Christopher Beatty has worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for over 10 years, he is currently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate (FFESD) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Previously at ORNL he was in the Mission Support Rotational Leadership Development Program where he was a member of the Senior Mission Support Staff. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team Chris rotated through divisions in the Mission Support Directorate to be exposed to a wide variety key ORNL mission-support functions coupled with mentored leadership development. As a Senior Mission Support Staff Chris also responded to special projects originating in the Mission Support Directorates and the Lab Director’s Office. Prior to supporting mission-support Chris came to ORNL to support the US ITER Project. Chris supported US ITER as a field engineer, quality assurance engineer and a senior systems engineer.
Prior to coming to ORNL Chris worked for Jacobs Technology supporting NASA on the Constellation Program as a senior systems engineer and team lead for systems engineering team and CFD team supporting loss of crew and loss of mission calculations. Chris also worked for TYBRIN Corporation supporting the Space and Missile Defense Command at the Kwajalein Missile Test Range where his primary duties were trajectory and debris analysis for launch vehicles and missiles. Chris did the Range Safety Analysis for the first SpaceX Falcon 1 launch from Kwajalein. Christopher is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University where he earned a Master of Science in Physics and the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics.
Christopher Beatty is a member of the 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville Inc. (BMOGK) where he has served as the Chapter President since 2017 where he actively participates in the mentoring of young men from single parent homes. Christopher is also active in the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), National Society of Black Physicist (NSBP), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). Chris has one adult daughter that is currently living in South Korea. Chris is married to his wife Miriam.