Katie Selbe

COO, Eqlipse Technologies

One of Katie Selbe’s biggest 2023 achievements was aligning and integrating five companies in a 12-month period, growing to nearly 800 employees and $300 million in revenue by the end of the calendar year.

As chief operating officer, she was instrumental in establishing and driving company culture through employee and customer engagement, core values and metric monitoring.

Why Watch

In 2024, Eqlipse is heavily focused on investing in advancing R&D capabilities into applications that can be deployed quickly to the warfighter. By aligning its mission-focused services with an industry-leading investment in R&D, the company can evolve and transform how its customers accomplish their most complex national security mission.

“When building a team, you start with character then evaluate skills,” Selbe said. “If you get the character right, the rest works itself out.”

Fun Fact: Selbe performed in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.