Mark W. Sopp
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Mark Sopp was named the chief financial officer and executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on November 28, 2005. His most significant activities at SAIC have been preparing for and executing the company's initial public offering, establishing the investor relations function, implementing financial planning processes and tools, enhancing compliance programs, implementing new financial information systems, and implementing a number of business process improvement initiatives for greater efficiency and effectiveness. Sopp joined SAIC with more than 18 years of finance experience, after most recently serving as chief financial officer and treasurer of The Titan Corporation.
At Titan, Sopp led the organization through a shift from a mixed government and commercial provider to a pure play defense provider. From 1999 to 2005, Sopp helped build a $2 billion defense and government contracting business by executing an aggressive acquisition, integration, growth, and profit improvement campaign, culminating in a sale to L-3 Corporation.
Prior to Titan, Sopp was director, international controller for Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., a large international manufacturer and distributor of golf equipment. Before joining Taylor Made in 1990, he practiced as a certified public accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., where he began his career in May 1987.
Sopp earned his bachelor's degree in accountancy from New Mexico State University in 1987, and completed the executive program from The Anderson School at the Univerisity of California, Los Angeles in 1998.
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Walter P. Havenstein
Chief Executive Officer
Walter P. Havenstein joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as chief executive officer on September 21, 2009. He is also a member of SAIC's board of directors.
He is also chairman of the board of directors of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. He serves on the board of advisors for the Whittemore School of Business, University of New Hampshire.
Prior to joining SAIC, Havenstein served as chief operating officer and member of the board of directors for BAE Systems plc, a $34 billion global aerospace and defense company; and as president and chief executive officer of BAE Systems Inc., the company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, which employs 53,000 employees and generates annual sales in excess of $20 billion. Havenstein previously served as president of the Electronics & Integrated Solutions Operating Group within BAE Systems. Before that, he was president of BAE Systems' Information and Electronic Warfare Systems business unit. Havenstein was president of the Sanders defense electronics business prior to it being acquired by BAE from Lockheed Martin in 2000. Before joining Sanders in 1999, he had been vice president and general manager of the Strategic Systems Division for Raytheon. He began his defense industry career at the ITT Aerospace and Communications Division in business development and program management roles.
Havenstein received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1971 to 1983, specializing in tactical communications and systems acquisition management, and completed his career in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1999 retiring as a colonel.
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Joseph W. Craver, III
President, Infrastructure, Energy, Health and Product Solutions Group
Joseph W. Craver, III, is president of SAIC's Infrastructure, Energy, Health and Product Solutions Group, one of three SAIC operating units. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the group is composed of more than 17,000 professionals focused on providing solutions and services to our primary customers in the health, energy, logistics and federal civilian agencies, specifically providing critical infrastructure solutions for areas such as energy renewables, smart grid, cancer research, homeland security solutions for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats and systems, non-intrusive inspection for cargo and baggage systems, smart power, safety and mission assurance for NASA, environmental assessments and sophisticated IT and engineering across all customer sets.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in ocean engineering, Craver began his career with the U.S. Navy in nuclear submarines. He was an engineering officer on a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine. Craver was certified by the Office of Naval Reactors as a chief engineering officer, responsible for all operation and maintenance of a naval nuclear power plant. He was then the assistant officer in charge and pilot of the deep submergence vehicle SEA CLIFF, one of the world's deepest diving submersibles, capable of diving to 20,000 feet.
Craver joined SAIC in 1989 as a staff engineer in San Diego for SAIC's Space, Energy and Environmental Sector. In 1997, he became group senior vice president of SAIC's Engineering and Environmental Management Group, progressing to sector vice president, business unit general manager, deputy group president and currently as group president.
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Clement C. Chen
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, Infrastructure, Energy, Health and Product Solutions Group
Clement C. Chen is the senior vice president, strategic development, for the SAIC Infrastructure, Energy, Health & Product Solutions Group, where he is responsible for strategic planning, merger and acquisition support and the crafting of business strategies in markets such as healthcare and life sciences, energy, homeland security, and logistics. Prior to joining SAIC, he served as vice president, business innovation for Lockheed Martin, where he was responsible for driving innovative concepts linking technology development, business models and strategy across the enterprise. He has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in finance, business development, business operations, strategic planning and corporate development with Lockheed Martin, IBM and Software AG. His work has encompassed activities in national security, energy and commercial healthcare, as well as in commercial information technology markets such as enterprise application integration, web-based services, business process management, networked communications and cyber security. Chen is a former naval officer, specializing in surface warfare and operations analysis and served as an operational test director for naval engineering and combat systems.
Chen has served on the computer science advisory board and as an adjunct professor in the School of Management at George Mason University and has served on the Federal Executive Advisory Council of Sun Microsystems. He has also served on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council (NSTAC) Information Assurance Task Force and is a former member of the board of directors at the Center for Telecommunications Management at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.
He graduated with honors from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science and earned a master's degree in business administration from the College of William and Mary, graduating as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor society. He was recognized as the Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Institute of Engineers - USA in 2007.
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J.T. Grumski
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Business Unit
J.T. Grumski was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Energy, Environment and Infrastructure (E2I) Business Unit on June 2008. Prior to serving as General Manager, he served in increasing positions of responsibility with SAIC over the past 12 years including President of the Benham Companies LLC, an SAIC subsidiary.
Grumski began his career with Gulf Oil Company in 1980 and over the next 17 years he progressed through senior level engineering, operations management, and program management positions with Westinghouse Electric and Lockheed Martin Corporation. He has extensive experience in managing major environmental and engineering design and construction programs involving DOE, DoD, industrial and utility customers.
Since joining SAIC in April 1997, Grumski has managed major programs, served as president and on the board of directors of two acquired subsidiaries, served as SAIC's Chief Corporate Engineer and was a Managing Director for the Bechtel-SAIC Yucca Mountain Project from 2004 through 2008. He has led the development of SAIC's energy strategy and successful acquisitions of the Benham Companies and R. W. Beck which are both part of the current business unit he manages.
Grumski is the recipient of key engineering and management awards including the SAIC Environmental Excellence Award, Westinghouse Special Management Award, two George Westinghouse Signature Awards of Excellence, and a Y-12 National Security Complex Management Operations and Support Award. Mr. Grumski holds a BSME and MSME and was selected and completed the first SAIC Chairman's Program for executive leadership. He is a registered professional engineer and certified project management professional through the Project Management Institute.
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Deborah H. Alderson
President, Defense Solutions Group
Deborah H. Alderson is president of SAIC's Defense Solutions Group, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Comprised of a team of more than 12,500 professionals, the group's work is focused on command, control and communications, and systems engineering and integration in support of various federal agencies.
Prior to joining SAIC in 2005, Alderson was the president of the Systems Engineering Group at Anteon Corporation. Under her leadership, the group supported the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Homeland Security. She was assigned as the corporate executive for all Anteon support to the Department of Homeland Security. Alderson led the Systems Engineering Group to double digit growth each year, and participated in the leadership of Anteon Corporation's initial public offering in 2001.
Alderson's belief in and support of her people has resulted in her group becoming one of the highest level technical achievement organizations - not only at SAIC but in the entire country. Her organization has been externally appraised at Maturity Level 5 of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model-Integration®, placing it as one of the largest organizations within industry to achieve this elite credential organization-wide.
Alderson's commitment to mentoring has been a key driver behind the growth of SAIC's Women's Network from roughly 800 members to more than 2,000 in just one year. Alderson is also the executive sponsor of the SAIC Multi-Cultural Network, SAIC New Voices Network, and chairman of the SAIC University Relations Council which focuses on teaming with academia to find customer solutions and introduce young people to careers in technological fields.
Alderson entered the defense industry after earning her bachelor's and master of science degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1978 and 1981, respectively. She currently serves on various industry panels and boards and has been recognized by several organizations and industry associations for her business accomplishments.
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James E. Cuff
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and M&A
James E. Cuff is the executive vice president for Business Development, Strategy, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Cuff, who joined SAIC in 1991, has over 26 years of experience serving in several leadership roles in the logistics and systems integration industry, and a solid track record in business development.
Previously, Cuff was a senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s Logistics and Engineering Solutions Business Unit, where he grew the business unit from $100M to over $700M in eight years. Prior to that, he worked as a program manager, business development manager, division manager, and operations manager.
Prior to joining SAIC in 1991 through the acquisition of Logistics Systems Architects, Cuff served four years in several senior positions, and seven years in the private sector systems integration business, serving in a variety of management and business development positions.
Cuff holds a bachelor of science in managerial economics from the University of California at Davis.
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Amy E. Alving, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Amy Alving, Ph.D., is the chief technology officer and senior vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). She leads SAIC's Office of Technology, which is responsible for the creation, communication and implementation of SAIC's technical and scientific vision and strategy.
Alving joined SAIC in 2005 as the chief technology officer for the Engineering, Training and Logistics Group, and later served as the corporate chief scientist. She has a diverse background in government and academia, with over 15 years of accomplishments in the areas of technology and national security. Prior to joining SAIC Alving served as the director of the Special Projects Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, where she was a member of the Senior Executive Service. In this role she was responsible for strategic planning, operations, finances, security, program development and execution.
Alving was a White House Fellow (1997-98) serving at the Department of Commerce. Prior to that, she was an associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota, where she taught graduate and undergraduate students in mechanics, fluids, and experimental methods, served as a thesis advisor to graduate students and conducted independent, basic research.
Alving graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering. She carried out post-doctoral research in Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Alving serves on the Board of Directors for Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL). She is also a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee and has been a member or advisor to the Army Science Board, Defense Science Board, and National Academies studies. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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