FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 17 – CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that Samuel S. Visner has joined the company as vice president of strategy and business development for its North American Public Sector business unit’s Enforcement, Security and Intelligence (ESI) division.
In his role, Visner will be responsible for developing strategy and managing account teams as they identify, evaluate, qualify and pursue new opportunities in enforcement, security and intelligence.
Visner joins CSC from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), where he most recently served as senior vice president and director of strategy and business development for the company’s Intelligence, Security and Technology Group. Visner led the group’s business development team, managed its prospect pipeline and developed strategy for key opportunity captures. Previously, he served as chief of Signals Intelligence Programs Office at the National Security Agency, where he managed a number of major programs.
“Sam’s track record and diverse background in security and intelligence will be a strong addition to our efforts to grow CSC’s ESI business within the public sector,” said Mike Gaffney, president of Business Development for CSC’s North American Public Sector business unit.
Prior to his work at SAIC, Visner held positions at TECHMATICS (now part of General Dynamics) and Booz-Allen Hamilton and before joining the private sector, he worked for the U.S. government. During his career, he also served as a consultant to the Presidential Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, led part of a task force for the Air Force and National Defense Industrial Association to assess future near-space missions, systems and technologies, and served as a board member on the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
Visner is currently an associate of the National Intelligence Council, the deputy chairman of the Intelligence Committee at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics association, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in the Science and Technology in International Affairs program.
Visner holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown University and a master’s in telecommunications from George Washington University.
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