Steven T. Schanzer
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Schanzer was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor
of science degree with honors in physics from the University of Missouri
in 1964. Mr. Schanzer received a master of science degree in computer science
from the University of Kansas in 1972 and finished all but his dissertation
for a Ph.D. in computer science. In addition, Mr. Schanzer received a master
of science degree in operations research from George Mason University in
1988. He attended the National War College in 1984-1985 and has attended
numerous professional development seminars covering such topics as intelligence,
management, and information systems.
From January 1965 through June 1967, he was employed by the Western Electric
Company, where he developed processes for the manufacture of solid-state
transistors and integrated circuits. In 1967 he founded the Cybernetics
Corporation, a company specializing in software development and providing
computing services. He was hired by Analytic Services (ANSER), a Federal
Contract Research Center in Washington, DC, in 1974. While at ANSER, he
served as a member of the technical staff and also managed their computing
resources.
Mr. Schanzer joined the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 1980 as Chief
of the Command, Control, Communications and Force Analysis Branch in the
Soviet/Warsaw Pact Division. In 1984, Mr. Schanzer was promoted to the
Senior Executive Service as the Special Assistant for Targets Intelligence,
and in 1985 he was designated as the Special Assistant for Soviet/Warsaw
Pact Military/Political Affairs. In 1987, he was promoted to the position
of Director, Information Services. Mr. Schanzer became the Acquisition
Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency in 1992 prior to his
appointment as the Director, Intelligence Systems Secretariat on the Director
of Central Intelligence's Community Management Staff in 1993.
Mr. Schanzer's awards include the DIA Meritorious Civilian Service Award,
the Senior Executive Association's Executive Achievement Award, the Presidential
Rank of Distinguished Executive, the Defense Information Systems Agency's
(DISA) Exceptional Civilian Service Award, the DCI's Community Management
Staff Exceptional Performance Award, the Armed Forces Communications and
Electronics Association (AFCEA) Award for Distinguished Service to the Intelligence
Community, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, and Vice
President Gore's HAMMER Award for Reinventing Government.
Mr. Schanzer and his wife, Rosalyn, reside in Fairfax Station, Virginia,
and have two children, Adam and Kim.