▁for ▁women . ▁He ▁was ▁directly ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁confirm ation ▁process ▁for ▁secret aries ▁of ▁defense , ▁chair men ▁of ▁the ▁J oint ▁Chief s ▁of ▁Staff ▁and ▁service ▁chief s , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁civil ian ▁nomin ations , ▁and ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁military ▁nomin ations . ▁P un aro ▁was ▁consist ently ▁named ▁by ▁Roll ▁Call ▁as ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁Top ▁ 5 0 ▁Staff ers ▁in ▁the ▁Congress . ▁ ▁Business ▁P un aro ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁Senior ▁Vice ▁President ▁and ▁then ▁Executive ▁Vice ▁President ▁at ▁Science ▁App lications ▁International ▁Corporation ▁( SA IC ) ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁to ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁a ▁ 1 0 ▁billion ▁doll ar ▁defense ▁and ▁a eros pace ▁company . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁S ector ▁Manager , ▁Deput y ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Business ▁Seg ment ▁and ▁led ▁SA IC ' s ▁Corpor ate ▁Business ▁Development ▁Organ ization . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁Senior ▁Corpor ate ▁Official ▁responsible ▁for ▁SA IC ' s ▁government ▁affairs , ▁world wide ▁communic ations ▁and ▁support ▁operations , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁General ▁Manager ▁of ▁their ▁Washington ▁Oper ations ▁and ▁Super visor ▁of ▁SA IC ' s ▁Corpor ate ▁Small ▁and ▁Dis adv ant aged ▁Business ▁Office . ▁P un aro ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁team ▁that ▁took ▁SA IC ▁public ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁P un aro ▁was ▁recognized ▁for ▁his ▁leadership ▁and ▁accomplish ments ▁at ▁SA IC ▁with ▁the ▁Found er ’