Mel Chaskin is Chairman and CEO of Vanguard Research, a government contractor located in Springfield Virginia.  He also serves on the President of the United States’ Management Improvement Council  as the Department of Defense representative, and is Chairman of the Board of the Center for Educational Excellence.  His company, Vanguard,  is focused on system engineering/integration, technology transfer, information management and technology, systems acquisition and issues dealing with communications, command and control.