Shawn Gibby
VP Engineering
Duke Energy
Shawn Gibby serves as the vice president nuclear engineering for Duke Energy. He is responsible for corporate engineering and regulatory affairs for Duke Energy’s fleet of nuclear reactors, including reactor core design, nuclear safety analysis, nuclear fuel management and procurement, systems engineering, design engineering, engineering technical programs, regulatory affairs and strategic initiatives. Duke Energy operates 11 nuclear reactors at six nuclear sites in the Carolinas.
Gibby has more than 36 years of experience in the nuclear energy field. He started his career at the U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site.
He joined Duke Energy in 1990 in nuclear corporate fuels engineering where he performed various roles in nuclear reload design and managed the nuclear fuel mechanical and thermal-hydraulics section. In 2009, Gibby moved to Catawba Nuclear Station where he served as reactor engineering manager, rapid response engineering manager, reactor and electrical systems engineering director and design engineering director. In 2016, he transitioned to McGuire Nuclear Station as the site maintenance manager. Gibby returned to Catawba as engineering general manager in 2020 where he was responsible for all aspects of plant engineering, design engineering and configuration management.
Gibby graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and South Carolina. He earned his senior reactor operator certification in 2010. Gibby also completed the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ (INPO) Senior Nuclear Plant Management course in 2018.
