Chris Soong, executive vice president and CIO of HII Mission Technologies, has won WashingtonExec’s 2023 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Officer in the Public Company category.
WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event took place at McLean’s luxurious Ritz Carlton, where 535 attendees came together for a memorable in-person luncheon.
Along with the government and industry winners, Sudhakar Kesavan, chairman of the board of directors at ABM Industries, Inc. and board member of Cadmus Group and Dexis Consulting Group, was honored with the 2023 Chief Officer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the career of a longtime, influential and impactful CEO, as Kesavan served as ICF CEO for an impressive 21 years, making him a true industry stalwart. Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell served as the emcee for this year’s awards ceremony.
Soong noted in his finalist Q+A with WashingtonExec that he has taken some unexpected paths to get to where he is today.
“I think the biggest professional risk I took was leaving Booz Allen Hamilton, a well-known large business and going to Alion Science and Technology, a private equity held company with an end goal of selling within three to five years,” Soong said. “But this also turned out to be one of my greatest accomplishments as CIO.”
