Board of Directors

SAIC's board of directors is comprised of men and women who have distinguished themselves in industry, finance, health care, and government service.

Board Members

Ken Dahlberg is SAIC's Chairman of the Board. He served as SAIC's chief executive officer from November 3, 2003, until September 21, 2009. Prior to joining SAIC, Dahlberg served as executive vice president of General Dynamics where he was responsible for the company's Information Systems and Technology Group.

Dahlberg began his career with Hughes Aircraft in June 1967. He held various engineering, program management and leadership positions with Hughes. At Hughes, he served as president of the division that produced air traffic control hardware, systems and radar; then was president of the division that produced weapons systems, naval systems and tank systems, and later was president of the Sensors and Communications division. When Raytheon acquired Hughes Aircraft in 1997, he became president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Systems Company and oversaw operations of the defense business units. Three years later, he assumed the duties of executive vice president for business development and president of Raytheon International. In this role, he was Raytheon's principal liaison with its defense customers and directed its international and domestic business development.

Dahlberg received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1967, a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1969 and attended the University of California business school for advanced education for executives. He is a director of Teledyne Technologies and the National Defense Industrial Association, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Surface Navy Association, the Association of the United States Army, and a lifetime member of the United States Navy League.

Walter P. Havenstein joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as chief executive officer on September 21, 2009. He is also a member of SAIC's board of directors.

Prior to joining SAIC, Havenstein served as chief operating officer and member of the board of directors for BAE Systems plc, a $34 billion global aerospace and defense company; and president and chief executive officer of BAE Systems Inc., the company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, which employs 53,000 employees and generates annual sales in excess of $20 billion.

Havenstein previously served as president of the Electronics & Integrated Solutions Operating Group within BAE Systems. Before that, he was president of BAE Systems' Information and Electronic Warfare Systems business unit. Havenstein was president of the Sanders defense electronics business prior to it being acquired by BAE from Lockheed Martin in 2000. Before joining Sanders in 1999, he had been vice president and general manager of the Strategic Systems Division for Raytheon.

Havenstein began his defense industry career at the ITT Aerospace and Communications Division in business development and program management roles. He served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1971 to 1983, specializing in tactical communications and systems acquisition management, and completed his career in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1999 retiring as a colonel.

Havenstein was born on April 24, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. Havenstein serves on the board of directors of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology; and on the board of advisors for the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business.

Dr. Córdova has served as the President of Purdue University since July 2007. Prior to joining Purdue University, she served as Chancellor of University of California Riverside from 2002 to 2007. From August 1996 to July 2002, Dr. Córdova was Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Physics at University of California Santa Barbara. She served as Chief Scientist of National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1993 to 1996, and headed the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University from 1989 to 1993. Dr. Córdova is a member of the board of directors of Edison International.

Mr. Drummond was employed by BellSouth Corporation from 1962 until his retirement in December 2001. He served as vice chairman of BellSouth Corporation from January 2000 until his retirement. He was president and chief executive officer of BellSouth Communications Group, a provider of traditional telephone operations and products, from January 1998 until December 1999. He was president and chief executive officer of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. from January 1995 until December 1997. Drummond also serves on the boards of directors of Borg-Warner Automotive, AirTran Holdings, Inc. and Centillium Communications, Inc.

Thomas F. Frist, III is a principal of Frist Capital L.L.C., a private investment vehicle for Frist and certain related persons and has held such position since 1998. Prior to that, Frist co-managed FS Partners, L.L.C. and worked at Rainwater, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas and in New York. Frist has served on the Board of Directors of HCA, Inc. since 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Frist served on the board of Triad Hospitals, Inc.

Dr. Hamre has served as the president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a public policy research institution, since 2000. Dr. Hamre served as U.S. deputy secretary of defense from 1997 to 2000 and under secretary of defense (comptroller) from 1993 to 1997. Hamre is also a member of the board of directors of ChoicePoint, Inc., ITT Industries, Inc., and MITRE Corporation.

Dr. John retired from Sandia National Laboratories, a science and engineering laboratory, in September 2006, after having served as Vice President of Sandia's California Division from April 1999 to September 2006. She previously served in a number of managerial and technical roles for Sandia from 1982 to 1999. Dr. John is a member of the Department of Defense's Defense Science Board and Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and the National Research Council's Naval Studies Board.

Dr. Jones is the Quarles professor of engineering at the University of Virginia, where she has taught since 1989. From 1993 to 1997, Jones was on leave of absence from the university to serve as director of defense research and engineering in the U.S. Department of Defense. Jones also served as a director of our company from 1987 to 1993.

General Jumper retired from the United States Air Force, effective November 1, 2005. From September 2001 through November 2005, General Jumper was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, serving as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of active-duty, guard, reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Jumper functioned as a military advisor to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. General Jumper is also a member of the boards of directors of Goodrich Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., TechTeam Global, Inc. and Somanetics Corporation.

Mr. Kraemer has been an executive partner of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm, since April 2005, and has served as a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University since January 2005. Mr. Kraemer previously served as the chairman of Baxter International, Inc., a health-care products, systems and services company, from January 2000 until April 2004, as chief executive officer of Baxter from January 1999 until April 2004 and as president of Baxter from April 1997 until April 2004. Kraemer also served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Baxter from November 1993 to April 1997.

Mr. Sanderson retired from Oracle Corporation in 2002 after having served as an executive vice president since 1995. At Oracle, Sanderson was responsible for Oracle Product Industries, Oracle Consulting, and the Latin American Division. Prior to Oracle, he was president of Unisys World-wide Services and partner at both McKinsey & Company and Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting).

Mr. Simpson has served as president and chief executive officer, capital operations, of GEICO Corporation, an auto insurer, since May 1993. Mr. Simpson previously served as vice chairman of the board of GEICO from 1985 to 1993. He also serves on the board of directors of VeriSign, Inc. Mr. Simpson previously served as a director of our company from 1999 to 2002.

Mr. Young retired from Lockheed Martin Corp. in 1995 after having served as an executive vice president from March 1995 to July 1995. Prior to its merger with Lockheed Corporation, Young served as the president and chief operating officer of Martin Marietta Corp. from 1990 to 1995. Young is also on the board of directors of the Goodrich Corporation.

Board Meetings

During fiscal 2009, the Board of Directors held ten meetings of the entire Board and six meetings of only the independent directors. Each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors includes an executive session of the independent directors. A. Thomas Young, the Lead Director, presides at all regularly scheduled executive sessions of our independent directors as provided by our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Average attendance at such meetings of the Board of Directors was 92.4%. During fiscal 2009, no director attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of the meetings of the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors on which they served.