Rex Geveden became chief operating officer at BWX Technologies in 2015 and CEO in January. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Rex Geveden was 8 years old when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon in July 1969.
“We all watched that on television … my parents woke me up at night for it,” he recalls. “It had a profound influence on me, and it caused me to be interested in science.”
The moon landing inspired the Mayfield, Ky., native to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics and go on to work for NASA, eventually becoming one of its highest-ranking officials.
A private industry executive for the past decade, Geveden in January became president and CEO of Lynchburg-based BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT), which has annual revenue of $1.5 billion.
