Ernst Volgenau is the chairman and founder of SRA International

SRA International

SRA International, Inc. is an information technology services and solutions consulting company incorporated as Systems Research and Applications Corporation in 1976 and beginning operations in 1978. Founded by Dr. Ernst Volgenau, it is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and employs 7200 people...

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After serving in the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

, he managed 700 engineers for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

From UCLA Dr. Volgenau got his PHD in engineering. He is also an alumn 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.

He is on the George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 board of visitors and the university's Volgenau School of Engineering bears his name. His $10 million donation to that program was the largest it had ever received.