President and
Chief Executive Officer
Aris Candris became president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company on July 1, 2008.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Candris served as senior vice president, Nuclear Fuel, providing fuel fabrication, components and services to commercial nuclear power plants worldwide.
Prior to this role, which he assumed in September 2006, Dr. Candris served as senior vice president in charge of the Nuclear Services business unit. He first held this position in 2000 and resumed the role in 2004 after completing a special assignment as senior vice president, Operational Excellence, from June 2003 through August 2004, during which time he developed the formative stages of the Westinghouse Customer 1st initiative.
From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Candris was vice president and general manager of the Nuclear Services business unit; vice president of Nuclear Services operations; director of Nuclear Services projects; and director of Nuclear Technology.
Between 1980 and 1995, Dr. Candris managed Nuclear Technology and Nuclear Services organizations in the areas of operating plant marketing; strategic operations; nuclear safety analysis and strategic development; functional design; reliability technologies; and reliability engineering. He began his Westinghouse career in 1975 as a senior engineer in the former Advanced Reactor Division.
Dr. Candris holds a B.A. from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He is a member of the Boards of Trustees for Carnegie Mellon University, Transylvania University and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. He serves on the Board of Directors for Pittsburgh's Allegheny Conference on Community Development and is a member of its Executive Committee. Dr. Candris also serves on the Advisory Board of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute and the World Nuclear Association Boards of Directors.
