Background
Riden, Michael David was born on July 2, 1947 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Walter and Grace Ella (Elrod) Riden.
Riden, Michael David was born on July 2, 1947 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Walter and Grace Ella (Elrod) Riden.
Certified nuclear weapons specialist, Lowry Training Center, Denver, 1968; certified nuclear weapons technician, General Electric Company Training Program, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 1969; Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974.
Assistant engineer, Duke Power Company Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca, South Carolina., 1974-1978; reactor inspector, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1978-1979; general manager Chicago, Barra Corporation American, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois, 1979-1982; regional manager, Watpro, Inc., Orland Park, Illinois, 1982-1983; president, ETs, Glen Ellyn, 1983-1987; engineering assurance engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, Tennessee, 1987-1988; engineering assurance engineer, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, 1988-1989; supervising engineer, United Energy Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation, Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, Wintersburg, Arizona, 1989-1990; nuclear engineer, Sigma Science Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Athens, Alabama, 1990-1993; lead auditor, SECORE Superior vena cava syndrome Inc., Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Anchorage, 1994; plant operations and betterment I&C construction engineering, Raytheon Engineers and Constructors Inc. Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear, Spring City, Tennessee, 1994-1995; consultant nuclear engineer Science Applications International Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, since 1995. Re-entry system evaluation team member minuteman III missile United States Air Force, Minot, North Dakota, 1969-1971.
Deacon Presbyterian Church United States, Seneca, 1976-1977. Served to sergeant United States Air Force, 1967-1971. Member American Nuclear Society.
Married Perry Dene Thyberg, March 28, 1970. Children: Chad Michael, Kirk David, Eric Wesley.