Dr. Long Nguyen, CEO and Founder

Dr. Long Nguyen is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Pragmatics, Inc.  He established Pragmatics in 1985; prior to that, Dr. Nguyen had a distinguished academic career teaching computer science at Georgetown University, and other universities.  He earned his undergraduate degree in physics at North Carolina State University; his master’s degree, also in physics, at the University of Virginia; and his doctorate in computer science at Iowa State University.

An active member of the community, Dr. Nguyen is a Member of George Mason University’s Board of Visitors, a Member of the Tower Club’s Board of Governors, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Academy for Government Accountability.  He established relief funds for 9/11 and Katrina victims, and contributed substantially to the Smithsonian Vietnamese American Heritage Endowment.  He also served as a member of the Transition Committee for Virginia’s Governor-Elect in 2005.  He has created endowments at both George Mason University and Iowa State University in honor of his past academic advisors.  In 2007, he established the Lanh and Oanh Nguyen (his parents) Endowed Chair in Software Engineering at Iowa State University. 

His recent awards include the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in Greater Washington in the IT Services category, 2008 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 2008 Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award, 2007 Corporate Leader from The Center for Multicultural Human Services, 2006 Leadership Award from the International Leadership Foundation, 2005 Federal 100 Awardee, 2005 Executive of the Year Finalist from the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, a 2004 “Entrepreneur of the Year” award from the Diversity Advisory Board of George Mason University, and a 2004 Citation of Merit from Iowa State University. Every year since 2000, he has been on the Gold Sea List of 100 Top Asian Entrepreneurs.