Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: SHAWN PURVIS

President and CEO of security and defense contractor QinetiQ US since February 2022, Purvis previously worked at Northrop Grumman, where she was enterprise services sector president and a corporate vice president. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 2012, Purvis worked for Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), where she was senior vice president of its intelligence systems unit.

Purvis holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Hampton University, a master’s in information systems from George Mason University and a certificate from Yale School of Management’s Accelerated Management Program. In 2024, she received her fourth consecutive Wash100 Award, recognizing leading government contracting executives.

In August 2023, QinetiQ US won a $224 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical assistance for the Space Development Agency. In October 2023, QinetiQ US won an $84 million Army contract to produce 700 bomb suits for use by explosive ordinance disposal soldiers. The following month, QinetiQ US was awarded a $170 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract for the Tethered Aerostat Radar System surveillance system.

Its United Kingdom-based parent company, QinetiQ Group, reported about $3.5 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2024, up 21% from the prior year.