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Telecommunications 2023: MATTHEW J. DESCH
Iridium launched five spare satellites in May, completing its plans to upgrade the resilience of its constellation of communication satellites. It now has 66 operational crosslinked satellites and 14 spares. Iridium’s mobile voice and data satellite communications network is used in ships, planes and land vehicles and for Internet of Things systems. For fiscal year […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BRUCE L. CASWELL
With over 50,000 employees worldwide, Tysons-based Maximus has been supporting government services programs for more than 50 years and runs Medicare and Affordable Care Act customer help lines, as well as pandemic vaccinations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Caswell joined Maximus in 2004 and has been president since 2014, becoming CEO in […]
Telecommunications 2023: DAVID C. WAJSGRAS
Wajsgras took over as CEO of Intelsat in April 2022 soon after the McLean-based satellite operator’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and financial restructuring. A little more than a year later, in June 2023, news surfaced that merger talks between Intelsat and its Luxembourg-based competitor SES had been called off. Last year, Intelsat deployed emergency communications […]
Media 2023: MIKE REED
Reed has held USA Today publisher Gannett’s top position since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media owner New Media Investment Group, where he was CEO. Under his leadership, the company has not only been writing headlines but making them. On June 5, during Gannett’s annual shareholder meeting, hundreds of Gannett journalists walked off the job […]
Law 2023: LAURA FOOTE REIFF
A longtime immigration advocate, Reiff has 30-plus years of experience representing businesses and organizations in the immigration and compliance field. She oversees more than 50 attorneys as co-managing shareholder of the firm’s Northern Virginia office, a regional hub for the global firm. She is also co-founder of Greenberg Traurig’s Business and Immigration and Compliance group, [&[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: MARK A. FRANTZ
Blue Delta Capital Partners is an equity firm dedicated to supporting growth-stage companies providing technology solutions to the federal government. Since co-founding the firm in 2009, Frantz has guided it in creating three funds, including a $215 million investment fund launched in December 2021. The newest fund offers $10 million to $50 million to qualified […]
Real Estate 2023: ROBERT C. ‘BOB’ KETTLER
Coming from a long line of real estate developers, Kettler got his start in real estate in 1974, remodeling apartments while still a student at George Washington University. He left school to focus on work. Discovering a passion for community development, he founded real estate development company Kettler in 1977. Founded in 1977, his company […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ PROW
Prow has been named to Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of top government contracting executives nine out of the 10 years since the list began in 2014. He worked at Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM before becoming president and CEO of Vectrus in 2016. In July 2022, Colorado-based Vectrus merged with Mississippi-based The Vertex Co. […]
Real Estate 2023: MARK C. LOWHAM
Lowham has led the Washington, D.C.-region arm of the luxury real estate company since 2011. His office handled the record $48 million sale of the state’s most expensive home, Fairfax County estate River View, to former Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder in November 2021. (According to news reports, the couple has moved to […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: STEPHAN Q. CASSADAY
Cassaday, who has been advising investors for nearly 50 years, founded his eponymous independent advisory firm in 1993. Since then, his firm has grown from $40 million in assets under management to $4.7 billion, with 84 employees and 2,800 clients nationally. Cassaday & Co. has appeared on several “best places to work” lists, and Barron’s […]
Hospitality | Tourism 2023: CHRISTOPHER J. NASSETTA
Nassetta is the longtime president and CEO of one of the world’s largest hospitality companies. Hilton has a portfolio of 7,200 properties and 19 brands in 122 countries and territories, including high-end hotels Waldorf Astoria and Conrad and mid-level chains such as Doubletree by Hilton. Nassetta joined Hilton in 2007 after investment firm Blackstone acquired […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: MICHAEL DeVITO
Freddie Mac’s leader since June 2021, DeVito has spent the past two years focused on advancing affordable housing, practicing risk management excellence, growing talent and delivering strong financial results. A government-sponsored enterprise that buys mortgages and packages them as mortgage-backed securities, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported a net revenue of $21.3 billion in [[...]
