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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&#[...]
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 Glo[...]
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 Tr[...]
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 g[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: DEAN, WILLIAM H. ‘BILL’
In 2023, Dean opened the doors to a new, 168,000-square-foot building on his company’s manufacturing campus in Caroline County, completing a five-year, $63 million phase three expansion that created more than 500 jobs in Virginia. It’s among several expansions for Dean, who grew the small business that his grandfathe[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WENSINGER, JEREMY
In June 2024, Wensinger suceeded Chuck Prow as aerospace and defense contractor V2X’s president and CEO. Wensinger also serves on V2X’s board of directors. The change follows the 2023 move of V2X’s headquarters from Colorado to Tysons. V2X was formed by the $2.1 billion merger of Vertex and Vectrus in 2022 and [...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: GILLILAND, AMY
As president of General Dynamics Information Technology, Gilliland oversees roughly 30,000 employees. She joined parent company General Dynamics in 2005 and became GDIT’s president in 2017. GDIT reported $8.75 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024, contributing to General Dynamics’ overall revenue of $47.7 billion. The c[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: GEVEDEN, REX D.
Headquartered in Lynchburg, BWX Technologies manufactures nuclear reactors, fuel and components; develops and manufactures microreactors for national security and space applications, and provides nuclear technical services at government labs and facilities. Geveden joined BWXT in 2015 as its chief operating officer before becomi[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: LEVY, DAVID
In 2023, Levy was tapped to lead Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector business, overseeing government contracting activities for Amazon.com’s cloud computing subsidiary, as well as business for educational, nonprofit and health care organizations. In 2024, AWS recorded $107.6 billion in net sales, increasing [...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: GRAY, DeETTE
After starting her career as a middle school math and science teacher, Gray became interested in coding, which led her to IT, where she worked as a software developer. A former executive at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, Gray has won the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International Women’s Appr[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: MONET, BILL
Monet leads Akima, an Alaska Native corporation that handles federal contracts for the for-profit NANA Regional business owned by Indigenous Iñupiat shareholders. Akima has approximately 10,000 employees across the world. With more than 30 years of experience in modernizing processes for federal, state, local and commercial cli[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: LING, CANDICE
Since taking over Microsoft’s federal arm in 2023, Ling has focused on forging partnerships and advancing artificial intelligence, cloud computing and emerging technologies for federal customers. She previously served as Microsoft’s civilian federal sector vice president and as a government industry leader in Asia. S[...]
