John Sinclair III has extensive experience managing nuclear operations and facilities, including experience restarting three major nuclear programs. He has overseen large budgets up to $250M annually and organizations with up to 400 personnel. Currently, he works as a senior project manager and nuclear operations specialist, providing consulting services including program management and operations assessments.

1. John Sinclair III
Knoxville, TN 37934 | (865) 207-9109
Sinclairiii@aol.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Extensive experience in the nuclear industry and Department of Energy Facilities managing actions to start, restart,
and operate high consequence nuclear component manufacturing and nuclear operations facilities.
 Management of large programs and organizations, including up to $250M+ per year annual budget and
management of professional and craft organizations of up to 400 personnel.
 Extensive experience managing facility startup and Operational Readiness activities, including the successful
restart of three major nuclear programs per “DOE O 425.1, Startup, and Restart of Nuclear Facilities”.
Key Competencies and Skills
 Operations  Program / Project Management
 Engineering  Manufacturing
 Infrastructure Management  Research & Development
 Production Control  Quality Assurance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STRATA-G LLC, Knoxville, TN 2014 – CURRENT
Senior Project Manager/Nuclear Operations Specialist Consulting
 Performed operations assessment for infrastructure support services at the Kings Bay Naval Shipyard
 Providing program management services to Y-12 Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities (RTBF)
AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE MANUFACTURING, LLC (ACM), Oak Ridge, TN 2007 - 2014
Operations Director
 Managed plant operations at the 400K ft2 ACM facility and managed Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities,
Warehousing / Logistics, Machine Assembly (Piketon, OH), and over $120M in equipment installation and facility
mods, including automated machining centers, > 40 multi-axis precision CNC machines, and other advanced
technologies.
 Managed startup and qualification of NQA-1 compliant engineering and manufacturing programs.
 Implemented Con-Ops, ERP, SPC, lean manufacturing principles and ExtendSimTM.
 Achieved All ACM product delivery milestones on the program, including shipment of the USEC RD&D cascade
machines 89 days ahead of schedule and under budget.
BWXT Y-12, Oak Ridge, TN 2003 - 2007
Quality Assurance Division Manager 2006 - 2007
 Managed the Y-12 Quality Assurance policies, requirements and oversight for all Y-12 missions, and a staff of
approximately 420 QA / QC personnel with an annual operating budget of over $40M.
 Product Inspection (dimensional inspection, mechanical testing, welder quals, and NDT), the Oak Ridge
Metrology Center and Y-12 Analytical Laboratories.
 Quality Assurance Engineering. Conduct of Operations oversight, Self-Assessment programs, and Issues
Management for the Y-12 Complex
Director, Uranium Processing Facility Project 2005 - 2006
 Managed the UPF project team and submittal of the conceptual design (CD-1 per DOE Order 413) to NNSA for the
proposed multi-billion-dollar UPF facility.
 Optimized efforts that reduced the planned square footage by 46% and estimated total project costs by 40%.
 Applied EXTENDTM modeling, lean technology principles, modular cell designs, and recognized technology risk-
analysis and project risk analysis methodologies.

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 Attained extensive stakeholder, national laboratory, and NNSA involvement to gain buy-in to the revised
conceptual design.
BWXT Y-12 (continued)
Director, Y-12 Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities (RTBF) Program 2003 - 2005
 Managed the $250M+ per year Y-12 infrastructure program that included operations and maintenance of the
facilities, capital construction, nuclear material management, material recycle and recovery, and Y-12 strategic
planning.
 Managed significant improvements on the multi-million dollar Facilities and Infrastructure Revitalization
Program (FIRP) that included: facility D&D, capital facility replacement, and refurbishment efforts. Received
NNSA performance ratings recognition for FIRP schedule and budget performance.
 Completed over 20 capital construction projects with a combined value of over $100M.
 Disposed of over 200 tons of highly enriched and depleted uranium for mission use and disposal.
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (SECONDED FROM BWXT), Oak Ridge, TN 2000 - 2003
Operational Readiness Review Manager 2002 - 2003
 Managed the operational readiness review activities for restart of the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) restart in
2002.
ORNL Uranium-233 Deputy Program Manager 2000 - 2002
 Operated management and readiness preparation for the facility and operations personnel required to restart
fissile handling operations for the U-233 Inspection and Repackaging Program in Building 3019.
Babcock and Wilcox Hanford Company, Hanford, WA 1998 - 2000
Senior Program Manager, Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP)
 Managed Project Controls and restart of nuclear operations following two-year shutdown.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, Idaho Falls, ID - Program Manager High Level Liquid Waste
Babcock and Wilcox Idaho, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID - R&D and Engineering Director, Specific Manufacturing Facility
Babcock and Wilcox Naval Nuclear Fuel Division, Lynchburg, VA - Engineering Management
EDUCATION
Master of Administration (MA), Industrial Management
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 Active member of Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of East Tennessee
 Hold DOE-Q security clearance
AWARDS
 “Excellence in Laboratory Operations” recognition from the ORNL Laboratory Director in 2002 for actions
associated with achieving Operational Readiness of the High Flux Isotope Reactor.

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 Others available upon request