The Board of Directors of Professional Project Services, Inc. (Pro2Serve®), has announced several executive promotions to become effective January 1, the beginning of the Company’s fiscal year 2010.

Dr. L. Barry Goss, Pro2Serve’s founder and current Chairman of the Board and President, will assume the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for leading the continued strategic growth and development of the Company.  Dr. Goss has more than 35 years of experience in engineering and environmental management, serving in technical and management roles in TVA and in corporate leadership roles in Battelle and SAIC before founding Pro2Serve in 1996.

Mark DeGraff, current Executive Vice President, will assume the role of President, with line responsibility for Pro2Serve’s four primary business units—Engineering, National Security Programs, Integrated Physical Security Solutions, and Environmental Management—as well as its Program Management, Business Development, and Administration organizations.  Mr. DeGraff has nearly 30 years of DOE and commercial nuclear experience. Prior to joining Pro2Serve in 2002, he served in technical and management roles with Parallax, United Energy Services Corporation, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the General Electric Company.

Andy Smith, current Vice President of Business Development Services, will assume the role of Senior Vice President of Business Development, with responsibility for leading the Company’s new business development activities across all its business units. Andy has over 35 years of experience in the nuclear industry serving in technical, management and business development roles with Westinghouse, Nuclear Fuel Services, and Duratek.  He joined Pro2Serve in February of this year after serving as president of WESKEM, an Oak Ridge-based waste management company.

Kirk Ellard, current Assistant Vice President for Pro2Serve’s Security Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will assume the role of Vice President and Senior Program Manager for Pro2Serve’s Integrated Physical Security Solutions Division, with responsibility for ensuring program performance across the Division’s numerous physical security contracts.  Mr. Ellard has more than 30 years experience in engineering, project management, and national security. He had responsible charge for $1.4B of construction for DOE and DoD projects, including a $400M international collaboration with Russia.

Pro2Serve is an Oak Ridge-based company which provides critical infrastructure engineering services in support of national security.  Pro2Serve has grown steadily over its 13 year history, has twice been named to the Inc 500 list of the Nation’s fastest growing private companies, and is the largest engineering firm headquartered in East Tennessee.  The Company has offices and staff located across the Nation and is in the process of moving into a new corporate headquarters in the National Energy Security Center as the anchor tenant in the Oak Ridge Science and Technology Park, the first commercial park to be located within the confines of a National Laboratory.

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