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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WATSON, TOM
Editor’s note: Serco announced on Sept. 22 that Michael LaRouche would succeed Tom Watson, effective Oct. 1. Watson became CEO of federal contractor Serco in 2022, after four years as senior vice president of defense business at the North American subsidiary of British parent company Serco Group. He previously worked for Science Applications International Corp. […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WINTER, LINDSAY BERRY
A Hampton Roads native, Winter oversees the e-commerce giant’s economic and community investments in Virginia, where Amazon has its East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington County. Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $135 billion in Virginia through infrastructure and compensation for its 42,000 employees in the state. Before joining Amazon in 2021, Winter worked […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WAGONER, DOUG
Wagoner became CEO of the government contracting and consulting firm in 2020. In 2021, LMI acquired Suntiva, expanding its digital and workforce solution offerings, and sponsored the establishment of the Space Force Association Space Center of Excellence, an effort that aims to foster collaboration in the space domain. In 2022, LMI further expanded its presence […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TAIT, MATT
A U.S. Navy veteran, Tait joined government contractor ManTech International in 2018 as a division president before becoming its chief operating officer in 2020. Shortly after the company went private in a $4.2 billion sale to Carlyle Group, Tait became CEO and president in 2022. Previously, Tait spent two decades at consulting firm Accenture. He […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: VECCHIOLLA, TOM
Vecchiolla has led the U.S. arm of U.K.-based security and defense contractor QinetiQ Group since January, taking over for Shawn Purvis, now CEO of Ohio’s Sabel Systems Technology Solutions. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Vecchiolla spent more than two decades in the Navy as an aviator and acquisition professional. He also worked as […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TRUNDLE, STEPHEN
Trundle has led Tysons-based home security tech company Alarm.com since 2003, coming aboard from its founding parent company, MicroStrategy (now known as Strategy), where he served as chief technology officer. The company sold the spinoff security business to investors in 2009, and Alarm.com, which now has 2,000 employees, went public in 2015. Alarm.com has become […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TAYLOR, JENNIFER
Since 2020, Taylor has led the Northern Virginia Technology Council, one of the largest regional technology trade associations in the nation. NVTC represents tech industry players ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies to universities and nonprofits. Under Taylor’s leadership, NVTC has seen its membership grow by more than 85% to more than 500 companies. […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WEDGE, SUSAN
After joining IBM in 2002, Wedge took on roles of increasing responsibility. In 2022, she was tapped to lead IBM Consulting’s U.S. public and federal market, a portfolio worth more than $2.2 billion that supports more than 4,000 U.S.-based consultants. She also has served as IBM’s head of federal operational transformation practice, senior partner of […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: SHAPIRO, GARY J.
Lawyer, author and lobbyist Shapiro is the longtime leader of the Consumer Technology Association, a trade organization representing more than 1,200 consumer technology companies. CTA owns and produces CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, which has been held in Las Vegas since 1978. With more than three decades at CTA’s helm, Shapiro has […]
Fredericksburg weighs impact of federal job cuts
Northern Virginia politicians, all Democrats, started sounding the alarm immediately about federal job cuts and slashing of federal agencies’ budgets at the start of the second Trump administration in January. And there have been significant impacts in Fairfax and Arlington counties, as well as Alexandria, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is […]
GMU Baroni Center launches inaugural index of GovCon trends
George Mason University's Baroni Center launched an inaugural index analyzing government contracting trends.
GDIT secures $396M Special Operations Command contract
Falls Church federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology won a $396 million contract to support the U.S. Special Operations Command.
