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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DEXIAN, McLEAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DEXIAN, McLEAN
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
In the mid-1990s, Ahmed founded what’s now Dexian as a side venture while working as a consultant for Northrop Grumman and a senior technical manager for Mobil Oil. Today, the McLean-based provider of staffing, IT and workforce solutions employs about 12,000 workers across 70 locations worldwide.
Originally known as Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS), the company rebranded as Dexian last year following its 2021 acquisition of Florida-based IT staffing firm Signature Consultants.
Ahmed is a graduate of George Mason University and Harvard Business School. In July 2023, after serving as president and chief operating officer, Ahmed’s brother, Maruf, was promoted to CEO, the role Mahfuz Ahmed previously held.
The Ahmeds were honored by George Mason in September 2023 for donating $250,000 to the school’s College of Engineering and Computing to fund the Dean’s Technology Innovation Fund. The Bangladesh-born brothers asked that a trash can near the library be dedicated in their honor to reflect their humble beginnings; Maruf worked as a groundskeeper at Mason, among other jobs, to support himself while in college.
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