¶ CENTRA Technology
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CENTRA Technology, Inc. was an American government services company based in Arlington, Virginia. It functioned as a cutout for the United States Federal Government, including running scientific conferences for the Central Intelligence Agency.[1] It was led by Harold Rosenbaum.[2]
¶ History
CENTRA was founded in 1997.[1:1] The company was acquired by Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) in October 2020.[3] PAE was subsequently acquired by and merged into Amentum in February 2022.[4]
¶ Services
CENTRA provided services in "Continuity of Operations / Continuity of Government (COOP/COG) programs and devolution planning," as well as preparation for "extreme weather events, acts of terrorism, pandemics, and a wide range of other crises."[5]
¶ Clients
CENTRA's clients have included federally funded research and development centers, major defense contractors, state and local government agencies, and private sector clients. Listed examples include:[6][7][8][9]
- Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)
- Boston Police Department (BPD)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)[1:2]
- City of Dallas, Texas
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
- Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Federal Acquisition Service
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Office of Procurement Operations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
- Office of the Secretary of Transportation
- Space Development Agency (SDA)
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- United States Air Force
- United States Army
- United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- United States Department of Defense (DOD)
- United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
- United States Department of the Air Force
- United States Department of the Army
- United States Department of the Navy
- United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Marshals Service
- United States Secret Service
- United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- Washington Headquarters Services (WHS)
CENTRA has received sub-awards from:
- Accenture
- Actionable Solutions Group (ASG)
- Avantus Federal
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- CQJV
- E3 Federal Solutions
- ECS
- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
- IBM
- IntelliWare Systems
- ManTech International
- Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI)
- Parsons Corporation
- Peraton
- QuantiTech
- Raytheon BBN
- Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)
- Strategic Analysis (SA)
¶ Staff
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Rosenbaum | Founder and CEO | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| Richard Bogusky | Senior Vice President | Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) |
| James Harris | Vice President for Research | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Peggy Lyons | Director of Global Access | Central Intelligence Agency |
| David Kanin | Analytic Director | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Dianne Colpitts | Director of Human Resources | - |
¶ External links
Golden, D. (2017, October 10). The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics. The Guardian. http://archive.today/2018.01.04-135126/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/10/the-science-of-spying-how-the-cia-secretly-recruits-academics ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
About Us. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved May 17, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.05.17-161008/https://www.centratechnology.com/about-us/ ↩︎
Zindler, M., & Nowlin, T. (2020, October 26). PAE to Acquire CENTRA Technology, Expanding its Intelligence Community Support Portfolio. GlobeNewswire News Room. https://web.archive.org/web/20240102222611/https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/10/26/2114097/0/en/PAE-to-Acquire-CENTRA-Technology-Expanding-its-Intelligence-Community-Support-Portfolio.html ↩︎
Puente, C., Fuentes, C., & Zindler, M. (2022, February 15). PAE Announces Closing of Merger With an Affiliate of Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC. GlobeNewswire News Room. http://archive.today/2024.01.02-222814/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/15/2385413/0/en/PAE-Announces-Closing-of-Merger-With-an-Affiliate-of-Amentum-Government-Services-Holdings-LLC.html ↩︎
Contingency Planning & Preparedness. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved May 17, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.05.17-170723/https://www.centratechnology.com/government-services/risk-management-solutions/contingency-planning-preparedness/ ↩︎
Clients. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2006, from http://archive.today/2006.05.05-183529/http://www.centratechnology.com/clients.cfm ↩︎
Featured Customers. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2019, from http://archive.today/2019.08.30-222606/https://www.centratechnology.com/contracting/featured-customers/ ↩︎
Advanced Search - CENTRA Technology, Inc. USAspending; Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Retrieved January 2, 2024, from https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=8f07249ed34d1a1f611d2764dc18e3d8 ↩︎
Customers. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved August 5, 2002, from http://archive.today/2002.08.05-221553/http://www.centratechnology.com/centra_technology.cfm?ID=5 ↩︎