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Dr. Volgenau founded SRA in 1978 and served as President and CEO until 2005. During that time, the Company grew rapidly from one person to more than 4,000 and was profitable every year.
Dr. Volgenau has many years of experience analyzing, designing, and developing large technological systems of all types. During 20 years in the Air Force, he helped develop space boosters and satellites and taught in the field of astronautics. He also served as a team leader in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, conducting large-scale analyses of weapon systems and command structures. Dr. Volgenau later served as director of data automation for the Air Force Logistics Command.
From 1976 to 1978, he was director of inspection and enforcement for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, managing an office of 700 engineers and physicists who inspected all U.S. commercial nuclear power plants under construction and in operation.
Dr. Volgenau received a PhD in engineering from UCLA and is a graduate of the US Naval Academy. He taught graduate courses in electrical engineering, computer systems, and operations research at UCLA, American University, and George Washington University for eight years.
In 2005 Dr. Volgenau received the Executive of the Year Award from Northern Virginia GovCon, an initiative of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, the Professional Services Council, and Washington Technology. In 2006 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Capital Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, and Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Washington region) from Ernst & Young.
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