Government Contractors | Technology | Aerospace 2025: SUSAN WEDGE 

After joining IBM in 2002, Wedge took on roles of increasing responsibility. In 2022, she was tapped to lead IBM Consulting’s U.S. public and federal market, a portfolio worth more than $2.2 billion that supports more than 4,000 U.S.-based consultants.

She also has served as IBM’s head of federal operational transformation practice, senior partner of its health and civilian portion of federal market business, and a senior consultant and program manager supporting an intelligence community customer. Before IBM, Wedge worked at American Management Systems, serving as a consultant, senior principal and leader of initiatives for public sector clients.

In June, IBM announced it was working with Centreville-based Parsons to build a new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system. In October 2024, IBM announced the launch of its Granite 3.0 large language model artificial intelligence tool. In April, Reuters reported that IBM shares slid 7% on news that 15 of its government contracts, valued at up to $100 million, had been cut.

Wedge was named for the second time this year to Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most impactful government contracting executives. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.

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