(Washington, DC) The District of Columbia Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) welcomes its new Chief Procurement Officer, David P. Gragan, who was recently nominated by Mayor Fenty to serve as Director of OCP.
With more than 27 years of professional experience, Gragan most recently served as the director of CGI Spend Management Solutions, a global information technology services and management consulting firm. Previously, Gragan managed government procurement affairs for Accenture and Oracle Corporation. As a government procurement professional who served as the director of procurement operations for the states of Indiana and Texas, he has received two awards from the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) and the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing.
Both were awarded as a result of his outstanding contributions in government acquisitions. Gragan is a Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO) and a lifetime member of NASPO, as well as a member of the Board of Advisors for the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). Before his service in state government, Mr. Gragan was a signals intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Gragan is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Leesburg with plans to move to the District.