Information Technology Executive
Before retiring in 2005, Pete Tasker was Executive Director of the Security and Information Operations Division at MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government.
In this position, Mr. Tasker had corporate responsibility for the protection of MITRE's unclassified internal network and for all of MITRE's information security work. In 1999, Mr. Tasker’s division created the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) initiative, a dictionary of standardized names and descriptions for known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. CVE enables companies to improve their commercial security products through better information-sharing among users and interoperability with other vendors’ products. As a private, non-profit company, MITRE was able to broker requirements and standards among the various commercial organizations in a way that did not compromise their competitive advantages.
Since retiring from MITRE, Mr. Tasker has devoted more time to working with youth in underserved neighborhoods of Boston and Lowell. He tutored in an after-school program in Roxbury for three years.
For the past year he has worked as a teacher’s assistant and math tutor through the UMass Lowell Gear Up program; he works in the classroom with tenth-graders and tutors after school at Lowell High School.
Pete is an avid skier, biker, and kayaker. He holds a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
