Bisk College of Business Advisory Board

Eugene S. (Gene) Cavallucci was formerly vice president and general counsel of Harris Corporation.

Before retiring in December 2010, he led a twenty-lawyer legal department nd was responsible for all the legal affairs of this Fortune 500 public company. Before becoming general counsel Mr. Cavallucci served as vice president and legal counsel of Harris' federal government, aerospace and defense business units and for five years was Harris's director of business conduct. In this role, he was responsible  for the compliance and business conduct program of this five-billion-dollar, sixteen-thousand-employee company.

Prior to joining Harris in June 1990, he was vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel of DBA Systems, Inc., headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. Prior to joining DBA in December 1985, he was a partner in the law firm of Nabors, Potter, McClelland, Griffith and Jones, P.A., with offices in Melbourne and Titusville, Florida.

Before entering the private practice of law in 1980, he spent seven years on active duty with the U.S. Air Force. In his last assignment he served as chief of contracts and patents at the Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

Mr. Cavallucci received his B.A. degree from Penn State University, his J.D. degree from Penn State's Dickinson School of Law, and his LL.M. degree in government procurement law from the George Washington University Law Center.

Mr. Cavallucci is admitted to practice in Florida and Pennsylvania. He has served as Florida state co-chairperson of the public contract law section of the American Bar Association and co-chairperson of the public contract law committee of the Florida Bar. He has been a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) since 1978 and was elected an NCMA fellow in May 1992.

Mr. Cavallucci was an adjunct professor at Florida Tech where he taught graduate courses in government contract administration and contract negotiations. He is also a member of the board of overseers of Bisk College of Business and serves on the executive committee of the Bisk College of Business Center for Ethics and Leadership.

He has also served on the legal committee of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and was chair of the government contracts council of the Manufacturer's Alliance.