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Pravin Jain Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief Scientist, LinQuest Corporation

Dr. Pravin Jain is the Vice President and Chief Scientist of LinQuest Corporation. Previous to joining LinQuest in September 2005 he was over 30 years with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. He held several senior level positions at DISA retiring as the Chief Scientist of the GIG Enterprise Services Engineering Directorate. Dr. Jain is internationally recognized expert with over 40 years of professional experience in military satellite communications and space programs. He was DISA’s focal point in dealing with senior-level officials within the DOD, intelligence agencies, defense industry, Congress, NATO and foreign governments on space issues. He directed and supervised DISA’s SATCOM architecture, planning, engineering and operational activities and managed an organization comprising over 80 military and civilian personnel. He also directed DISA’s Commercial SATCOM acquisition activities leading to DOD’s largest small business contract (over $2.0B) for acquisition and lease of commercial SATCOM services and associated ground terminals. In 2003, he received the Presidential Rank Award for exceptional long-term accomplishments and commitment to excellence in public service - awarded to less than 1% of the career members of the Senior Executive Services (SES). He is also a recipient of Secretary of Defense “Meritorious Civilian Service” award and twice DISA Director’s “Exceptional Civilian Service Award”. Dr. Jain has PhD, MEEE and BSEE degrees all in Electrical Engineering.