Cecil Parks

Background

About Cecil Parks

Dr. Parks joined Boston Government Services (BGS) as Chief Nuclear Technology Officer in March 2021. Prior to joining BGS, Dr. Parks’ career spanned over 42 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where he had served since 2009 as Director of multiple research divisions focused on nuclear science and engineering. As Director, he guided the start-up, maturation, and/or transition of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division (2018=2021), the former Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division (2014 – 2018), the former Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division (2010 – 2014, 2016), and the former Nuclear Science and Technology Division (2009 – 2010). In these senior leadership positions, Dr. Parks has been responsible for line management, strategic planning, and mission execution for diverse R&D organizations and programs engaged in basic and applied science and technology for nuclear reactor and fuel cycle systems, isotope production and processing, and nuclear nonproliferation and safeguards. He has collaborated across the DOE complex and has extensive experience in programmatic business development and execution with a wide range of government agencies and industry. He has supported strategic planning and independent review activities for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Parks is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and is an author or co-author of over 150 technical papers, reports, or journal articles.