Dr. Long V. Nguyen

Dr. Long V. Nguyen is Chairman and CEO of Pragmatics, Inc., a growing information technology firm based in McLean, VA with over 350 employees.  He provides overall strategic guidance and direction to senior management in operations, business development and finance. Pragmatics was established in 1985 and specializes in software engineering, systems engineering, information assurance, program management, and IT infrastructure management.  Pragmatics provides mission critical technology solutions to Federal clients, such as development of Defense Department command and control systems, implementation of the Treasury’s Bank Examination Systems, or testing of the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection Systems.  Prior to Pragmatics, Dr. Nguyen had a distinguished academic career, in which he taught computer science at Georgetown University, Indiana University and Purdue University.

An active member of the community, Dr. Nguyen is a Member of George Mason University’s Board of Visitors, a Member of the Tower Club’s Board of Governors, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Academy for Government Accountability.  He established relief funds for 9/11 and Katrina victims, and contributed substantially to the Smithsonian Vietnamese American Heritage Endowment.  He also served as a member of the Transition Committee for Virginia’s Governor-Elect in 2005.  He has created endowments at both George Mason University and Iowa State University in honor of his past academic advisors.  In 2007, he established the Lanh and Oanh Nguyen (his parents) Endowed Chair in Software Engineering at Iowa State University.  His recent awards include 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist; 2006 Leadership Award from the International Leadership Foundation; 2005 Federal 100 Awardee; 2005 Executive of the Year Finalist from the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards; a 2004 “Entrepreneur of the Year” award from the Diversity Advisory Board of George Mason University; and a 2004 Citation of Merit from Iowa State University.  Every year since 2000, he has been on the Gold Sea List of 100 Top Asian Entrepreneurs.

Dr. Nguyen earned his undergraduate degree in physics at North Carolina State University, his master's degree, also in physics, at University of Virginia, and his doctorate in computer science at Iowa State University.