Lawrence B. Prior

Who is Lawrence B. Prior?

Prior grew up in the Los Angeles area, graduating from Redondo Union High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University in 1973 and a master of arts degree in government from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1983.

Prior began his career in the United States Marine Corps, serving as an intelligence officer for 11 years. Other roles he held in the public sector include senior analyst with the Office of Naval Intelligence and staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In 1992 he moved to the private sector and joined TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group, where he served as vice president for business development, then vice president and general manager for TRW Tactical Systems Division.

Prior returned to the public sector in July 1996, when he was hired to succeed George Stephany as the chief administrative officer of San Diego County, California. Prior remained in San Diego and joined LightPointe Communications, rising to the position of chief financial officer and interim CEO by September 2004, when he moved to SAIC as Senior Vice President, Federal Systems and worked his way up to COO.

In June 2009, Prior left SAIC to become the president and COO of ManTech International, a large scale integrator. He was also elected as director of the company in June 2009.