John D. Pitts

JOHN D. PITTS, P.E., PMP

Director of Civil and Structural Engineering U.S. Department of State

Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

John Pitts is the Director of the Civil and Structural Engineering Division at the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO). In this position, he directs the civil, geotechnical, structural and blast engineering disciplines along with the Natural Hazards Program in support of the worldwide overseas building program for the Department of State.

Mr. Pitts has extensive experience with the federal government. From 2015 to 2019 he served as a Construction Executive in OBO’s Construction Management directorate with responsibility for construction projects in Lebanon, Egypt and Israel. From 2011 to 2015 he served as a Project Manager and Branch Chief for the U.S. Army’s Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District with responsibility for the Foreign Military Sales programs in Kuwait, Bahrain, U.A.E. and Qatar. From 2007-2011 he served as a Project Manager for the USACE Baltimore District, on the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s, New Campus East project at Fort Belvoir, VA. From 2005-2007 he served as a Region Manager for the Department of Homeland Security’s RESCUE 21 program, responsible for the planning and implementation of the nation’s coastal 911 system from New Orleans to Mexico.

Prior to his service in the federal government, Mr. Pitts served from 1999-2005 with the Fairfax County Virginia Government as Program Manager for their Park Authority Bond Program and from 1991-1999 with various private consulting firms including Huitt-Zollars in Dallas, Texas and William H. Gordon Associates in Chantilly, Virginia.

Mr. Pitts served in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer and as an Officer in Charge of Construction for the Civil Engineer Corp from 1985 to 1991.

Mr. Pitts received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University.