Lieutenant Colonel Donald Zacherl, United States Army (Ret.), President and CEO, T3 Technologies Reston, VA

Donald Zacherl was born in Canada and became a citizen of the United States in 1970. He is the president and chief executive officer of T3 Technologies, a business process and custom software development firm in Virginia. A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, Mr. Zacherl attended the Military Academy at West Point. While in the Army, Mr. Zacherl served as a Field Artillery officer, was qualified as an Airborne Ranger, and commanded a battalion. Mr. Zacherl also served as the operations officer for the Counter-Terrorist Joint Task Force, and was personally congratulated by General Colin Powell, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for successful leadership and coordination of a national crisis management program.

Mr. Zacherl’s post-military accomplishments include selection as one of the 100 premier technology leaders in the United States in 2001 by ComputerWorld magazine. Mr. Zacherl was also profiled in 2001 in InfoWorld magazine as a business technology leader and executive. Mr. Zacherl founded T3 Technologies, a service disabled veteran owned small business, in March 2004. In addition to West Point, Mr. Zacherl earned multiple advanced degrees from Hofstra University and George Washington University. He participated in the Stanford University Chief Information Officer Executive Program and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society.