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Leonard M. Pomata
Chairman & CEO
GITIS
Mr. Pomata has over thirty-five years of progressive management experience in engineering and Information system development for Public and Private sector customers. In a leadership role has held senior management positions with major corporations and achieved continued profitable revenue growth through the development of new business and effective organizations.
Past President of PRC, Inc. a subsidiary of Litton Industries. In this role he effected major changes in business operations and marketing organization to address the changes in government marketplace and the expansion of commercial market. Mr. Pomata was responsible for overseeing the growth of PRC to over $900M and 6000 employees. During his 18 years at PRC he was part of the leadership team responsible for PRC achieving top 10 position in all government systems integration markets. He was instrumental in transforming PRC’s internal business and customer businesses to Internet enabled environments, conversions to new IT infrastructures and providing ERP and Value added solutions.
Mr. Pomata has held leadership positions with major corporations in the IT industry including:
- President, webMethods, Inc, Government Business Unit
- Senior Vice President, Oracle Corporation
- Operations director Computer Sciences Corporation
- Site Manager and engineering, AT&T Bell Laboratories/Western Electric
Mr. Pomata holds BS in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a MS in Electrical Engineering/Computer Sciences from New York University Professional Affiliations:
- AFCEA-President, Washington Chapter 1999-2000
- AFCEA International Board 2000-Present
- Electronic Industries Alliance-Board of Governors 1996-2000
- Professional Services Council-Vice Chairman and Board of Directors 1998-1999
- George Mason University -Board of Visitor Appointment by Governor 1998-2006
- Virginia Governors’ Commission on Information Technology- Member 1998
- Appointment to Virginia Security and Preparedness Panel 2001
- VA Information Technology Investment Board- 2003-present
