Maurice Pitt
Mr. Pitt is a product of the Washington, DC public school system. He studied at Brown University, graduating in 1975 with an Sc.B. in mechanical engineering. His first full-time employment was with the Westinghouse Electric Company where he completed corporate temporary assignments at several divisions before permanent assignment to the Defense and Electronics Systems Center in Baltimore, MD, where he distinguished himself as lead thermal design engineer for the USAF Maritime Airborne Warning and Control System.
In 1980, after completing requirements for the Master of Engineering Administration Degree from George Washington University, Mr. Pitt left Westinghouse to join Science Management Corporation where he worked as a consultant to government and private sector clients until 1983. Subsequently, he became an on-site contractor with Pacer Systems, Inc. at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. While there, he supervised scheduling for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System in support of Space Shuttle missions.
Mr. Pitt began full-time professional government service in 1984 at the United States Department of Energy (DOE), initially in the Office of Fossil Energy where he was assigned to fuel cell development and commercialization. He later was promoted to High Temperature Gas Stream Cleanup Program Manager where he performed a technology assessment of the efficacy of sorbent materials. In 1990, Mr. Pitt transferred to the DOE Office of New Production Reactors where he was a member of the source evaluation board for heavy water reactor down selection. In 1991, he was promoted to Program Manager in the DOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) where his duties included serving as Technical Standards Manager and presenting DOE responses to the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board recommendations.
After graduating from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1998, Mr. Pitt worked with senior staff before accepting a position in the DP Office of Stockpile Research and Development. While there, he worked with laboratories in support of the Stockpile Stewardship Program and frequently interacted with Department of Defense officials. He also supervised federal program managers responsible for nuclear weapon system technology development and he worked on sensitive matters with interagency and intelligence community representatives.
Mr. Pitt worked for over 40 years in industry and government before retiring from full-time employment in 2015. Since retirement, he has continued his involvement with DOE, initially as a member of the DOE Retiree Corps, and subsequently as a part-time employee through a subcontract with the DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Most recently, he supported MITRE as a subject matter expert for the 2022 and 2023 JASON Summer Studies. In July 2023, Mr. Pitt was appointed to the Defense Science Board.