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Mr. Alfred Grasso Board Member Since 2006
Mr. Grasso has held several leadership and management positions within MITRE since joining the company in 1986. He served as director of the Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Federally Funded Research and Development Center operated by MITRE for the Department of Defense; senior vice president and general manager of MITRE's Washington Command, Control, and Communications (WC3) Center; and vice president and chief information officer. Prior to becoming an officer, Mr. Grasso was technical director for the Battlefield Systems Division at MITRE's Fort Monmouth, N.J., operation. Earlier, he worked in the company's Center for Air Force Command and Control Systems. He was appointed president and CEO in 2006. Under Mr. Grasso's leadership, MITRE has received several prestigious awards recognizing its commitment to public service and technical excellence in a variety of areas. These awards include the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (2008); the Air Force Association's Theodore von Karman Award (2008); the National Aeronautic Association's Collier Trophy (2007); and the Information Systems Security Association's Organization of the Year Award (2009). MITRE has also been recognized by Fast Company as one of the "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" (2010); named to Computerworld's list of "100 Best Places to Work in IT" for seven consecutive years (2005-2011); named a "Best Place to Work" for aerospace and defense professionals by Aviation Week (2009); and has sustained its inclusion on FORTUNE's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For" for a decade (2002-2011). The company was named a North American Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award winner in 2009 and 2011. The MAKE award recognizes organizations for exceptional knowledge management and knowledge sharing practices. In January 2010, Mr. Grasso was appointed as a member of the Defense Science Board, to which he had previously served as a consultant. He is vice chair of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International Board of Directors and serves as chair of the Budget and Finance Committee. He is a special advisor to the STRATCOM CYBER Strategic Advisory Group. He is a member of the Stevens Institute Systems Engineering Research Center Advisory Board, the University of Virginia's Department of Systems and Information Engineering, and Howard University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences Board of Visitors. In addition, Mr. Grasso is the president of the Board of Directors of the National GEM Consortium, a nonprofit that works to promote the participation of under-represented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. He has also held positions on the Army Science Board, The Association for Enterprise Information Board of Directors, and the Smith College Picker Engineering Program's Academic Advisory Committee. Before joining MITRE, Mr. Grasso was with ARINC Research Corporation and with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Mr. Grasso received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1980 and his master's degree in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1993. He is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.
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Mr. Alfred Grasso is president and chief executive officer of The MITRE Corporation. He is responsible for developing and leading the corporation's overall strategic and business operations and cultivating key sponsor and customer partnerships. He has been a member of MITRE's Board of Trustees since 2006.