Lee Bader, chief growth officer at Royce Geo, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Growth Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $20 million and less than $100 million) 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 The Hilton in McLean, Virginia, where hundreds of attendees came together for a memorable in-person luncheon.
Along with the government and industry winners, Richard Montoni, a director on Maximus board of directors who was the company’s CEO from 2006-2018, was honored with the 2024 Chief Officer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the career of a longtime, influential, impactful CEO who continues to share his perspective and expertise within and outside the GovCon industry. Montoni was introduced and honored by his successor, current Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell.
Bader noted in his finalist Q+A with WashingtonExec that 2023 was a “transformational year of growth” for the company.
“Royce Geo’s focus will be to continue to advance capabilities and to reach across the entire DOD and IC to showcase how we are providing intelligence modernization for our customers today,” he said. “This is important to mission as timely and relevant information is critical for decision makers and the warfighter enabling the decisive advantage to outmaneuver our opponents and those who threaten the U.S. and our allies.”
