Jacques S. Gansler
4139 Van Munching Hall ~ College Park, MD 20742
PHONE: (301) 405-4794 or FAX: (301) 403-4675
E-MAIL: jg311@umail.umd.edu
In January
of 2001, The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler joined the faculty of the
University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, where he holds the
Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise. He teaches
graduate school courses, and leads the School's new Center for Public
Policy and Private Enterprise, which fosters collaboration among the
public, private and non-profit sectors in order to promote mutually
beneficial public and private interests.
Previously,
Dr. Gansler served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics from November 1997 until January 2001. In this
position, he was responsible for all matters relating to Department of
Defense acquisition, research and development, logistics, acquisition
reform, advanced technology, international programs, environmental security,
nuclear, chemical, and biological programs, and the defense technology
and industrial base. (He had an annual budget of over $180 Billion, and
a workforce of over 300,000.)
Prior to this
appointment, Dr. Gansler was Executive Vice President and Corporate Director
for TASC, Incorporated, an applied information technology company, in
Arlington, Virginia (from 1977 to 1997) during which time he played a
major role in building the company from a small operation into a large,
widely-recognized and greatly-respected corporation, serving both the
government and the private sector.
From 1972 to 1977, he served in the government as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense (Materiel Acquisition), responsible for all defense procurements
and the defense industry; and as Assistant Director of Defense Research
and Engineering (Electronics) responsible for all defense electronics
Research and Development.
His prior industrial
experience included: Vice President (Business Development), I.T.T. (1970-1972);
Program Management, Director of Advanced Programs, and Director of International
Marketing, Singer Corporation (1962-1970); and Engineering Management,
Raytheon Corporation (1956-1962).
Dr. Gansler
has served on numerous Corporation Boards of Directors, and governmental
special committees and advisory boards: including Vice Chairman, Defense
Science Board; Chairman, Board of Visitors, Defense Acquisition University;
Director, Procurement Round Table; Chairman, Industry Advisory Board,
University of Virginia, School of Engineering; Chairman, Board of Visitors,
University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs; member of the FAA Blue
Ribbon Panel on Acquisition Reform; and senior consultant to the "Packard
Commission" on Defense Acquisition Reform.
Additionally,
from 1984 to 1997, Dr. Gansler was a Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University (a frequent guest lecturer in Executive
Management courses). He is the author of 3 books, a contributing author
of 23 other books, author of over 100 papers, and a frequent speaker and
Congressional witness.
Dr. Gansler
holds a BE (Electrical Engineering) Yale University, a MS (Electrical
Engineering) Northeastern University, a MA (Political Economy) New School
for Social Research, and a Ph.D. (Economics) American University.
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