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Dr Steve Rottler

Non-Executive Director

J. Stephen (Steve) Rottler is currently serving on the AWE ML Board and will continue his work with AWE as he moves to the plc Board. Steve is Senior Vice President for Global Laboratory Operations at the Battelle Memorial Institute, representing Battelle in the management and operation of national laboratories for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration.

Steve was Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President for National Security Programs at Sandia National Laboratories prior to his retirement in April 2017. In this role, he led the Laboratories’ Nuclear Weapons

Program and was responsible for Sandia’s Counterintelligence Program. He held other executive roles during his 32-year career at Sandia, including Vice President of Sandia’s California Laboratory. In this role, he managed Sandia’s site in Livermore, California and led Sandia’s energy and climate business unit.

Steve is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a recipient of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration Silver Medal for Distinguished Service, Department of the Air Force Award for Exemplary Civilian Service, and Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award.

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