Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN S. MENGUCCI

A 1980 McDonald’s All-American High School Band drummer, Mengucci aspired to have a career in music, but his father suggested he explore the more practical emerging field of computers. So, Mengucci earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Clarkson University and an MBA from Syracuse University.

Previously CACI’s chief operating officer and president of U.S. operations, Mengucci in 2019 became president and CEO of the Fortune 1000 contractor, which has 23,000 employees worldwide and reported $6.7 billion in 2023 revenue. Before CACI, Mengucci worked at Lockheed Martin, where he was president of its information systems and global solutions civil segment. 

CACI is the only U.S. manufacturer of optical communications terminals for satellites and spacecraft, setting a data-sending distance record of 200 million-plus kilometers this year.

Last year, prevailing over protests from other government contractors, CACI won a $5.7 billion contract to modernize IT service delivery for the Air Force. CACI announced in April that it had acquired Quadrint, a Falls Church-based IT contractor for the intelligence community. In June, CACI announced it had secured a $2 billion NASA IT contract.

Mengucci is a trustee of Clarkson and serves on the executive committee of the Professional Services Council.