Mr. Milton Valentin is the acting branch chief for the Human Factors and Reliability Branch in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, home of the InnovateNRC 2.0 program. Mr. Valentin and his staff provide technical support to ensure that innovative ideas are considered for implementation across the NRC. Before this role, he was a reliability and risk analyst for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Mr. Valentin was the agency's point of contact and lead project manager for seismic reviews associated with the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force (NTTF) Recommendations. He also completed reviews of external flooding evaluations, the implementation of FLEX programs, and served as liaison for the disposition of other NTTF recommendations. Before that, Mr. Valentin served as structural engineer for the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research and the Office of New Reactors. Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Valentin was a consultant for an engineering firm in Puerto Rico servicing multiple construction projects. He has a Masters in Engineering from UMD College Park, a Bachelors in Civil Engineering from UPRM, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Maryland.