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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: MANGO, STEPHANIE
Mango took the helm of CGI Federal, the U.S. arm of Montreal-based IT and professional service consultancy CGI, in 2021. She joined CGI in 2004 when it purchased her former employer, American Management Systems. She was promoted to senior vice president in 2015. In September 2024, the company finalized its purchase of Fairfax County IT […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: PARKS, DELBERT
As site executive at Micron Technology Virginia, Micron’s semiconductor manufacturing facility for computer memory chips, Parks oversees more than 1,230 employees for one of Virginia’s largest exporters. A federally subsidized expansion, including $257 million in federal funds announced in December 2024, is expected to double the plant’s workforce, as Micron plans to move its exi[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: HENEGHAN, JOHN
The leader of ASGN’s federal consulting subsidiary since 2022, Heneghan was an English teacher before turning to tech. He previously served as ECS’ chief operating officer and held executive roles at Stanley Associates and CGI Federal. In fiscal 2024, ASGN earned $4.1 billion in revenue, down from $4.45 billion from the previous year. In addition […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: NOVAKOVIC, PHEBE N.
Novakovic has led General Dynamics, one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, since 2013. During her tenure, General Dynamics, with Newport News Shipbuilding as a subcontractor, won the Navy’s largest-ever shipbuilding contract, worth up to $24.2 billion, to build nuclear submarines. The Fortune Global 500 company employs over 100,000 people and reported $47.7 [&helli[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ORTBERG, ROBERT K. ‘KELLY’
In August 2024, Ortberg succeeded Dave Calhoun as the Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant’s chief executive. Ortberg is the retired president and CEO of Collins Aerospace, previously Rockwell Collins and now absorbed into Arlington-based defense contractor RTX. He serves on the Aerospace Industries Association’s executive committee. Boeing’s commercial jet sector’[...]
Education 2025: RAO, MICHAEL
After a bumpy year for Rao and VCU in 2024 — first an ongoing dispute over VCU Health paying $73 million to exit a redevelopment project, followed in the spring by a violent clash between VCU police and pro-Palestinian protesters — the Richmond-based school had some good news. The school announced plans to convert the […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: LYNCH, KIM
Lynch joined Fortune 500 tech company Oracle in 2023. As Oracle’s executive vice president of government intelligence and defense, Lynch has executed Oracle’s growth strategy and driven innovation in cloud technology. For fiscal 2025, Oracle announced revenues of $57.4 billion, up 8% from the previous year. As the Trump administration seeks to streamline government agencies, […]
Education 2025: MAHONEY, PAUL G.
A former dean of the University of Virginia School of Law and a longtime faculty member, Mahoney was named in August as the university’s interim leader. He will serve until U.Va.’s board can find a permanent replacement for former leader Jim Ryan, who resigned as head of the state’s flagship university under pressure from the […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: McINTYRE, SCOTT
McIntyre was retained as CEO after Guidehouse, a federal contractor and global provider of technology and consulting services, was acquired by a Bain Capital Private Equity affiliate for $5.3 billion in 2023. Guidehouse was previously owned by Veritas Capital since 2018. Employing about 18,000 people in 55 locations across the globe, Guidehouse was formed when […]
Education 2025: ADAMS-GASTON, JAVAUNE
Under Adams-Gaston’s leadership since 2019, Norfolk State has racked up achievements ranging from regularly ranking among U.S. News & World Report’s top 20 historically Black colleges and universities to attaining a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The public university attracted big-dollar donation[...]
