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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN S. MENGUCCI
Mengucci originally aspired to a career in music, but his father suggested he seek a more practical profession. He attended Clarkson University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science before earning an MBA from Syracuse University. Mengucci became president and CEO of contractor CACI International in July 2019 after spending a decade as […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TONI TOWNES-WHITLEY
In October, Townes-Whitley will succeed Nazzic S. Keene as SAIC’s CEO, the Fortune 500 contractor announced in May. She also will replace Keene on SAIC’s board, with Keene staying on as a special adviser through February 2024. Townes-Whitley comes to the $7 billion, 26,000-employee SAIC from Microsoft, where she served as president of U.S. Regulated […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHARLIE WATKINS
Responsible for companywide strategy and performance, Watkins has served since 2018 as president and CEO of Landmark Media Enterprises and its subsidiary, Dominion Enterprises. A digital marketing and software services provider, Dominion Enterprises started under the umbrella of the former Landmark Communications, a Norfolk-based media company that owned The Virginian-Pilot, The Roanoke Times and [...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: DELBERT PARKS
In 2021, Parks joined Micron as site executive for its Manassas manufacturing lab. The facility’s 2019 expansion remains the largest economic deal in state history, with more than $3 billion in investments and 1,000 new hires planned by 2030. Parks worked as an electrician during high school before earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: PHONG LE
Le took the reins of MicroStrategy in August 2022 after its high-profile former CEO, Michael Saylor, stepped back to focus on cryptocurrency bitcoin. Founder Saylor, who continues as the independently owned company’s executive chairman, is still doubling down on bitcoin, as is MicroStrategy, which purchased about $347 million worth of bitcoin from April 29 to […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JUDI DOTSON
With more than 30 years working for the Fortune 500 global management consultant, Dotson leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security and global defense business. In 2022, Dotson succeeded Karen Dahut, who now serves as CEO of Google’s public sector organization. Under Dotson’s leadership, Booz Allen has performed work for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: ADAM RIDDLE
Riddle was named chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America and president of its defense division in April, succeeding Thomas Bell, who left to become CEO of Leidos Holdings. Riddle has worked for the British aero-engineering company’s defense branch for more than a decade. He most recently headed up its global services operations, which accounts […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BRIAN HUSEMAN
Huseman is one of the most prominent representatives of Amazon.com in Arlington, where the e-tailer held a grand opening for the first buildings on its HQ2 East Coast headquarters campus in June. A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and associate general counsel for the Federal Trade Commission, Huseman leads Amazon’s federal lobbying work and […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MATT TAIT
Tait was named CEO and president of the government contractor in October 2022, shortly after the 55-year-old company went private in a $4.2 billion sale to Carlyle Group. The Navy veteran joined the company in 2018 as a division president and was named chief operating officer in 2020, leading the company’s expansion and the repositioning […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MAHFUZ AHMED
It’s been a landmark year for Ahmed and the $1.3 billion global managed services and staffing firm he founded as a side venture back in the 1990s. In May, his company, Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS), rebranded as Dexian, the result of its 2021 acquisition of Florida-based IT staffing firm Signature Consultants. Ahmed started DISYS in […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BILL MONET
With more than 9,500 worldwide employees, 24% of whom are veterans, Akima is an Alaska Native corporation that handles federal contracts for the for-profit NANA Regional business owned by Indigenous Iñupiat shareholders. Monet, who serves as chief operating officer of NANA in addition to his duties as CEO and president of subsidiary Akima, has more […]
275 Va. companies make 2023 Inc. 5000 list
This year, 275 Virginia companies made the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies, which Inc. magazine released Tuesday. Ranking at No. 34 overall, Goldschmitt and Associates LLC was the highest-ranking Virginia companies on the list. Founded in 1998, the Leesburg-based information technology company specializes in computer programming, systems design and [[...]
