Ralph Stoll

Experience & Activities

About

Senior Partner and President, Predicus LLC – executive-level decision support consulting, performance assessment of complex projects with large uncertainties and risks, US and international nuclear waste management, project management of exceptional teams  

Experience and Activities 

I have been a senior leader and engineer with over 40 years of experience in two successful professional careers in the US military and in international business development, strategic planning, and nuclear project management. My business experience includes detailed knowledge of the nuclear fuel cycle including safe naval nuclear power plant operations, maintenance, and training.   

In a 27-year career in the United States Navy to the rank of Captain, I was Commanding Officer of three nuclear-powered submarines during new construction, attack submarine operations, and strategic ballistic missile deterrent patrols. While serving on the International Military Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium I was part of its very first military cooperation program with Russia and the countries of the Former Soviet Union, focused on establishing a culture of civilian control, accountability, and safety of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons then under military supervision.  

As a commercial business entrepreneur for over 20 years, I have been an integral partner in the startup and operation of multiple international companies in the fields of nuclear waste management, fissile material disposition, private equity investment in new technology innovation, and executive-level decision support in a political environment.  

Professional Skills  

• Nuclear culture, training, and safety assessment 

• Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management 
• Nuclear submarine construction, operations, and maintenance 
• State-of-the-art probabilistic risk assessment of complex projects 
• Executive-level decision support 

Experience  

• Commanding Officer, PCU ALBANY (SSN 753), new construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia – the first improved design 688 Class SSN and the last traditional launch sliding down the building ways 
• Commanding Officer, USS NORFOLK (SSN 714), Norfolk, Virginia – North Atlantic operations 
• Commanding Officer, USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729), Bangor, Washington – strategic deterrent patrol operations 

• Nuclear Policy Division, International Military Staff, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium 
• Vice President, Golder Associates Inc., Redmond, Washington 
• Vice President for US Policy, Pangea Resources Inc., Seattle, Washington 
• Senior Consultant, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., Preston, UK 
• Vice President for Operations, IgniteIP LLC, Seattle, Washington 

• Senior Partner and President, Predicus LLC, Seattle, Washington 

Qualifications  

• B.S., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 

• M.S. (Nuclear Engineering), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 
• National War College (Diploma with distinction), Washington, D.C. 
• M.S. (Business Administration), Boston University, Brussels, Belgium 
• US Navy – qualified in submarine warfare, and for submarine command, naval nuclear propulsion plant operations, system maintenance, personnel qualification, and safety training 

Major Projects  

Predicus LLC is a 15-year contracted consultant to the US Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to develop an integrated nuclear waste management program strategy, using a consent-based siting process for a consolidated interim storage facility and/or a permanent deep geologic repository.