Executive Vice President of Strategic Engagements & Chief Legal Officer at Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation
Bio
Mr. Backhaus is the Executive Vice President of Strategic Engagements for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and is based in Washington, DC. In that capacity, Mr. Backhaus engages with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders, including international and domestic governmental entities, strategic partners, and customers to promote the company’s success in the United States and abroad.
Prior to joining USNC, Mr. Backhaus was a nuclear energy regulatory and transactional attorney at several international law firms and advised foreign governments and foreign and domestic clients on various aspects of developing domestic nuclear power programs and related infrastructure, including vendor procurement, agreements for the construction, operation, and fueling of nuclear power units, and the protection of sensitive technical and corporate information.
Mr. Backhaus is a technically-trained nuclear engineer and served as an officer on the USS FLORIDA, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD), George Mason University (MA), the US Navy Nuclear Power Program, and the U.S. Naval Academy (BS).