Thomas Distefano, PMP

Experience

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  USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708)

  Oct 2002 - Oct 2008

  Engineering Manager – Engineering Laboratory Division

  Leading Engineering Laboratory Technician, responsible for 8 Engineering Department Sailors and the operation and maintenance of the nuclear propulsion plant, including all aspects of personnel training and qualification, maintenance scheduling and performance, quality management, emergency casualty response, chemistry control, radiation detection and measurement. Managed the Ship’s personnel radiation exposure program. Lead Diver and rescue swimmer, responsible for external hull maintenance and security, personnel safety, and emergency response (lifesaving). Show less

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  Nuclear Power School - Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC)

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2011

  Division Chief and Lead Instructor (Calculus, Differential Equations, & Physics)

  Led a division of 9 naval officers in the instruction of calculus, differential equations, and modern/nuclear physics.

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  Naval Reactors

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2024

  Quality Program Manager for Naval Reactors at the Nation’s largest nuclear capable shipyard responsible for oversight of all aspects of VIRGINIA-class, COLUMBIA-class, LOS ANGLES-class submarine and FORD-class and Nimitz-class carrier programs. Responsibilities encompass all elements of operation including quality assurance, quality control, engineering, technical direction, production performance, cost, schedule, and regulatory compliance. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program’s (NNPP) Senior Quality Program Manager, widely recognized as the expert in shipyard quality assurance and welding. Responsibilities include programmatic leadership and regulatory oversight across all six nuclear capable shipyards in the NNPP. Show less Projects included: • Conversions of two fast attack submarines to a multi-faceted training platform (over $2 billion and 1.7 million man-day projects), three aircraft carrier dry-dock repair projects, two fast attack dry-dock repair projects, two ballistic class submarine nuclear refueling overhauls, and complex nuclear system repairs on three remote site ballistic class submarines.• Improved the engineering, planning, and execution of numerous complex reactor plant repairs through effective oversight, reducing lost work time and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in material and labor cost. • Drove functional area and process improvements across multiple product lines through detailed assessments and participation in Naval Sea Systems Command independent audits of reactor plant work, quality assurance, radiological controls, and project management. • Hand selected by the Director of Naval Reactors to evaluate and drive improved vendor performance in a first-of-a-kind propulsion system construction that will be used in the next ballistic class submarine. Show less

  • Senior Nuclear Quality Assurance Program Manager

    Mar 2020 - Feb 2024

  • Quality Assurance Program Manager

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2020

  • Aircraft Carrier Nuclear Refueling Manager

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2016
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  Isle of Wight County

  Feb 2019 - now

  Planning Commissioner

  Appointed position responsible for objectively reviewing and recommending sound and efficient planning regulations to the legislative body of the community. Responsible for long term comprehensive community planning by assessing all available resources, enhancing scarce resources, drafting plans for the most productive and balanced usage of resources and ascertaining priorities.

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  Ho'olaulima Government Solutions, LLC

  Mar 2024 - now

  Financial Representative