Jason Providakes

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Jason Providakes
Alma mater Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Cornell University
Employer Mitre Corporation

Jason Providakes is an American national security expert. He is the president and CEO of the Mitre Corporation.

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Early life

Jason Providakes earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. [1] After earning his PhD from Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1985, Providakes taught at the university and conducted research in radar backscatter, a method used to study the ionosphere. [2]

Career

Providakes began his career at Mitre Corporation in 1991 as a lead scientist, where he continued his research into the ionosphere and used it to help create a radar system that could detect aircraft over the horizon. [3]

He has held leadership positions on major efforts to modernize U.S. government infrastructure and create new capabilities for national security, public health, veteran’s services, and other applications. [4] As a senior vice president for Mitre's Center for Connected Government, Providakes testified during a 2013 hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding Mitre's assessment of issues with the HealthCare.gov website. [5]

In February 2017, Providakes was appointed as Mitre's president and CEO, leading defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, and guides the company’s stewardship of federally funded research and development centers. [6] [7] Under Providakes’s leadership, Mitre has created new organizations including Mitre Labs, which reorganized the company’s research and development operations and talent into a single unit; [8] the Center for Data-Driven Policy, which provides “evidence-based, objective and nonpartisan insights for government policymaking;” [9] and the Center for Strategic Competition, which applies data analysis and simulations to tackle changing worldwide partnerships. [10]

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