Expression has announced three leadership appointments as it scales its AI and data platform offerings across the federal mission space.
Ben Youngs was promoted from vice president of product to chief technology officer. He will set the technical direction for Expression’s product portfolio, including the VOR Platform for data, workflow and agentic AI; the ARGUS multi-agent intelligence system; and the MachineGhost defense cybersecurity platform.
Youngs joined Expression in February 2025 as senior director of customer solutions and was promoted to vice president of product later that year. He brings nearly two decades of technical leadership across national security and federal markets. Before Expression, Youngs led solutions engineering for the public sector at Scale AI. He spent six years at In-Q-Tel and also held systems and geospatial engineering roles at KEYW Corp.
Rob Brady was promoted from senior capture manager to growth lead. He will own business development, capture strategy and pipeline execution across Expression’s DoD, IC and federal civilian client base. Brady brings over 16 years of federal market experience across capture management, solution design, proposal leadership and channel strategy. He joined Expression in August 2024. Before Expression, Brady was IDIQ and multiple award contract vehicle manager at OST Inc and earlier, director of business integration at IntelliDyne.
Tim Spadafore joins Expression as chief strategy officer. He brings over 29 years of federal market experience with expertise in enterprise IT modernization, mission support delivery, financial management and ERP transformation. He has led or participated in four mergers and acquisitions over the past 12 years and consistently delivered double-digit CAGR growth.
Spadafore most recently was chief operating officer of CSA and before CSA, he was senior vice president of CGI Federal’s Defense, Intelligence and Space business unit. He joined CGI through its 2020 acquisition of TeraThink, where he was president and chief operating officer. Before TeraThink, he was chief operating officer of Dominion Consulting through its merger with TeraThink.
At Expression, Spadafore will partner with the executive team on corporate strategy, market positioning, inorganic growth and strategic partnerships.
“Ben, Rob, and Tim represent the leadership bench we need to deliver on the next chapter of Expression’s growth,” said Abir Ray, CEO of Expression. “Ben has built the product muscle behind VOR, ARGUS, and MachineGhost into a true engineering organization. Rob has consistently translated capability into captured pipeline. And Tim brings a rare combination of operating discipline, federal market depth, and M&A experience that will help us scale with intention and move decisively as opportunities emerge.”
