Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: KAREN DAHUT

In October 2022, Dahut became CEO of Google Public Sector, a subsidiary of the tech giant focused on government and educational contracting. Before joining Google, Dahut led Booz Allen Hamilton’s $4 billion global defense business.

Dahut served in the U.S. Navy for six years, including at the Navy Medical Research Institute in Maryland. As a civilian, she worked at the Logistics Management Institute, a Tysons-based nonprofit federal contractor, before joining Booz Allen.

Dahut holds a bachelor’s in business finance from Mount St. Mary’s University and a master’s degree from the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Named four times to Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of top government contracting executives, Dahut also sits on the board of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

In October 2023, Google Public Sector announced a new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence with Accenture Federal Services to assist government agencies in their response to cybersecurity attacks and threats. In January, Google partnered with ManTech to open a new Google Workspace Practice aimed at sharing best practices for artificial intelligence and secure workplace productivity in the government contractor field.