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Board of Directors – Biographies
Dr. Ernst Volgenau
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Volgenau founded SRA in 1978 and serves as Chairman of the Board. He served as President and CEO from 1978 until 2005.
Dr. Volgenau has 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 Ph.D. in engineering from UCLA and is a graduate of the U.S. 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.
Dr. Volgenau is currently Rector of the George Mason University Board of Visitors.