Michael Peter Jackson (born April 28, 1954) was the

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administration's Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, beginning in March 2005 and ending with his resignation in October 2007. Jackson is a member of the

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Education

Jackson studied at the

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(

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) under Ross M. Lence and received a

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with distinction from the Government Department at

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in 1985.

Earlier private sector career

Before returning to DOT in 2001, Jackson worked in the private sector as Chief Operating Officer at Lockheed Martin IMS's Transportation Systems and Services. IMS's transportation group provided high technology services to toll authorities, freight companies and 35 state governments. From 1993 until 1997, Jackson was Senior Vice President at the American Trucking Associations, where he managed inter modal, international and technology policy matters. Between 2003 and 2005, Jackson served as Senior Vice President of AECOM Technology Corporation, where he was responsible for AECOM government relations and international business development. He has been a researcher at the

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and has taught

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at the

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and

Private sector career

After leaving government service, Jackson became a founder and the president of Firebreak Partners, LLC, a firm which was created to "design, integrate and lease core security technology systems needed to protect commercial aviation, maritime freight transportation and other critical infrastructure." In February 2009, he was elected to the board of

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, Inc., which, among other things, controls the regional airline,

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. Jackson is the current CEO of physical security information management provider VidSys.

Government career

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Jackson was confirmed by the

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to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on March 10, 2005. In this role, he served as the Department's

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, with responsibility for managing the day-to-day operations. Jackson resigned this post effective October 26, 2007, "for financial reasons I can no longer ignore."

Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation

Jackson served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from May 2001 to August 2003. As deputy secretary, Jackson was that department's chief operating officer, with responsibility for day-to-day operations of an organization that, following the

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attacks of September 11, 2001, grew to a $68

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annual budget supporting over 179,000 employees. His tenure was particularly focused on DOT's response to the terrorist attacks, including standing up the new

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and management of recovery efforts for the nation's

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industry. He served as a member of the board of directors of

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and was chairman of its

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. In 2004, Jackson was appointed to serve on the

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's Commission on Implementation of

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Space Exploration Policy, which provided management recommendations to the

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and its future mission management. In addition to holding three positions during the tenure of

, Jackson also held positions for two earlier presidents. In the administration of President George H. W. Bush, he served at the

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as special assistant to the President for Cabinet liaison and later as chief of staff to the Secretary of Transportation. He held several positions reporting to the

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in the administration of President Ronald Reagan.

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