EXECUTIVE TEAM

Experienced leadership.
Integrated by design.

ETS leadership brings senior engineering, technical training, quality, federal program, high-hazard, and international experience to complex mission environments.

LEADERSHIP

Technical depth with executive perspective.

ETS is led by professionals who have worked inside technically demanding organizations and understand the gap between a requirement on paper and successful execution in the field.

Our leadership model emphasizes technical rigor, practical implementation, workforce capability, quality, and clear accountability.

Rob Plonski executive leadership portrait

ROB PLONSKI, P.E.

Vice President of Engineering

Senior executive, Professional Engineer, entrepreneur, and technical safety leader with nearly 20 years of experience across DOE/NNSA, national laboratories, nuclear/high-hazard facilities, international engineering, business development, AI-enabled oversight workflows, and complex capital programs.

Professional EngineerFire Protection — New Mexico
115+ ProjectsInternational fire protection portfolio
Enterprise Leadership19 NNSA capital projects across six Nuclear Security Enterprise sites
Standards LeadershipNFPA, ICC, SFPE, and American Glovebox Society

Executive & Technical Experience

  • Deputy Director-level NNSA Headquarters leadership supporting enterprise safety engineering, worker safety and health, fire protection, electrical-safety interfaces, QA, safety-basis interfaces, accident investigation, corrective action, readiness, and cross-site program evaluation.
  • Enterprise fire protection subject matter expert supporting design reviews, capital-project integration, safety evaluation reports, safety basis review activities, readiness, technical positions, equivalencies, and field-office reach-back.
  • Previously led fire protection engineering for nuclear, radiological, plutonium, glovebox, high-hazard laboratory, R&D, and mission-critical facilities at Savannah River National Laboratory.
  • Qualified at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Safety Basis Analyst after completing the LANL Safety Basis Academy, with experience in hazard analysis, control selection, DSA/PDSA integration, TSR interfaces, and safety authorization basis documentation.
  • Led or supported more than 115 fire protection engineering projects across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, including Saudi Aramco, gas plants, refineries, pipelines, storage tanks, industrial facilities, NEOM, SPARK, special hazards, and critical infrastructure.

Professional Leadership & Publications

  • Chair, NFPA 770 Technical Committee on Hybrid Fire-Extinguishing Systems; contributor to the first edition.
  • Voting member of the ICC Performance Code Rewrite Committee; chair for three chapter revisions and co-chair for a fourth.
  • Author of the Fire Protection in Plutonium Facilities chapter in the Plutonium Handbook, 2nd Edition.
  • Contributor to DOE-HDBK-1081, SFPE fire risk assessment guidance, and American Glovebox Society fire protection and quality publications.
  • DOE National Training Center instructor and EIP-400 accident investigation curriculum contributor.
Education M.Eng., Fire Protection Engineering — University of Maryland Master of Applied Intelligence — Mercyhurst University B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Minor in Mathematics — University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Nuclear Fire ProtectionSafety Basis IntegrationHigh-Hazard FacilitiesAccident InvestigationInternational EnergyCritical Infrastructure
Jen Plonski executive leadership portrait

JEN PLONSKI

Chief Executive Officer
VP of Training & Quality Assurance

Training, quality assurance, technical editing, and operations professional with 15+ years supporting DOE/NNSA nuclear and high-hazard programs, including national laboratory operations and enterprise-level capital-project review support.

15+ YearsDOE/NNSA training, QA, and operations support
$50M+ ProjectsIndependent technical and peer review coordination
TSQP QualifiedTraining Coordinator & Training Specialist
Technical EditingNuclear safety-basis and regulatory documentation

Executive & Program Experience

  • Served as Senior Review Coordinator supporting NNSA Office of Infrastructure independent technical and peer reviews for capital asset projects exceeding $50 million under DOE O 413.3B.
  • Managed the review lifecycle from project review plans and lines of inquiry through onsite execution, exit briefings, final reports, comment resolution, and corrective-action closure.
  • Coordinated multidisciplinary review teams across federal staff, contractors, national laboratories, engineers, safety-basis personnel, QA specialists, and project organizations.
  • Developed and delivered technical, regulatory, operational, and safety training for DOE nuclear and high-hazard operations using SAT/ISD methodologies.
  • Supported quality assurance and Contractor Assurance System activities including metrics analysis, corrective-action tracking, commitment management, training quality, and process improvement.

Technical Editing, Training & Qualification

  • Edited, formatted, compared redlines, and quality-checked complex technical and regulatory documentation while preserving technical intent and reviewer conclusions.
  • Supported safety-basis-related documentation including DSAs, TSRs, hazard analyses, supporting calculations, SERs, USQ-related materials, procedures, training documents, and review packages.
  • Developed lesson plans, exams, Job Performance Measures, study guides, continuing training, General Employee Training, and annual refresher content.
  • Qualified Instructor, Design/Developer, Instructional Technologist, and OJT Trainer/Evaluator; served as lead instructor and SME for respiratory protection and Bullard Hood programs.
  • Experienced with document control, configuration management, version control, LMS administration, records management, executive reporting, and secure DOE/NNSA collaboration environments.
Education M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction — University of Colorado B.A., Geography & Environmental Studies — University of Colorado Elementary Teaching License — University of Colorado MBA Program Coursework — University of Phoenix
Technical TrainingQuality AssuranceSafety Basis EditingCapital Project ReviewsCorrective ActionDOE/NNSA Operations

LEADERSHIP IN ACTION

Executive perspective grounded in the work.

Rob Plonski in a field engineering setting
Engineering leadership and field execution
Jen Plonski in a collaborative leadership setting
Training, quality, and technical program leadership

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