Education
Auburn University.
Auburn University.
Formerly, he was Executive Vice President of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and President of Teledyne Dalsa in Waterloo, Ontario. He was selected for that position by National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief Michael Griffin on August 17, 2005, after having served in an acting capacity since June of that year. Griffin created the position immediately prior to assigning Geveden to fill lieutenant
The Associate Administrator"s task is described as "oversight for all the agency"s technical missions" areas and field center operations".
Griffin also suggested Geveden was his right-hand man, saying "..if you get a decision from Rex, it"s the agency"s decision."
Geveden"s first job out of college was at Teledyne Brown Engineering (where he later became President). After a few years at Teledyne Brown, Geveden joined National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1990, and worked on hardware design for a number of science satellite missions, including as project manager for the Optical Transient Detector satellite, the Lightning Imaging Sensor satellite, and the Gravity Probe B satellite, a successful test of frame dragging effects predicted by General Relativity.
He was promoted to deputy director of the science directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center, then in 2003 to Deputy Director of Marshall Space Flight Center. In November 2004, he was promoted again to become chief engineer of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, simultaneously with a major expansion of that office"s responsibilities, in the wake of the report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
Geveden is a native of Mayfield, Kentucky and a graduate of Lowes High School.
He received a bachelor"s degree in engineering physics and master"s degrees in physics in 1983 and 1984 respectively, both from Murray State University in Kentucky. Geveden also graduated from the Program Management School at the Defense Systems Management College, and aside from his work, Geveden is also studying for a Doctor of Philosophy in materials engineering at Auburn University. Geveden announced his plans to leave National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the end of July 2007 to become president of Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama.
Mike Griffin praised Geveden on his departure saying he "possesses one of the most agile minds I have encountered".
In 2014, Teledyne announced the promotion of Geveden to President of Teledyne Dalsa following the retirement of DALSA"s Chief Executive Officer, in addition to his current role as Executive Vice President of Teledyne Technologies.