PRESIDENT AND CEO, DELTEK, HERNDON
PRESIDENT AND CEO, DELTEK, HERNDON
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
In April, Hughes joined Deltek as its president and CEO, leading a team of more than 4,000 people across the globe — including about 500 in Virginia. Mike Corkery, Deltek’s former leader, moved to an operating executive role at its Florida-based parent company, Roper Technologies.
In August 2023, Deltek, a Herndon-based software company, completed its acquisition of Replicon, a provider of unified time tracking solutions. That same month, Deltek announced that Dean Tilsley would become the company’s new chief financial officer.
With more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software, Hughes previously served as chief customer and strategy officer at UKG, led the global services organization at Kronos, and led mergers and acquisitions teams at Blackbaud and Merrill Lynch.
Hughes served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the boards of Higher Logic and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
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