Jude Laspa is Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of Bechtel Group, Inc. (BGI). Based in San Francisco, Laspa, 63, also serves as sponsor of Greater China and the Bechtel Fellows (world class technical specialists) Program as well as being the Chairman of the BGI Group Strategy Committee. Previously, he sponsored the BGI Corporate Six-Sigma program implementation and served as President of Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. (BSII), the Bechtel entity that does all of our government business. Before this assignment, he was responsible for Bechtel's central engineering, procurement, and construction functions, including contracts, project management, and project controls. Before this, he was President of Bechtel's Asia Pacific region located in Hong Kong, responsible for all of Bechtel's engineering and construction work in Asia and Oceania. Before his assignment in Asia, he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Bechtel Enterprises, the project development, financing, and ownership affiliate of Bechtel Group, responsible for developing privatized projects worldwide. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Manager of Bechtel's fossil-power business, responsible for all marketing, business development, engineering, construction, and operation of Bechtel Power's fossil work worldwide. He has been with Bechtel for 40 years and held various positions in project management and project controls in his early years.

Mr. Laspa holds a B.S., Engineering, from Harvey Mudd College and M.B.A. from University of Chicago. He serves on the Boards of a number of outside organizations including Harvey Mudd College, U.S.-China Business Council and the Exploratorium.