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Corporate Officers

Our corporate officers are the following highly skilled professionals:

Michael H. Evans
President & Chief Executive Officer

Romaine Evans
Executive Vice President

Ben Jerrell
Chief Financial Officer

J. Richard Macon
Vice President of Business Development

Sue Mitchell
Manager of Bids, Proposals, and Contracts


 

 

 

 

GEM Executive Management

Leading GEM Technologies, Inc. is a team of experienced professionals in business, engineering & technical services, and construction fields. Our executive team's responsibilities vary from providing corporate strategic vision to day-to-day operations. They are accountable for making good business decisions that benefit both the company and our clients.

Members of our management team are:

Michael H. Evans

President/CEO and founder of GEM Technologies, Inc.
mevans@gemserve.com

Michael H. EvansProvides overall management of daily business operations, establishes company objectives, interfaces with clients, and provides management and technical support of projects. Mr. Evans has over 32 years experience as an engineer to Department of Energy contractors and electrical utilities. This includes managing and supporting projects involving analyses of radioactive waste, identifying methodologies to immobilize and process TRU waste, validating project costs for certification to regulatory standards, planning facility modifications, evaluating decontamination methodologies, developing methods of decommissioning and cost schedules, providing oversight to selected nuclear plant systems, training nuclear personnel on design and procurement procedures, providing licensing and regulatory support, and evaluating nuclear plant fire protection systems.

Mr. Evans has an MS in Nuclear Engineering and a BS in Nuclear/Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland.

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Romaine Evans

Executive Vice President
revans@gemserve.com

Romaine EvansCoordinates the corporate office operations of GEM Technologies, Inc. Ms. Evans has responsibility for oversight of the daily operations and activities of the administrative office staff, the Human Resources Department, and the Finance Department. For Human Resources, she oversees hiring, obtaining required training for employees, and employee benefits. Ms. Evans also provides oversight of GEM contracts, customer invoices, and billing. Ms. Evans coordinates the submittal of documentation and the follow-up of security clearances, for GEM employees whose job may require a clearance, and badging activities required for working at governmental facilities.

Ms. Evans has a BS in Nursing from the University of Tennessee.

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Warren Thomas

Chief Operating Officer
wthomas@gemserve.com

Warren ThomasProvides oversight and management of GEM construction, demolition, design build projects and engineering and technical projects. Mr. Thomas has over 30 years experience in mechanical engineering and engineering management. Professional experience includes nuclear reactor startup and testing, heat transfer research and development, management of well over 1M square feet of industrial and office space construction in new and retrofit projects.

Mr. Thomas has a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Auburn University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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Ben Jerrell

Chief Financial Officer
bjerrell@gemserve.com

Ben JerrellDirects the financial affairs of the company, prepares financial analysis of operations, including interim and final financial statements with supporting schedules, for the guidance of management.  Ben is also responsible for the company’s financial plans, annual financial statement audit, tax compliance, periodic DCAA audits, accounting policies, cash flow, supervision of accounting and human resource staff, and relationship with the company’s bank and surety.

Mr. Jerrell has over 14 years of accounting experience, a BA in Accounting and Business Administration from Eastern New Mexico University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) registered in the State of Tennessee.

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J. Richard Macon

Vice President of Business Development
rmacon@gemserve.com

J. Richard MaconResponsible for business development and marketing for the Construction, Engineering & Technical Services, and Environmental Services Divisions of GEM Technologies, Inc. Mr. Macon has over 17 years of diversified experience in project and line management, marketing, engineering, and business development for clients including the Department of Energy and its major subcontractors. He has experience serving as Project Manager for deactivation, construction, demolition, remediation, and federal facility line item and general plant projects.

Mr. Macon has an MS and BS in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Technological University.

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Sue J. Mitchell

Manager of Bids, Proposals, and Contracts
smitchell@gemserve.com

Sue J. MitchellManages and coordinates preparation of GEM’s bids and proposals for engineering, construction, and demolition projects.  Also oversees corporate records management, including contracts and teaming agreements.  Ms. Mitchell has over 30 years of engineering experience, primarily in the field of radioactive waste management.  Her experience includes line management, project management, business development, technology development, and design engineering.  Her projects have included design of retrieval/treatment facilities for Fernald Silos waste, development of ceramic melter and in situ vitrification processes for Hanford high-level and hazardous wastes, support to DOE for international waste programs, fabrication of advanced reactor fuels, and preparation of numerous technical publications and proposals.

Ms. Mitchell graduated summa cum laude with a BS degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Illinois.  

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