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Appointed by President Bush to NSTAC The President's NSTAC is composed of up to 30 Presidentially appointed industry leaders (usually chief executive officers). In its advisory role to the President, the NSTAC provides industry-based analyses and recommendations on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information assurance (IA), infrastructure protection, and other national security and emergency preparedness concerns. The current NSTAC chair is Dr. Vance D. Coffman, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Albaugh leads a nearly $10-billion, 43,000-person business unit charged with driving much of The Boeing Company's future growth, as well as the largest space-related enterprise in the world. In his capacity as president and CEO, Albaugh provides strategic direction to nearly a quarter of Boeing's global workforce. Under his leadership, S&C has grown to be the world leader in several key markets - including commercial and government communication satellites, human space flight, and battle management - and a significant position in launch services and classified programs. Space and Communications' diverse portfolio includes products and services in four broad market areas. Launch Services comprises the Delta family of launch vehicles, Sea Launch and experimental vehicles, as well as on-orbit payload servicing. Human Space Flight & Exploration includes all activities supporting manned access to and development of space, including the design development, construction and operation of the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Missile Defense & Space Control encompasses development of integrated systems (or "systems of systems") for Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment, Theater Missile Defense, Integrated Air & Missile Defense, airborne laser, space-based laser and other space control programs. Information & Communications provides space- and airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance platforms to military and intelligence community customers; battle management, GPS and communications capability to government customers; and satellite communication infrastructure and services to commercial users. Albaugh's career has spanned more than 26 years of service to Boeing in a variety of assignments. Prior to his current position, Albaugh was president of Boeing Space Transportation, a predecessor unit that folded into Boeing Space and Communications. He assumed that position after serving as president of Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power, now also a business of S&C. At Rocketdyne, Albaugh oversaw a range of business interests that included the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) program; the Space Station Electrical Power System; liquid rocket booster engines; laser and electro optics applications; and advanced propulsion systems for advanced launch vehicles. He also directed the Energy Technology Engineering Center, a project of the U.S. Department of Energy. A Washington State native, Albaugh joined the company in 1975 as a project engineer in the Hanford, Wash., operations. Albaugh, a Gold-and-Silver-Knight of the National Management Association (NMA), was named NMA's Executive-of-the-Year in 1999. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Albaugh was recently awarded the Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award by the National Defense Industrial Association. He is also a member of the American Astronautical Society, the Air Force Association and the California Business Roundtable, and he sits on the boards of a variety of corporate and charitable organizations. Albaugh holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics
and physics from Willamette University and a master's degree in civil
engineering from Columbia University. Albaugh was born May 31, 1950.
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