Bruce Pasternack was the President and CEO of the Special Olympics

Special Olympics

Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries....

 International from 2005-2007. He currently serves on the board of directors of Codexis (NASDAQ: CDXS), a biotechnology company based out of Redwood City California and Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) and he is a former director of BEA Systems

BEA Systems

BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...

 (NASDAQ: BEAS), Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM), and Symyx Technologies

Symyx Technologies

Symyx Technologies is a pioneer in the area of combinatorial chemistry applied to heterogeneous catalysis and homogeneous catalysis, polymer formulations, electronic and magnetic materials....

 (NASDAQ: SMMX). Prior to being a director for public companies, he was a Senior Vice President of Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. for over 20 years, and the Managing Partner of the firm's organization and strategic leadership center and its offices in California.

Prior to this assignment, he led Booz-Allen's energy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals practice. He was with Booz-Allen from 1976 until 2005.

Pasternack holds degrees in Engineering and Operations Research

Operations research

Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...

 from Cooper Union

Cooper Union

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...

 and University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

 and currently sits on the Cooper Union board.

Pasternack's government service includes head of energy policy at the Federal Energy Administration

Federal Energy Administration

The Federal Energy Administration was a United States government organization created in 1974 to address the 1970s energy crisis. It was merged in 1977 with the newly-created United States Department of Energy.-History:...

, principal staff to the White House Energy Resources Council and the President's Council on Environmental Quality

Council on Environmental Quality

The Council on Environmental Quality is a division of the Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives...

. He is a member of the Board of Directors of LifeSpring Home Nutrition and Special Olympics International, and serves on the Advisory Board of USC's Center for Effective Organizations.

Pasternack has also co-authored two business books, The Centerless Corporation (1998) and Results (2005). The ideas introduced by the book Results are featured on the website www.orgdna.com.

External links

• http://www.specialolympics.org/special+olympics+public+website/english/press_room/global_news_archive/2005+global+news+archive/pasternack+biography.htm www.specialolympics.org Bruce Pasternack Photo and Bio]
• www.orgdna.com Organizational DNA Website