Mile Corrigan
President and CEO, Noblis
With over 20 years of federal sector and applied science and technology transformation experience at Noblis, Mile Corrigan has positioned the organization as a science and technology powerhouse delivering mission-critical innovation to the federal government. Throughout her career, Corrigan championed breakthrough research and technology solutions for complex federal programs spanning aviation, transportation, telecommunications, energy, health and aerospace systems.
As CEO, Corrigan has strategically restructured the corporation’s growth, research, innovation and technology functions. Her key investments in leadership talent have strengthened Noblis’ organizational capacity to enhance innovation discipline and scientific rigor coupled with creative delivery models to ensure cutting-edge science and technology reaches its federal customers faster and with greater impact.
“Technology stewardship is table stakes, but transformative leadership really drives where innovation is applied, how it compounds value across the enterprise, and whether it becomes a durable advantage or merely a well-managed capability,” Corrigan said.
Under her leadership, Corrigan has brought the orchestration of research, engineering and the customer experience into deliberate and actionable alignment. Noblis continues to advance capabilities in applied sciences, AI, autonomy, communication and sensing, digital engineering and other emerging technologies that are reshaping how government tackles its most complex challenges.
Why Watch
As Noblis marks its 30th anniversary, Corrigan reflects on this milestone not as a look-back but as a launchpad for the organization’s next chapter of S&T leadership. She’s positioning Noblis at the intersection of applied science, emerging technology and mission impact.
Under her leadership, she refocused Noblis’ research portfolio to accelerate the lab-to-mission pipeline, tripling the research funding Noblis receives from its government clients. To augment the corporation’s growth and research partnerships, Corrigan launched and operationalized Noblis Ventures in 2023 to enable the firm to invest in early stage, deep-tech startups that accelerate dual-use technology to the federal government.
“The federal government doesn’t need more incremental improvements; it needs solutions that can perform in operational environments and exceptional experiences that fundamentally change what’s possible,” Corrigan said. “As a science and technology organization, we have the freedom and the responsibility to push boundaries. We invest in the hard problems, the ones that require deep technical expertise, patient capital and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking. That’s where breakthrough innovation happens.”