Brad Tomer is chief operating officer at the National Reactor Innovation Center at the Idaho National Laboratory managing the day-to-day operations of the NRIC. Prior to NRIC, Brad served as interim CEO and VP of Operations for Avitas Systems, a GE Venture offering robotic-based data collection techniques and cutting-edge analytics and artificial intelligence to drive predictive industrial insights and actions.
Brad is former chief engineer and GM, Advanced Technology for GE Oil and Gas where he was responsible for developing and implementing engineering processes and procedures and developing advanced technologies for the entire oil and gas value stream. Prior to GE, Brad served as chief operating officer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory implementing science and technology programs. Previously at NETL he served as director of the Office of Major Demonstrations overseeing a $3.5 billion investment in carbon capture, utilization, and storage from large point source emitters of carbon dioxide. In addition, Mr. Tomer served several years as NETL’s director for the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil developing and implementing research and development programs in oil and gas exploration, production, infrastructure, and utilization.
Early in his career, Brad worked at the Belvoir Research, Development & Engineering Center and successfully developed advanced technologies to support US military operations. He has a B.S. degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from George Mason University, and a master’s degree in economics from West Virginia University.
