Michael Bebon, P.E.

Experience

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  Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Long Island Lighting Company

  Jun 1972 - Apr 1977

  Field Engineer/Project Engineer

  Field engineer managing design and installation of natural gas distribution infrastructure in Brooklyn and Queens NY. Design oversight responsibility for balance of plant mechanical systems at Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.

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  US Dept of Agriculture (USDA)

  Apr 1977 - Sept 1980

  Chief of Engineering and Plant Management

  Project Manager for major expasion of state of the art biological containment laboratories. Responsible for facilities and plant operations, maintenance, design and construction at Plum Island, including marine transportation operations.Consultant to the World Health Organization (United Nations) in engineering design of biocontainment laboratories; consulting assignments in Panama and Mexico

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  US Department of Energy

  Sept 1980 - Jan 1985

  Construction Project Manager

  Managed all phases of multi-million dollar construction projects at Brookhaven National Laboratory, including development of engineering design, cost estimates, and schedules. Provided construction management technical services. As a warranted Government Contracting Officer ($2million authority) , prepared and awarded contracts for AE services, consulting services and construction. Administered contracts through acceptance and final payment.

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  US Department of Energy, Brookhaven Area Office

  Jan 1985 - Sept 1987

  Deputy Area Manager

  Deputy to DOE Area Manager with responsibility for all aspects of operations at Brookhaven National Laboratory

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  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Apr 1989 - now

  Serve as the Deputy for Operations / Chief Operating Officer for the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) the world's newest and brightest synchrotron light source recently completed at a cost of $1 billion, with a staff of 350 people and an annual operating budget of $110 million. The facility start-up is completed, with early operations in progress along with design, construction and installation of 28 beamlines, and the beginning of experiments by visiting scientists from around the globe. Responsibilities include oversight of all facets of operations. Show less Serve as an internal consultant and advisor to the senior leadership of the Laboratory on leadership and management decision-making as well as various projects and initiatives. Current assignments include managing the start-up of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) the Laboratory's newest accelerator facility. This newly constructed, $1Billion facility is entering the completion/commissioning phase with completion targeted for 2014. Also responsible for coordination and management oversight of SGRID3, the Lab's largest project in smart grid technology development and deployment, being conducted jointly with Stony Brook University. Show less Deputy Director for Operations at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), reporting to the Laboratory Director. Member of BNL’s three person senior leadership team (Lab Director, Deputy Director for Science & Technology, Deputy Director for Operations). Responsible for all non-science functions at BNL including Facilities & Operations, ES&H, Finance, HR, Environmental Restoration (EM) projects, IT, major construction, energy management and utility contracts management, community and stakeholder relations, and other mission support services. Responsibilities also include work on a range of leadership and management initiatives across the Laboratory’s science and support organizations.BNL is one of the DOE Office of Science multi-program national laboratories, with 3.000 employees, over 4,000 visiting scientists, and an annual budget of over $700M. Show less Responsible for the complete portfolio of facilities management services to a 5,300 acre site with 4 million sf of space in 350 buildings, including state of the art research laboratories and large experimental machines - particle accelerators, light source, nuclear facilities. Services provided included site planning, engineering design and project/construction management, utilities plant and distribution systems operations, maintenance and real property management, security and police operations, high tech machine shops/fabrication services, environmental remediation projects and fire department operations. Responsible for developing and supporting annual budgets over $150m and developing proposals to competitively capture construction projects in the $50-100M range.Negotiated contracts with local unions and the electric utility. Show less

  • Senior Advisor to the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Photon Sciences

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Operations Manager/COO, Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Deputy for Operations, NSLS-II

    Feb 2015 - Oct 2019

  • Senior Advisor for Special Projects

    Oct 2013 - Feb 2015

  • Deputy Director for Operations

    Oct 2003 - Oct 2013

  • Assistant Lab Director for Facilities & Operations

    Jan 1998 - Sept 2003

  • Assistant Laboratory Director, Management & Physical Plant

    Feb 1994 - Dec 1997

  • Manager, Plant Engineering

    Apr 1989 - Mar 1994
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  Shelter Island Town Government

  Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

  Councilman, Town of Shelter island

  Serve the people of Shelter Island as an elected member of the five person Town Board.