SEAS Alumnus David Karlgaard to Keynote SEAS Celebration

Dr. David C. Karlgaard (D.Sc. '74), a co-founder of PEC Solutions, will deliver the keynote address at this year's SEAS Commencement Celebration. The Celebration begins at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 20, 2006, and will be held at the Charles E. Smith Center on The George Washington University's main campus. The Smith Center is located at 600 22nd Street, N.W.

Dr. Karlgaard has over 31 years of technical and managerial experience in the information sciences industry. In April 2000, Dr. Karlgaard and his partners launched PEC Solutions as a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Under his leadership, PEC Solutions was recognized by Forbes Magazine as 14th in its "America's Best 200 Small Companies" issue; by the Washington Post as 74th among the "Top 200 Companies" in the Washington, DC area; and, by Business 2.0 as 39th in its first annual B2-100. Dr. Karlgaard served as chairman of the boand and CEO of the company until it was sold to Nortel in 2005. He now serves as vice chairman of the board at Nortel Government Solutions.