Tom Ballard leaves ORNL

Tom Ballard, long in the senior ranks of ORNL and UT, is headed for an accounting and consulting firm that's eyeing entrepreneurial startups as clients. Read about it here.

ORNL funding looks bright in 2010

Thanks to relief through ARRA funds, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's partnerships director Tom Ballard (left) sees good things ahead. R&D reports. Related: KNS columnist Frank Munger reports on uncertainty around decision on extending or competing UT-Battelle contract.