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.

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

Early life

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Lewis "Lou" Von Thaer Named President and CEO of Battelle". Business Wire. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "General Dynamics Corp (GD:New York): Lewis F. Von Thaer". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "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.