Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. Announces New President
Mr. Michael L. Sorrentino and Mr. Raymond F. Roddy, co-owners and founders of Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. of Vienna, Virginia, announced today that Mr. Douglas S. Taggart has been named President of Overlook effective June 1, 2008.
Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. is a professional engineering and technical services, veteran-owned small business established in 1987 and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. In addition to the Vienna office, Overlook has three business units in Los Angeles, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Overlook has 70 employees with annual revenues approaching $12M.
Mr. Taggart has more than 25 years of experience in electronic navigation, positioning and timing systems. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, in 1976 and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1980. Mr. Taggart joined Overlook in November 1996 following retirement from the Coast Guard.
During his Overlook career he has supported the Office of the Secretary of Defense in numerous areas to include: formulation of the Defense Department’s GPS Security Policy, GPS Modernization, allied use of military GPS, navigation warfare, national space-based navigation policy, and international outreach efforts on civil GPS cooperation with Europe, Japan and Russia. During his Coast Guard career he had assignments in radionavigation research & development, systems engineering, operations and program management. As the Coast Guard’s Radionavigation Program Manager, congruent with the operational declaration of GPS, he directed the transfer of overseas Loran-C sites to host nation operations, termination of the Omega system, and standup of the Coast Guard’s maritime Differential GPS network.
In 2005-2006 Mr. Taggart was the Institute of Navigation’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Congressional Fellow serving on the staff of Congressman Brad Miller. Mr. Taggart is a Council Member of the U.S. Institute of Navigation and serves on the Board of Directors of the International Loran Association. Additionally, he is Chairman of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – USA (IEEE-USA) Committee on Communications Policy, Vice Chair of the Transportation and Aerospace Policy Committee, and member of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee.