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Sid Fuchs is the president, CEO and a director of OAO Technology Solutions (OAOT), a portfolio company of John F. Lehman & Company that provides IT services and solutions to mid-market and Fortune 500 companies in over 200 locations worldwide. He is a leading executive with more than 20 years experience in the Intelligence, National Security, Aerospace and Defense, and Commercial markets.
Prior to joining OAOT, Mr. Fuchs was a corporate officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation and held the positions of president and CEO of TASC, Inc. (a $1.2B subsidiary delivering engineering services to the Intelligence, Space, and Defense markets) and president of the Civilian Agencies group (a $1.3B unit delivering IT services to the Health IT, Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Federal Civilian markets). Prior to Northrop Grumman, he was the director of Strategic Services at Rational Software and led teams that were responsible for the design and implementation of large-scale commercial and government software systems throughout the world. Mr. Fuchs was also a national sales manager at Oracle Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, where his sales teams consistently exceeded targets.
Mr. Fuchs is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, having served at domestic and foreign posts and on assignment with the US Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). His agency career included positions as an operations officer, intelligence analyst for foreign weapon and ballistic missile systems, and as a systems engineer and program manager for several National space and ground based collection, communications, and processing systems. He has received commendations from the US Defense and Intelligence Community, as well as other government organizations in the US and abroad.
In 2008, Mr. Fuchs was named a permanent member of Defense Science Board supporting Defense Intelligence initiatives. Upon nomination by the White House in 2002, he received an appointment by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to the Board of Visitors, National Defense University (NDU) and in 2003 was named an NDU Distinguished Visiting Fellow. In 2000, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition selected him for a Tri-Service Assessment Team that studied the initial planning and technologies for the Future Combat System program. He has also participated in several planning and gaming exercises for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. He has received commendations from the US Defense and Intelligence Community, as well as other government organizations in the US and abroad.
Mr. Fuchs is a board member of Xcalibur, Inc., the Louisiana State University Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Tower Club. He is also a member of The Potomac Officers Club, the Association for Corporate Growth, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He is a former board member of Roam Secure, Inc (acquired by Cooper Industries in 2007), the CEO Panel for the Information Technology Association of America, AFCEA International, the NRO Senior Advisory Panel, Millennium Bank, the Joint Military Intelligence College Foundation, and the Fairfax County Public Library Foundation. In 2000, Mr. Fuchs established the first scholarship fund for the e-Commerce Program at the Northern Virginia Community College and was the Chairman of the American Heart Association's 2000 Young Executive's Campaign.
He earned BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Louisiana State University and has completed executive programs at the University of Virginia Darden School, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Harvard, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
A recognized thought leader, Mr. Fuchs is a published author and speaker on Globalization, Government Markets, Information Technology, Homeland Security, Professional Development and Education, Leadership, Business Strategy and Operations, and Organizational Change. | 