Ken Dahlberg
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Ken Dahlberg was named the chief executive officer of SAIC on November 3, 2003 and chairman of the board on July 16, 2004. Prior to joining SAIC, Dahlberg served as executive vice president of General Dynamics where he was responsible for the company's Information Systems and Technology Group.
Dahlberg began his career with Hughes Aircraft in June 1967. He held various engineering, program management and leadership positions with Hughes. At Hughes, he served as president of the division that produced air traffic control hardware, systems and radar; then was president of the division that produced weapons systems, naval systems and tank systems, and later was president of the Sensors and Communications division.
When Raytheon acquired Hughes Aircraft in 1997, he became president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Systems Company and oversaw operations of the defense business units. Three years later, he assumed the duties of executive vice president for business development and president of Raytheon International. In this role, he was Raytheon's principal liaison with its defense customers and directed its international and domestic business development.
Dahlberg received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1967, a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1969 and attended the University of California business school for advanced education for executives. He is a director of Teledyne Technologies and the National Defense Industrial Association, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Surface Navy Association, the Association of the United States Army, and a lifetime member of the United States Navy League.
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Lawrence B. Prior, III
Chief Operating Officer
Lawrence B. Prior III was named chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on October 1, 2007.
SAIC has a strong commitment to supporting programs of national importance - helping to solve or undertake our country's and allies most significant problems. SAIC is a company of people dedicated to delivering best-value solutions through innovative applications of science and technology in the areas of national security, critical infrastructure, health, energy and the environment.
As chief operating officer, Prior has global responsibility for all of SAIC's business operations. Prior is focused on leading SAIC in achieving improved growth; fostering innovation and flexibility; and ensuring the customer mission remains the company's foremost priority. He ensures that customer focus is reflected in the company's strategy, made integral to leadership development, and supported by enterprise-wide collaboration.
Among Prior's significant accomplishments at SAIC over the years is his leadership of the company into the global marketplace by improving SAIC's operational responsiveness, including overseeing an innovative, corporate-wide program to streamline and improve corporate competitiveness.
Before joining SAIC, Prior served in a variety of executive positions in the high-tech industry and government. Earlier in his career, Prior worked in Washington, D.C. as a professional staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Prior graduated with a bachelor's degree in science from Loyola Marymount University and a master's degree from Georgetown University. He is also a graduate of The Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
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Mark W. Sopp
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Mark W. Sopp was named SAIC's chief financial officer and executive vice president in November 2005. He joined SAIC with more than 18 years of finance experience, after most recently serving as chief financial officer and treasurer of The Titan Corporation.
Sopp began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. in May 1987, where he practiced as a certified public accountant. He supervised financial statement audit engagements for a variety of clients and industries, including wholesale/distribution, government contracting, manufacturing and non-profit. In February 1990, Sopp was recruited by Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., a large international manufacturer and distributor of golf equipment, to become their senior accountant. He was promoted several times and held various financial management and director positions at Taylor Made resulting from his financial leadership and improvement initiatives. Sopp was director, international controller when he left Taylor Made to join The Titan Corporation in December 1998.
At Titan he was director of finance and business operations for the company's defense division, Titan Systems Corporation, and was responsible for executing an aggressive acquisition, growth and integration campaign.Within the first year he was promoted to vice president of Finance and Business Operations for Titan Systems. He was promoted again in May 2001 to become the senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for the parent company,Titan Corporation. In this role he led the organization through a shift from a conglomerate model to a pure-play defense provider, and through a period of significant growth.
Sopp received a bachelor's degree in accountancy from New Mexico State University in 1987, and completed the executive program from The Anderson School at UCLA in 1998.
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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. Composed of a team of more than 10,000 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 entered the professional services industry in 1983 as a systems analyst at Advanced Technology, Inc., in support of Navy maintenance programs. In 1985, she joined Techmatics, Inc. as a program manager and progressively grew her profit and loss responsibility to ultimately become the first line vice president responsible for more than 90 percent of the company's operation. She also served on the Techmatics Board of Directors.
In 1998, upon the acquisition of Techmatics by the Anteon Corporation, Alderson was named an Anteon senior vice president. She 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 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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K. Stuart Shea
President, Intelligence, Security and Technology Group
K. Stuart Shea serves as president of the Intelligence, Security and Technology (IST) Group, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The group, one of four at SAIC, has more than 11,000 employees, and is one of the largest support organizations in the intelligence community.
The group provides technology services and products for customers across the full spectrum of national security programs, including imagery and signals intelligence; operational intelligence; special operations; intelligence analysis; advanced space hardware; information assurance and cyber-security; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The group supports national defense strategies at home and abroad, efforts to improve information sharing that strengthen the intelligence community, and the fight against global terrorism.
Shea joined SAIC in October 2005 to serve as senior vice president and general manager for the Space and Geospatial Intelligence Business Unit.
Shea previously served as vice president, Northrop Grumman Corporation, in their Space and Intelligence Operating Unit of TASC. Earlier, he held several positions with PAR Technology Corporation and served as an imagery analyst and remote sensing specialist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Technology Center.
In 2003, Shea was named to the 12-member National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community, established by Congress to review the full range of current research and development programs in the intelligence community.
Shea is the founder and board chairman for the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, an internationally-recognized educational foundation that has received considerable attention through its annual GEOINT Symposium.
Shea received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kansas. In addition, he is a graduate of numerous executive education programs, including the Darden School of the University of Virginia, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management.
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Larry D. Cox
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Intelligence and Information Solutions Business Unit
Larry D. Cox was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intelligence and Information Solutions (IIS) Business Unit (BU) of SAIC in April 2005. IIS is a 2,200-person business unit with annual revenues in excess of $525M. The main focus of the BU's work is in advanced technology development for the Department of Defense, state and local governments.
Cox came to SAIC from Lockheed Martin where he was vice president of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Strategy. He was founder and president of ORINCON Sygenex, Inc., which was acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2003.
Cox spent three years on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he held program and budget oversight responsibility for space, advanced technology, communications and remote sensing programs. Prior to that, Cox spent eight years with General Electric Company in Valley Forge, PA and held many engineering and managerial positions, including Senior Systems Engineer, Chief Scientist for Ground Systems, Program Manager for Space and Ground Systems and Business Development Manager for Intelligence Programs; and eleven years with the National Security Agency (NSA) where he held various positions in the field and at headquarters.
Cox earned a bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Maryland. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Correlation Working Group, SAIC Pty Ltd. and Inquirion Pty Ltd Australia and the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore. He was a technical advisor to Touchstone Pictures Disney Studios "Enemy of the State" in 1997 and 1998. He served on the Brown Defense commission, the NRO Commission and the Kerr Remote Sensing Panel and serves as a Panel Member of the NSA Advisory Board.
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Joseph W. Craver, III
President, Infrastructure, Logistics and Product Solutions Group
Joseph W. Craver, III, is president of SAIC's Infrastructure, Logistics and Product Solutions Group, one of four SAIC operating units. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the group is composed of more than 8,000 professionals focused on homeland security; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense solutions; non-intrusive vehicle and cargo inspection; logistics; energy; environment; NASA mission support; and engineering.
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 of the USS Omaha, 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 the Space, Energy and Environmental Sector. In 1997, he became group senior vice president of the Engineering and Environmental Management Group, progressing to sector vice president, business unit general manager, deputy group president and culminating in his current role as group president.
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Charles F. Koontz
President, Information Technology and Network Solutions Group
Charles Koontz is president of SAIC's Information Technology and Network Solutions Group, one of four SAIC operating units. Comprised of approximately 9,000 professionals and $1.6 billion in annual revenue, Koontz is responsible for driving synergies between SAIC's commercial and federal civil IT services customers. Koontz's responsibilities span the company's energy, pharmaceutical, healthcare, Department of Homeland Security and other civil agency client base.
Koontz has over 20 years experience assisting clients in developing the strategy and tactics necessary to: improve customer satisfaction; drive back office process improvements; and develop and implement enabling information systems critical to achieving an enterprise's objectives. He has provided advice and counsel to senior executives managing manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecom, energy, and public sector entities across the globe.
Prior to joining SAIC in 2004, Koontz led Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's telecom, media and networks business. Prior to the merger of Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young's consulting practices, Koontz held management and consultant positions with General Electric and Litton Industries Automation Systems.
Koontz serves as a director of the SAIC Relief Foundation and as a director of several SAIC subsidiaries including SAIC Global Technology Corporation and SAIC India Private Limited.
Koontz graduated with honors from the Ohio State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial and systems engineering. He performed his graduate work at the University of Cincinnati.
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