David Farr

I am an executive with over 25 years of international experience achieving operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and cultural transformation within the energy sector. I have successfully led large-scale and high-stakes initiatives across government, commercial, and regulatory domains in the U.S., UK, UAE, and Japan. I am adept at strategic planning, asset management, and operations & engineering oversight. I have successfully managed billion-dollar capital budgets.

CEO & Managing Partner, Peachtree Management Consulting Corporation, Atlanta, GA 09/17 to 05/22

Steered global consulting initiatives by overseeing all aspects of operational assessments and leadership development programs to improve overall performance. Conducted workflow analyses, developed capability-building frameworks, and promoted regulatory alignment to support operational readiness and safety excellence across international sites. Worked in the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

• Secured $1.2M in savings for ENEC by renegotiating vendor contracts, mitigating inefficiencies, and coaching senior leadership on best practices.
• Identified procedural gaps during the Fukushima recovery review and implemented corrective actions aligned with best practices.
• Delivered client presentations, guided disaster recovery efforts, and simplified complex operational processes to increase workflow efficiency and influence decision-making.

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) – Atlanta, GA

• Directed technical operations across Engineering, Chemistry, Equipment Reliability, Asset Protection, and Configuration Management.
• Oversaw a team of 30 direct and 360 indirect staff, guiding cross-functional initiatives that advanced performance and safety standards across the U.S. nuclear fleet.
• Managed INPO’s supplier participant program, maintaining strategic partnerships with 17 global vendors, including GE, Westinghouse, and Toshiba.
• Championed improvements to plant evaluation processes and field team engagement models.
• Played a key leadership role in shaping national strategies for nuclear safety, asset performance, and vendor oversight.

Constellation Energy, Chicago 01/14 to 12/16

Administered a $1B+ capital and O&M portfolio across 23 units and 18 nuclear sites in compliance with safety, regulatory, and operational standards. Provided oversight to high-risk initiatives while coordinating cross-functional teams to accomplish operational goals. Oversaw project planning and execution and led vendor negotiations.

• Reduced contractor expenses by $20M through vendor contract renegotiation and implementation of improved project management practices.
• Executed three 18-day refueling outages at LaSalle County Station with zero schedule slippage through detailed planning, stakeholder engagement, and real-time risk mitigation.
• Instituted lessons-learned protocols post-outage to shorten cycle time and minimize financial exposure.
• Redesigned project forecasting processes, achieving accuracy within 10% over a 2-year reporting period.

Supervised operations across all functional areas, including safety, engineering, maintenance, work control, outage management, and supply chain. Headed six direct reports and managed performance of 625 station personnel. Offered executive leadership to optimize the operations of a 1280 MWe four-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactor.

• Achieved the station’s first cycle-to-cycle run, improving plant reliability and operational resilience.
• Championed efforts to sustain an operating capacity factor exceeding 90% across multiple consecutive cycles.
• Led a full performance turnaround of a major facility through strategic alignment and disciplined execution.
• Served as the public-facing Site Director during emergency situations to maintain organizational accountability.

• Master of Business Administration, Finance, Northwestern University
• Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology