Scott F. Large (born February 22, 1955) is an American

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who served as the sixteenth

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from 2007 to 2009.Marquis Who's Who on the Web
/ref> He previously served as the Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office from April to October 2007, and as the

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's Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology.DoD Names New NRO Director, 19 Oct 2007
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Personal life

Large received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1979 from the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in unincorporated area, unincorporated Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida. ...

, majoring in electro-optics and semiconductor devices. Before joining the government, he spent seven years in industry, during which time he received three patents in fiber optics technology.

Career

Large joined the

(CIA) in 1986 as a Project Management Engineer in the Office of Development and Engineering developing advanced spacecraft payloads at the NRO. He held various senior development and systems engineering positions within the NRO's Imagery Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate through 1996. Also during this time, he served one year as the Executive Assistant to the Director of the NRO. In 1997, he became Deputy Director of the Future Imagery Architecture Program. A year later, Large was appointed the Deputy Chief for Programs within the CIA Directorate of Operations' Technical Management Office. In this position, he helped administer a joint national program while assisting in the development of the program's strategic plan and program management process. In 2000, he was selected as Director of the Clandestine Signals Intelligence Operations Group in the Office of Technical Collection within the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology. While there, he led the development and execution of critical collection operations for the Intelligence Community. In September 2000, he became the Deputy Director of the Office of Technical Collection. Beginning in August 2001, Large served as the CIA's Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology. Following that assignment, he moved back to the NRO to serve as the Director, Imagery Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, from July 2003 to November 2006. Large became the second Principal Deputy Director of the

National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. f ...

(NRO) and Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology) on April 2, 2007. Prior to these appointments, he was the Director, Source Operations and Management Directorate at the

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to support national se ...

(NGA). He tendered his resignation as DNRO on April 8, 2009, effective April 18, 2009. His awards include the NRO Meritorious Service Medal, the NRO Superior Service Medal, the CIA Intelligence Commendation Medal, the CIA Director's Award, the NSA Director’s Award, the DIA Director’s Award, the NGA Medallion for Excellence, the NGA Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, the

National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal The National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (NIDSM) is a decoration awarded for service to the United States Intelligence Community. The decoration is awarded to any member or contributor to the National Intelligence Community, either ...

, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Service and the CIA

Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal The Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency for an individual's cumulative record of service reflecting a pattern of increasing levels of responsibility or increasingly strategic impact and with distin ...

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Official Biography
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