Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: BILL MONET

Monet leads Akima, an Alaska Native corporation that handles federal contracts for the for-profit NANA Regional business owned by Indigenous Iñupiat shareholders. Akima has more than 10,000 employees across the world.

With more than 30 years of experience in modernizing processes for federal, state, local and commercial clients, Monet is chief operating officer of NANA in addition to his duties as CEO and president of subsidiary Akima. A Virginia Tech alum, Monet has an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a master’s degree in science from George Washington University. He is also a five-time awardee on Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of leading government contracting executives.

In April, Akima subsidiaries inked a $499 million contract to provide design-build construction services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District and won a spot on a $750 million communications and enterprise IT support services Air Force contract. In June, a subsidiary secured a $480 million Space Force contract for Satellite Control Network tracking station operations. And in July, another subsidiary was awarded a $563 million contract to provide installation support services at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.