Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 3, 2003
ERNST VOLGENAU is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SRA
International, Inc., a company which he founded in 1978. SRA is an
information technology consulting and systems integration company
serving primarily the federal government. Since its founding SRA has
sustained rapid growth and now exceeds 2,700 people. Dr. Volgenau has 40
years' experience analyzing, designing and developing large
technological systems of all types. He was commissioned as an Air Force
Lieutenant in 1955. Early in his career, he worked on the development of
space boosters and satellites and taught in the field of astronautics.
In the late 1960s and mid-1970s he was an analyst and team leader in the
Office of the Secretary of Defense, conducting large scale weapon system
and command structure analyses. From 1970 to 1974 he held positions as
manager of software and data base development and later program manager
for a very large computer system. He was also Director of Data
Automation for the Air Force Logistics Command. He retired as a Colonel
in the Air Force in 1976 after 20 years of service. From 1976 to 1978
Dr. Volgenau was Director of Inspection and Enforcement in the US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In this position, he managed an office of
about 700 engineers and physicists that inspected all of the commercial
nuclear power plants under construction and in operation in the United
States. Dr. Volgenau received his PhD in Engineering in 1966 from the
University of California at Los Angeles. His PhD fields were Control
Theory, Computer Design and Management Science. He also holds a Master's
degree in Electrical Engineering and is a graduate of the US Naval
Academy. Dr. Volgenau is a professional engineer, a member of Tau Beta
Pi, and a graduate of the Air Force astronaut course. For eight years he
taught graduate courses in Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems and
Operations Research at the University of California at Los Angeles,
American University and George Washington University. Profile
Dr. Volgenau: SRA International is an information technology consulting
and system integration company that provides professional
