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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TIMOTHY J. McBRIDE
Named president of ST Engineering North America in October 2021, McBride brings 30-plus years of experience at multinational public companies and government agencies to the role. Singapore Technologies Engineering, or ST Engineering, is a $9 billion global technology and engineering group with businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defense and public security industries. Its U.S. […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM WATSON
Watson became CEO of federal contractor Serco in September 2022, after four years as senior vice president of the British company’s North American defense business. He previously was general manager and senior vice president of SAIC’s Navy and Marine customer group and served six years in the Navy. Watson replaces former CEO David Dacquino, who […]
Government | Politics 2023: KELLY T. GEE
Editor’s note: Gee was appointed secretary of the commonwealth Aug. 29, after the Virginia 500 print deadline. She was selected for the 2023 Virginia 500 list based on her prior position as the Virginia Lottery’s executive director. Director of the state lottery since June 2022, Gee leads an agency that generated $3.75 billion in sales […]
Health Care 2023: DR. MICHAEL McDERMOTT
Since 2015, McDermott has led the not-for-profit hospital system that includes two hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford County, three emergency departments and about 50 clinics and other outpatient facilities. It employs about 5,000 people, including 600 doctors. Generating $925 million in revenue in fiscal year 2022, Mary Washington began its new Graduate Medical Education program […]
Manufacturing 2023: SCOTT KEOGH
In 2022, Keogh left his position as president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America to serve as head of Scout Motors, the German automaker’s new electric truck and sport utility vehicle division. Scout is a revamp of the iconic Scout all-terrain vehicle brand produced by International Harvester in the 1960s and ’70s. In 2021, […]
Real Estate 2023: EUGENE J. BREDOW
In March 2022, Bredow was appointed president and CEO of NVR after Paul C. Saville transitioned to executive chairman. Bredow has worked for NVR since 2004 and became president of NVR Mortgage in April 2019 after holding several executive positions in accounting and administration. Founded in 1980, NVR is one of the nation’s largest homebuilding […]
Real Estate 2023: BARBARA M. WOLCOTT
A five-decade Hampton Roads real estate veteran, Wolcott now leads a company created by the merger this March of Rose & Womble Realty and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty. The combined firm has more than 750 agents and the backing of Suffolk-based TowneBank, as well as being part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway luxury real […]
Economic Development 2023: STEPHANIE LANDRUM
Economic growth in Northern Virginia continues surging with the ongoing construction of the $1 billion Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard. In February, development reached a milestone when officials raised a steel beam to the 11th floor of the campus’s anchor building. The 300,000-square-foot structure is expected to open by the fall 2024 semester […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: GREG BARONI
Philanthropist, entrepreneur, sports team owner and tech executive Baroni co-founded McLean-based Attain LLC, a management, tech and compliance consulting firm, in 2009. The company split in 2021, selling its federal arm to Reston-based health care company Maximus for $430 million. Attain’s remaining education, nonprofit, health care and state and local government sectors now operate private[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: STU SHEA
A fixture in the national security industry, Shea has led the expansion of a 6-year-old private company into a major defense contractor through a series of acquisitions, including the 2021 purchase of Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services business. The growing company recently moved its headquarters from Herndon to Reston, which serves as […]
