Jason Hatfield

Jason Hatfield is Vice President, Chief of Staff for TRISO-X, an X-energy subsidiary, where he helps advance the company’s mission to manufacture the most robust nuclear fuel on Earth.

He brings more than two decades of leadership across the nation’s most demanding nuclear operations. Before TRISO-X, he was Senior Vice President, Operations at Longenecker & Associates, with P&L responsibility for more than half the firm’s business. Earlier roles include Mission Assurance Director for the Waste Treatment Plant in Richland, Washington, and corporate manager of Startup and Operations for Bechtel National, overseeing readiness across major DOE and DOD sites. During 18-plus years at the Y-12 National Security Complex, he served as Deputy Project Manager of the Uranium Processing Facility and led the on-time, under-budget startup of the $550M Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility.

Hatfield holds a B.S. from Tennessee Technological University and an M.B.A. from Middle Tennessee State University.