Owen Wormser
Owen Wormser joined the Circadence board of directors in February 2004. Mr. Wormser is the founder, current president, and CEO of C3i®, a premier federal government new business development and federal/state lobbying firm. C3i has produced significant value for its clients during the past 20 years as a certified Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned (SDVO) small business.
Previously, Mr. Wormser worked in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2004. In his presidential appointment with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Wormser’s responsibilities encompassed policy formulation, oversight, and implementation actions effecting: the U.S. Department of Defense’s use of the electromagnetic spectrum; space control, space cooperation, and space-based operations to include precision navigation and timing matters; Special Access Program information integration; Unified Command Structure, national security, and continuity of government command and control policy extending from the president to appropriate command authorities; and finally, the Department of Defense’s development, exploitation, and deployment of wireless technologies, as well as the associated security architectures. Mr Wormser continued to provide his expertise as a consultant to the Defense Science Board.
Additionally, Mr. Wormser served for many years as a visiting professor at the Joint Military Intelligence College in the college’s master’s degree program. Mr. Wormser is a command pilot with over 5,000 flying hours of which 700 were combat hours in Southeast Asia. Mr. Wormser’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star, Air Medal (with 14 Oak Leaf Clusters), Republic of Korea Distinguished Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Distinguished Service Medal with Palm, and the Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters).
Mr. Wormser is a graduate of the University of Maryland in political science and of La Salle University with an LLB in law. Further, he is a graduate of several service schools, culminating with National War College (class of 1980).
