Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: DeETTE GRAY

After starting her career as a middle school math and science teacher, Gray’s interest in coding led her into the IT field, where she worked as a software developer. A former executive at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, Gray has won the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International Women’s Appreciation Award for promoting STEM and women in the workplace. In 2024, Gray appeared for the eighth time on Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of top government contracting executives.

Gray joined CACI in 2017 as president of its U.S. operations, then was president of business and information technology solutions starting in 2019. In August, CACI announced she would once again be president of U.S. operations. The company employs roughly 23,000 people and generated $6.7 billion in 2023 revenue.

Last year, despite protests from other government contractors, CACI won a $5.7 billion contract to modernize IT service delivery for the Air Force. In April, CACI announced it won an up to $1.3 billion defense contract supporting the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command. In June, CACI announced it had secured a $2 billion NASA contract to streamline and centralize 11 IT services across the agency.