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 $47.7 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024, an increase of nearly 13% over the previous year. The company has logged several high dollar contracts in recent years, including a potential $5.6 billion 10-year Air Force contract to support mission partner environmental operations announced in November 2024. GDIT also acquired Florida AI firm Iron EagleX in 2024, and in February, the company won a potential five-year, $1 billion contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to support cloud-based infrastructure.

Gilliland started a mental health campaign called “How are you, really?” at GDIT in 2021 after an employee’s suicide. GDIT partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness in 2024.

A former Navy surface warfare officer, Gilliland has a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and master’s degrees from Cambridge and Georgetown universities. She serves on the boards of BNY Mellon and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and works to raise awareness for Rett Syndrome.