Paul R. Brubaker
Administrator
August 8, 2007 - Present
Paul Brubaker was nominated
by President George W. Bush to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
on June 18, 2007. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2007, and was sworn into office on August 8, 2007.
As RITA Administrator, Mr.
Brubaker leads the agency responsible for coordinating and reviewing DOT’s
roughly $1 billion investment in research, development and technology, and is
charged with advancing technologies that will improve the nation’s transportation
system. RITA oversees the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Volpe Center, Intelligent Transportation Systems program,
Transportation Safety Institute, and numerous cross-modal research initiatives.
Mr. Brubaker previously
served as CEO of Procentrix, a firm that helps organizations plan, manage and
achieve measurable performance improvement through the effective use of process
and technology. His diverse
background and expertise positioned him with the ability to empower public
sector transformation and drive new models for government efficiency. Prior to this role, Mr. Brubaker served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of SI International, one of the nation’s fastest growing government
contractors.
Mr. Brubaker previously served as Deputy Assistant
Secretary and Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD) where he was
the Department’s second highest-ranking technology official and supervised DoD’s $50 billion annual Information Technology expenditure. He drove the transformation of many of DoD’s business and war-fighting
processes including personnel, logistics, finance and command and control, and supervised
the Department’s electronic business activity including implementation of
paperless contracting initiatives, travel process management and electronic
mail. He was awarded the Distinguished
Public Service Medal (with bronze palm) for his efforts on behalf of the
Department.
Before serving at DoD,
Mr. Brubaker held various executive positions within the public and private
sectors, including Vice President of Strategic Programs for Litton PRC, Vice
President of Business Development for Federal Data Corporation, and in senior positions
within the U.S. Senate and General Accounting Office. While serving as Republican Staff Director of
the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Mr. Brubaker was
the principal staff architect of the Clinger Cohen Act while working for then-Senator
William S. Cohen (R-Maine).
He has also won numerous awards including the Association
for Information Resource Management’s (AFFIRM) Government Executive Leadership
Award in 2000. He was named to Federal
Computer Week’s Federal 100 in 1996 and 2002, and was appointed to the board of
the Virginia Innovative Technology Authority in 1998 where he served as
chairman from 2001 to 2003. He recently ended
terms as chairman of the technical committee of the Armed Force Communications
and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and president of its D.C. Chapter.
Mr. Brubaker holds a B.A. from Youngstown
State University
and a M.P.A. from Kent State
University, and is very active with
the Churchill Centre. He lives with his
family in Oakton, Virginia.
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