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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ARSENEAULT, TOM

As president and CEO of Inc., the U.S. arm of British giant BAE Systems PLC, Arseneault has overseen developments such as the $5.55 billion acquisition in February 2024 of Colorado-based Ball , now known as Space and Mission Systems. In 2024, BAE Systems reported $16.5 billion in sales; it employs 41,000 workers worldwide.

The company has logged several high-dollar contract wins in 2025, with a highlight coming in June when the U.S. Space Force announced BAE Systems would receive a $1.2 billion contract to deliver 10 satellites under the service’s Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking Medium Earth Orbit program, also known as Epoch 2.

Arseneault has been with BAE since 2000, becoming its chief operating officer in 2014 and adding president to his title in 2019. He became CEO in 2020. He previously ran BAE’s electronic sensor division and originally worked at Sander, a Lockheed Martin company, before it was acquired by BAE in 2000. He also held engineering and program management positions at General Electric and TASC.

Arseneault has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Boston University. He chairs the Defense Industry Initiative’s steering committee.

Government Contractors | Technology 2025: HELLER, JOHN

Before joining Amentum as CEO in 2022, Heller spent seven years directing growth strategy for Falls Church-based PAE, taking it from $1.6 billion in annual revenue to $2.76 billion.

In September 2024, Amentum completed its merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, creating a new systems integration and engineering solutions company to serve federal , allies and commercial entities. It now employs more than 53,000 people in 80 countries. The company reported $8.4 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024, with a contract backlog of $45 billion.

In June, the company completed the sale of its Rapid Solutions product business to Lockheed Martin for $360 million. Notable contracts for 2025 include a $447 million contract to deliver and modernize prepositioned storage and maintenance solutions for Air Forces Central Command. In August, Amentum laid off 56 Richmond-area employees after losing a two-decade contract with Altria.

Heller graduated from West Point and served in the Army as a logistics officer. He also has a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2025, Heller received his ninth Executive Mosaic Wash100 Award.

Government Contractors | Technology 2025: VECCHIOLLA, TOM

Vecchiolla has led the U.S. arm of U.K.-based security and contractor QinetiQ Group since January, taking over for Shawn Purvis, now CEO of Ohio’s Sabel Systems Technology Solutions.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Vecchiolla spent more than two decades in the Navy as an aviator and acquisition professional. He also worked as a military legislative aide for U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe before moving to the private sector, including high-level roles at Raytheon Technologies, now RTX. He served as president and CEO of VT Systems and at ST Engineering North America, and he joined QinetiQ’s Special Security Agreement Board in 2024.

Vecchiolla also has a master’s degree from the University of Southern California.

In December 2024, QinetiQ expanded operations to Huntsville, Alabama. After posting a $120 million operating loss for fiscal 2025, the company said it would restructure and refine its U.S. strategy. QinetiQ US reported $1.3 billion in contract awards during fiscal 2024. In July, it secured $26 million in subcontracts on General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Navy submarine contract.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: IPSEN, LAURA K.

After 25 years in Silicon Valley as an executive for Oracle, Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Ipsen was hired to lead higher ed tech company Ellucian in 2017. With 3,800 employees worldwide, Ellucian has an annual revenue approaching $1 billion and works with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries, serving 20 million students.

Ipsen is a University of Virginia alumna who studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Jordan. In 2025, Ellucian was named among the GSV 150, a list of the top 150 private companies leading digital learning and workforce skills. Calibre One also named Ipsen to its list of top 25 U.S. woman leaders of private equity-backed software companies.

In July, Ipsen began serving on the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s board. She also sits on the board of U.Va’s School of Data Science and chairs the Business- Forum’s board.

Ipsen also serves on Daimler Truck Holding’s supervisory board and is a member of the Fast Company Impact Council, Fortune’s CEO Initiative, and Women Corporate Directors.

2025 Living Legends: PAULETTE, WILLIAM A. ‘BILL’

In 1975, armed with $1,000 to invest, Paulette laid the foundation for what would become KBS. What started as a one-person company with an office in a sheet-metal shop has grown to a top-ranked mid-Atlantic construction firm, with $321 million in annual revenue and 110 employees in offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach.

Its notable projects include the Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia State Police Joint Operations Center, Richmond’s Northside YMCA renovation and the Locks Tower, a 355,000-square-foot downtown Richmond apartment development.

A 1969 Virginia Military Institute alumnus, Paulette hails from South Hill and serves as a deacon at Richmond’s River Road Church, Baptist. He is a former member of VMI’s board of visitors and a past president of the VMI Keydet Club. Paulette also previously served on the boards of the Virginia State Board for Contractors and Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia.

In 2022, Paulette’s son, Will, succeeded him as president and CEO of the company.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TRUNDLE, STEPHEN

Trundle has led Tysons-based home security tech company Alarm.com since 2003, coming aboard from its founding parent company, MicroStrategy (now known as Strategy), where he served as chief technology officer. The company sold the spinoff security business to investors in 2009, and Alarm.com, which now has 2,000 employees, went public in 2015.

Alarm.com has become known for its rapid expansion, as the market for connected home and business security services has increased. In 2020 and 2021, it was named to Fortune magazine’s list of the top 100 Fastest Growing Companies, marking a 22% growth rate from the previous three years and bringing in $639 million in revenue in 2021. In fiscal 2024, its revenue increased to $939.8 million, up from $881.7 million in 2023.

On June 30, Trundle visited the Nasdaq stock exchange and rang the opening bell to mark a decade on the index.

In February, Alarm.com acquired Louisiana’s CHeKt, a cloud-based remote video monitoring system provider, which will continue to operate independently. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Trundle holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and from Dartmouth College.

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Government | Politics | Lobbying 2025: TORIAN, DEL. LUKE

As chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Torian oversees the creation of the single biggest piece of legislation his chamber passes every year: the state budget. Difficult in the best of times, the budget process in recent years has been complicated by divided state .

In 2023, with Republicans in control of the House of Delegates and Democrats leading the Senate, it took six months for both parties to agree to amendments to the two-year spending plan. This year, the process was finished in June, with about $1 billion in tax rebate checks and $900 million in cuts by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

Elected to represent part of Prince William County in the General Assembly in 2009, Torian took over leadership of House Appropriations in 2020, when Democrats seized control of the legislature. After a two-year hiatus when Republicans controlled the House, he returned to the post in 2024. He also chairs the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and is vice chair of the Major Employment and Investment Project Approval Commission.

A retired Baptist pastor, Torian holds degrees from Howard University, Virginia Union University, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Winston-Salem State University.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: MENGUCCI, JOHN S.

Previously CACI’s chief operating officer and president of U.S. operations, in 2019 Mengucci became president and CEO of the contractor, which made the Fortune 500 this year. CACI has 25,000 employees worldwide and reported $7.7 billion in fiscal 2024 revenue, up 14% from 2023.
Before CACI, Mengucci was president of Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions civil segment.

CACI completed its $1.27 billion acquisition of Fairfax-based Azure Summit Technology in October 2024. That month, CACI also bought Reston’s Applied Insight.

In CACI’s third-quarter earnings call, Mengucci estimated the financial impact of recent Trump administration federal cuts to be about $1 million. CACI raised the minimum of its fiscal 2025 revenue forecast, projecting $8.55 billion to $8.65 billion.

In November 2024, a federal jury found CACI liable for the abuse two decades earlier of three Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib and awarded the men $42 million. CACI’s attorneys maintained there was no evidence its workers participated in abuse. As of early August, the company had not said whether it will appeal the verdict.

A Clarkson University and Syracuse University graduate, Mengucci is vice chair of Clarkson’s board of trustees and serves on the Professional Services Council’s executive committee.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: TAYLOR, JENNIFER

Since 2020, Taylor has led the Northern Virginia Technology Council, one of the largest regional technology trade associations in the nation. NVTC represents tech industry players ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies to universities and nonprofits.

Under Taylor’s leadership, NVTC has seen its membership grow by more than 85% to more than 500 companies. The organization, along with three regional chambers, published a letter in support of George Mason University President Gregory Washington in July, after the Trump administration opened four civil rights investigations into the university.

A graduate of the University of Michigan and George Mason’s business school, Taylor, an Ohio native, was vice president of industry affairs at the Consumer Technology Association and held sales, marketing and development leadership roles for Caring Village, AARP and the American Red Cross.

At CTA, Taylor launched an apprenticeship program with IBM that has created hundreds of tech apprenticeships. Taylor is a trustee for Think Big for Kids and a board member for CodeVA.

She has received three alumni awards from George Mason, as well as multiple DC Tech Titans and American Red Cross Tiffany Leadership awards.

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2025 Living Legends: UKROP, ROBERT S. ‘BOBBY’

Although his family’s eponymous grocery chain has been out of business since 2009, Ukrop has continued his family’s legacy through the Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods brand of prepared foods and bakery operations, launched in 2010.

Known for its fried chicken, potato wedges, rainbow cookies and White House Rolls, Ukrop’s products are regionally available at Kroger, Wegmans, Publix and Food Lion, as well as Ukrop’s Market Hall. The company has limited distribution nationwide, particularly along the mid-Atlantic.

In 2019, the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business inducted Ukrop into its Alumni Hall of Fame. The 1969 graduate has served on UR’s board of trustees and the business school’s executive advisory council. He is immediate past chair of regional economic development organization the Greater Richmond Partnership.

Outside business, Ukrop, an avid golfer, is heavily involved in supporting regional athletics. In the early 1980s, he rallied support for building Richmond’s baseball stadium, The Diamond, which is now being replaced by CarMax Park, scheduled to open in 2026. He also co-founded Richmond Sports Backers, the athletic organization that manages Richmond’s Monument Avenue 10K race each spring and the city’s annual marathon in the fall.

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