Government Contractors | Technology 2025: SMITH, CAREY A. 

A seven-time winner of Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 Award recognizing leading government contracting executives, Smith joined Fortune 1000 defense contractor Parsons in 2016 and quickly rose through its ranks.

Smith helped take Parsons public in 2019 and led its acquisition and integration of many companies, including its $89 million acquisition of Chesapeake Technology International in July, $36 million all-cash purchase of TRS Group in February and its $200 million purchase of BlackSignal Technologies, completed in 2024.

Before Parsons, Smith held executive posts at Honeywell Aerospace and Lockheed Martin. She has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University and a master’s in electrical engineering from Syracuse. She serves on Edison International’s board.

Parsons, which has more than 19,000 employees globally, posted $6.8 billion in fiscal 2024 revenue, a 24% annual increase. But the contractor cut its outlook for fiscal 2025 after the State Department, with which Parsons has a confidential contract, announced a massive reorganization.
In 2024, Parsons was named “Contractor of the Year” in the greater than $300 million category at the 22nd Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards.

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