Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: AMY GILLILAND

As president of General Dynamics Information Technology, an $8.5 billion IT company, Gilliland oversees roughly 30,000 employees across 30 countries. Gilliland joined parent company General Dynamics in 2005 and became president of GDIT in 2017.

In addition to overseeing numerous federal contracts — including a $922 million contract awarded in February to modernize the U.S. Central Command’s enterprise IT infrastructure — Gilliland often takes leadership positions on issues in the federal IT sphere, including calling for the Pentagon and other customers to modernize and harden operating environments to meet the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape. She also started a mental health campaign called “How are you, really?” at GDIT in 2021 after an employee’s suicide.

A former Navy surface warfare officer, Gilliland holds a bachelor’s from the U.S. Naval Academy and master’s degrees from Cambridge and Georgetown universities. She is vice chair of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and serves on the boards of BNY Mellon and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

She has been named to Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of top government contracting executives seven times. Gilliland also works with the Rett Syndrome Research Trust to raise awareness for Rett Syndrome.