corporate Leadership

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. K. P. (Kris) Singh is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Holtec International, an energy technology company that he established in 1986. 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.

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 and fossil power plants. Dr. Singh holds numerous patents on storage and transport technologies for used nuclear fuel, and on heat exchangers/pressure vessels used in nuclear and fossil power plants. Active for over thirty years in the academic aspects of the technologies underlying the power generation industry, Dr. Singh has published numerous 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 is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and has been a member of the American Nuclear Society since 1979, and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1974.

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. Dr. Singh has lectured extensively on nuclear technology issues in the U.S. and abroad, providing continuing education courses to practicing engineers.

Dr. Singh’s executive management experience extends to 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 Singh's have two grown children; their son is an established music producer and their daughter currently works at the University of Pennsylvania. 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.

Dr. Singh serves on several corporate boards including the Nuclear Energy Institute and the board of Overseers, School of Engineering and Applied Science (University of Pennsylvania), and Holtec International.

Dr. Alan Soler is the Executive Vice President of Holtec International, an energy technology company that he helped to establish in 1986. 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-1960’s, 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-1960’s, 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 1980’s. 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.

Dr. Soler and his wife Deborah have been married since 1960, have three grown children (two are managers at Holtec International) and eight grandchildren, and have travel extensively in the U.S, Europe, and the Far East.

Dr. Soler serves on the corporate board of Holtec International.

Mr. Frank Bongrazio is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President 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.

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.

Dr. Ranga Nadig is the Vice President of Holtec International leading the Fossil Power Division of the company. Dr. Nadig is an internationally recognized expert in the design of power plant heat transfer equipment. He has several patents on heat exchanger design and is the author of numerous technical papers on condensation heat transfer in permanent literature. Under Dr. Nadig’s leadership, Holtec International has received several industry awards for innovative equipment designs. Dr. Nadig is the top company executive responsible for the operation and growth of the company’s non-nuclear businesses consolidated under the Fossil Power Division. Starting in 1987, Dr. Nadig has shepherded the steady expansion of the Fossil Power Division in the international markets, making the term “Holtec heat exchanger” synonymous with utmost reliability. Over 120 main steam condensers and hundreds of heat exchangers (including feedwater heaters) have been delivered by the Fossil Power Division to worldwide clients under Dr. Nadig’s leadership.

Since 2000, Dr. Nadig has served as the corporate sponsor for pushing the technology envelope in air cooled condenser design and manufacturing to provide a 21st century solution to an emerging 21st century problem (scarcity of water for power plant operation and environmental restriction). The company is on track to have its first ACC installation completed in 2007.

Dr. Nadig’s wife, Madhura, has a M.S. in Computer Science from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. The Nadigs make their home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Mr. Pierre Paul Oneid is the Senior Vice President of Holtec International. Mr. Oneid earned an Executive Master of Business Administration from Queens University in Canada in 1998 and a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada in 1981. Mr. Oneid is a Professional Engineer with twenty-four years of experience in the Nuclear Industry, including twelve years in mechanical and structural design and twelve years of business development and corporate strategy. Prior to joining Holtec, he served as an executive in charge of Global Marketing & Sales, Nuclear Division, for Stone & Webster, A Shaw Group Company. A member of NEI, Nuclear Strategic Initiative Advisory Committee (NSIAC).

Mr. Oneid is the corporate executive responsible for Strategy, Marketing and Sales, and Operations support. 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 avid skier and recreational aviator.

Dr. William S. Woodward is Vice President of Holtec International. 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.

Dr. Woodward is an accomplished musician on the bassoon. His wife, Sandy, is also an active musician in local orchestra groups. The Woodwards have three children; the oldest, Kristen, is pursuing chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Tim and Matthew are in high school.