Anthony Nigara
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Nuclear & Valve Division
Curtiss-Wright
Anthony Nigara is the Senior Vice President and Division Lead for Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear & Valves Division, where Anthony oversees a portfolio of safety-related technologies supporting operating nuclear plants, advanced reactor developers, and key U.S. government stakeholders. Anthony brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across the aerospace, defense, maritime, and space sectors, directing global organizations as large as 5,000 employees and leading multi-billion-dollar business segments.
Before joining Curtiss-Wright, Anthony held several enterprise-level leadership roles at L3Harris Technologies, where Anthony drove major growth initiatives, executed complex organizational transformations, and delivered strong financial performance across multiple businesses. With deep experience advancing mission-critical technologies for the U.S. DoW, Intelligence Community, and allied partners, Anthony now applies this national-security expertise to strengthen nuclear industry safety, reliability, and modernization.
Anthony holds an MBA in Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.

