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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: AMY GILLILAND
A former Navy surface warfare officer, Gilliland is responsible for leading an $8.5 billion IT company with 30,000 employees worldwide, 8,000 of whom work in Virginia. Gilliland joined parent company General Dynamics in 2005 and became president of GDIT in 2017. In addition to overseeing numerous federal contracts — including a $1.8 billion contract in […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM ARSENEAULT
As head of one of the Pentagon’s 10 biggest prime contractors, Arseneault has spent his career heading complex organizations on challenging missions. BAE Systems Inc. is the U.S. arm of the British defense giant and reported $12.6 billion in revenue in 2022. It has 31,300 employees in the U.S., including more than 5,000 in Virginia. […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN SERAFINI
Serafini founded his geospatial analytics company in 2015. From its constellation of satellites, HawkEye 360 collects radio frequency data that can identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. It has helped detect illegal fishing for the Australian government, and in Ukraine, it tracked Russian troop movements. Last year, Serafini […]
2023 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology
Craig P. Abod PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON Reggie Aggarwal FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN Mahfuz Ahmed CHAIRMAN AND CEO, DEXIAN, McLEAN Ryan Angold CEO, ADS, VIRGINIA BEACH Tom Arseneault PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAE SYSTEMS INC., FALLS CHURCH Greg Baroni FOUNDER AND CEO, […]
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: CRAIG P. ABOD
As president of Carahsoft, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider, Abod prefers staying out of the media spotlight. It’s enough that everyone in the government contracting industry knows him. A University of Maryland alumnus who founded Carahsoft in 2004, Abod previously worked for DLT Solutions and Falcon Systems. Carahsoft landed at No. 47 […]
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: 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: 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: 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 […]
Steampunk wins pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
A federal jury ruled on Friday that a McLean-based IT federal contractor did not discriminate against a former employee on the basis of pregnancy or retaliate against her. The eight-person jury’s decision was unanimously in favor of Steampunk Holdings and its subsidiary, Steampunk Inc., after a five-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the […]
