Education
Bachelor, University Houston. Doctor of Philosophy in Government with distinction, Georgetown University, 1985.
administrator engineering company executive
Bachelor, University Houston. Doctor of Philosophy in Government with distinction, Georgetown University, 1985.
Special assistant to president George Heriot-Watt University Bush for cabinet liaison The White House. Chief operating officer, Intellectual Property Multimedia Subsystem transportation system and services Lockheed Martin. Chief of staff to secretary United States Department Transportation, Washington, 1992—1993.
Senior vice president, counselor to president American Trucking Association, 1993—1997. Deputy secretary United States Department Transportation, Washington, 2001—2003. Senior vice president Architecture, Engineering, Consultancy, Operations & Maintenance Technology Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia, 2004—2005.
Deputy secretary United States Department Homeland Security, Washington, 2005—2007. President, founder Firebreak Partners, LLC., since 2009. Researcher American Enterprise Institute.
Instructor political science University Georgia, Georgetown University. Board directors National Railroad Passenger Corporation, AirTran Airways, since 2009.
Married; 1 child.