Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TAIT, MATT

A U.S. Navy veteran, Tait joined government contractor ManTech International in 2018 as a division president before becoming its chief operating officer in 2020. Shortly after the company went private in a $4.2 billion sale to Carlyle Group, Tait became CEO and president in 2022.

Previously, Tait spent two decades at consulting firm Accenture. He holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the U.S. Naval Academy, is vice chair of the board of directors for the Operation Renewed Hope Foundation and received his third consecutive Wash100 Award for top government contracting executives this year.

ManTech provides technology solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. It has a worldwide workforce of 8,700 and reported $2.55 billion in 2021 revenue.

WashingtonExec named Tait among its Top Executives to Watch for 2025, building on several large contract wins the company snagged in the final months of the Biden White House.

In December 2024, ManTech received a $1.4 billion task order from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide cyber solutions. However, in May, the company lost its sixth protest filed over an FBI contract for digital and IT services.

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