sentences:  The Business Transformation Agency was established by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England on October 7, 2005.The founding executives of the BTA were Co-Directors Thomas Modly, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Financial Management, and Paul Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation; Director of Transformation Planning and Performance, David Fisher; Director of Transformation Priorities and Requirements, Radha Sekar; Director; Director of Investment Management, Paul Ketrick; Director of Warfighter Support, Bob Love; Director of Information and Federation Management, David Scantling; and Director of Agency Operations, Navy Captain Michael Murphy.In August 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates directed the inactivation of the BTA.