RCAS Passes the Torch

Mr. Dennis J. Lujan was introduced as the new Reserve Component Automation Systems (RCAS) Product Lead (PL), during an Assumption of Charter ceremony hosted by the Project Manager, Installation Information Infrastructure Communications and Capabilities (I3C2), Mr. Michael Padden on July 11, 2016, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Mr. Lujan assumes his new position as the 11th RCAS PL after serving as the Division Director and Information Security Officer in the Office of Technology Solutions under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Lujan started his federal career in the U.S. Army in 1992 serving 20 years of active military service in operational and generating force units-culminating in an Honorable Discharge in 2012. Upon retiring, he continued his federal service as a civil servant with the Department of Veterans Affairs and most recently with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C.

During service with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Lujan served as Senior Program Manager overseeing corporate initiatives such as the Integrated Acquisition Program, Construction Management, Software Integration and Business Process Improvements. Mr. Lujan was later assigned to the Veterans Health Administration as the principle interagency liaison to a Joint Department of Defense / VA integrated electronic health record program. He also served as a principal advisor to the interagency Clinical Informatics Board and provided executive oversight of all joint business requirement packages going to the board for executive decision.

Among Mr. Lujan’s many military decorations are the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. Mr. Lujan is a graduate of the Command and General Staff Officer Course and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Masters in Criminal Justice Administration from Oklahoma City University.

Mr. Lujan’s awareness and understanding of both the military and civil service will help shape RCAS now and in the future. We welcome him as part of the RCAS Team.

Mr. Sajjan (Saj) M. George, continues his role as the RCAS Deputy PL after serving the past seven months as the Acting PL; he received the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service during the ceremony.