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Ken Dahlberg was named the chief executive officer of Science Applications International Corporation (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. | 