Lewis Von Thaer

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Lewis Von Thaer
Bornc. 1961
Alma mater Kansas State University
Rutgers University
OccupationBusiness executive

Lewis Von Thaer (born c. 1961) is an American business executive. He serves as President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit science and technology company. [1] He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of DynCorp, a McLean, Virginia-based private military contractor.

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Early life

Lewis Von Thaer was born circa 1961. [2] graduated from Kansas State University. [2] [3] He received a master's degree from Rutgers University. [2] [3]

Career

Von Thaer started his career at AT&T Laboratories in 1983. [3] He later worked for Lucent. [3]

Von Thaer served as the Corporate Vice President of General Dynamics and the President of its Advanced Information Systems division from 2005 to 2013. [2] [3] He served as the President of the National Security Sector at Leidos from 2013 to 2015. [2] [4]

Von Thaer served as the Chief Executive Officer of DynCorp from June 2015 until a few years ago when he became CEO of Battelle. [2]

Von Thaer serves on the Defense Science Board. [2] [3] He is also a member of the National Defense Industrial Association. [2]

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References

  1. "Lewis "Lou" Von Thaer Named President and CEO of Battelle". Business Wire. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "General Dynamics Corp (GD:New York): Lewis F. Von Thaer". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lewis Von Thaer". Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Rutgers University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. "Lou F. Von Thaer". C-Span. Retrieved October 24, 2015.