Millennium Magazine_17th Ed_Gerald Gruenbaum

293 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition ENERGY, ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING serves as the managing director of AlKel Diversified Services. Previously, Mr. Williams found success in positions of high leadership at Xcel Energy, the Nebraska Public Power District and Consumers Energy. He began his vocational journey as a reactor engineer for the state of Wisconsin in 1986. Ever committed to his profession, he remains affiliated with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Williams was inspired to enter the nuclear industry due to his precociousness as a student — having impressed his high school physics teacher, who assigned him more specific questions, he developed a fascination for nuclear energy. He subsequently studied nuclear engineering at the University of Arizona, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1984. Eminently qualified in his field, he is also certified as a reactor operator by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As a testament to his expertise in the field, Mr. Williams has attained a number of accolades, including the Nuclear Energy Innovation Award in 2021 and the Top Innovative Practice Award from Consumers Energy in 2020, among several others. Additional accomplishments to his credit include his discovery of a process that enabled the recovery of zirconium oxide and uranium oxide from a specific ore, and he was the lead developer of the first technique to robotically repair or mitigate loaded or spent nuclear canisters. Among his achievements, Mr. Williams is particularly proud to have struck out on his own. Though he has worked for several organizations throughout his career, he has always performed better in an independent capacity, through which he could help individual power plants in a more precise manner. Looking toward the future, he aspires to continue expanding the scope of his business and obtaining more clients. Recognized for nearly four decades of service in the field of nuclear engineering, Allen L. Williams has distinguished himself as the managing director at WDPMS, a consulting service based in Arizona that works on behalf of the energy industry. Hailing from extensive experience in project management, he also ALLEN L. WILLIAMS MANAGING DIRECTOR WDPMS Peoria, AZ

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