Tony Kurdy was selected as a Senior Executive Service member in March 2023, and currently serves as the Executive Director of Radiological Controls for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF). He has overall responsibility for all aspects of the execution of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program’s Radiological Control responsibilities for PSNS & IMF at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Wash.; Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington; Naval Base Kitsap-Everett, Wash.; San Diego, Calif.; and Yokosuka, Japan.
Prior to his appointment, Kurdy served as the Pacific Northwest Director of Radiological Controls from March 2019 to March 2023. He was responsible for technical and administrative direction of all personnel and functions encompassed by the radiological controls organization located in Bremerton, Bangor, and Everett. These functions included engineering, training, oversight and surveillance, material accountability, emergency planning, environmental monitoring, personnel dosimetry, and radiation health.
From March 2016 to March 2019, Kurdy was the Head of Nuclear Test Engineering at PSNS & IMF. He was responsible for all aspects of nuclear propulsion plant operation, testing and maintenance on all classes of nuclear-powered warships maintained by PSNS & IMF in Bremerton, Bangor, Everett, San Diego, Guam, and Yokosuka. In this role he was the single technical authority in the interpretation of the nuclear reactor plant manual and associated technical manuals.
From January 2009 to March 2016, Kurdy was a Chief Test Engineer, and subsequently the Waterfront Operations Manager in the Nuclear Test Engineering Division for nuclear powered aircraft carriers at PSNS & IMF. In these roles he was responsible for all aspects of nuclear propulsion plant operation, testing, and maintenance on nuclear powered aircraft carriers, and led maintenance availabilities on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in San Diego, and twice on USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in Yokosuka.
Kurdy began his career in January 1999, in the Nuclear Test Engineering division at PSNS & IMF. He qualified as a Shift Test Engineer in June 2001, and progressed in various supervisory positions prior to being selected as a Chief Test Engineer.
Kurdy graduated from Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and from Carroll College with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Mathematics in 1998.