Top 10 CFOs to Watch in 2020: NCI Information Systems’ Chuck Hicks
Chuck Hicks joined NCI Information Systems, Inc. in May 2019 and serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. During his eight months with NCI, he has redefined and engaged the teams he leads — finance, contracts, security and facilities — to be more operationally focused. This includes getting these teams to rethink
Top 10 CFOs to Watch in 2020: VT Group’s Alicia Townes
Alicia Townes has been busy since joining VT Group as chief financial officer in early 2018, focusing on business operations and strategic growth. In this past year alone, VT Group acquired National Technologies Associates and DELTA Resources, enhancing its aerospace and naval engineering expertise and adding a collection of Naval Air Systems Command and Naval
Top 10 CFOs to Watch in 2020: Constellis’ Gordon Foster
2019 was a year that kicked off integration for Constellis and the nine companies making up its end-to-end risk management services portfolio. As chief financial officer, Gordon Foster oversees all financial strategy and operations, and he worked with his Constellis leadership colleagues to integrate the nine legacy companies and 13 separate business units under one
Top 10 CFOs to Watch in 2020: Array Information Technology’s Bob Deegan
Array Information Technology’s Bob Deegan, who serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer, has been instrumental in leading the company through one of the more difficult transitions in the federal IT industry: graduating from small business status. He and the leadership of ARRAY accomplished this, while also executing a management buyout of the
Top 10 Things You Need to Know About CMMC
This content was written by Bill Wootton, C3 Integrated Solutions. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was officially launched on January 31st, ushering in a new era of visibility and accountability for defense contractors. CMMC brings sweeping changes on how the Department of Defense (DoD) views cybersecurity. CMMC aims to build upon the Defense Federal
Top 10 CFOs to Watch in 2020
In a competitive government contracting market, companies are working to strategically, efficiently and receptively grow — while sustaining best business practices and a talent-retaining culture. These mission-oriented private companies serving federal defense and civilian agencies may vary in size and solutions but relate in strong financial leadership driven by federal missions and customer needs. And
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services’ Shawn Purvis
Shawn Purvis is corporate vice president and president of Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman. With approximately 85,000 employees in all 50 states and in more than 25 countries, the global security company has an inclusive work environment where employees are inspired every day to develop and maintain some of the most technically sophisticated products, programs
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: CACI’s John Mengucci
In 2019, John Mengucci was elected CACI’s new president and CEO, marking his ascension to the national security company’s top leadership post. Since then, he has overseen a strategic realignment of CACI to best provide its enterprise and mission customers with unique expertise and distinctive technology. In its fiscal year 2019, CACI also delivered record
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: ECS’ George Wilson
George Wilson approaches leadership with enthusiasm and purpose. He became ECS CEO in 2014, guiding the company through a period of rapid growth and transformation. In 2018, ECS was acquired by ASGN Inc., a multibillion-dollar provider of IT and professional services. A provider of advanced technology, science and engineering solutions, ECS serves defense, homeland security,
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Jacobs’ Jennifer Richmond
Jacobs Senior Vice President Jennifer Richmond leads the Advancing National Security business unit, a $1.5 billion portfolio providing intelligence community, Defense Department and special operations organizations with innovative and high-end technical solutions. Her portfolio organically grew by 20% in fiscal year 2019, with such wins as a $38 million classified intelligence contract discovering, exploiting, mitigating
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: NS2’s Mark Testoni
When asked about his toughest competitor, SAP National Security Services CEO Mark Testoni doesn’t name names. Instead, he says he competes against the status quo. “Overcoming inertia is the way to get ahead in this business,” he said. “The government contractor arena that’s been built over the last 50 years has to evolve, and it
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: LMI’s Dave Zolet
Dave Zolet brought an ambitious growth strategy to LMI, envisioning an organization that would be formidable against larger companies for prime bids. After two corporate acquisitions and new prime opportunities in its defense, national security and health and civilian markets, LMI realized Zolet’s vision in 2019. With contract awards 40% larger on average, LMI’s year-end
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: DHS’ Beth Cappello
Beth Cappello began 2019 as the acting chief information officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the 35-day government shutdown, and then for a 5-month period while the CIO was on a detail assignment. One of the most dramatic changes was the migration of ICE systems from the DHS Data Centers 1 and 2,
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: NTT DATA Services’ Tim Conway
For NTT DATA Services, significant achievements are first and foremost those the company accomplishes for its clients, according to President of Public Sector Tim Conway. The company’s consistent successes on behalf of its clients helped secure and expand its relationships with several long-term clients this year, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FBI, U.S.
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: PAE’s John Heller
In 2019, PAE focused on reinvesting and transforming into a growth-oriented industry leader, resulting in its November merger announcement with Gores Holdings III, Inc. But that wasn’t the company’s only achievement — its National Security Solutions division secured over $1.1 billion in contract wins, including $500 million in new mission-critical awards supporting the intelligence community.
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Leidos’ Jonathan Scholl
Leidos is focused on enhancing patient care and transforming service delivery models from bench to bedside through digital transformation to revolutionize the future of health care. And under Health Group President Jonathan Scholl’s leadership, the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health had quite the year. Throughout the course of 2019, the partnership delivered the MHS GENESIS
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: SOSi’s John Avalos
John Avalos joined SOS International in 2017 to lead day-to-day operations. In 2019 alone, he led SOSi’s identification, operational due diligence and integration of its most recent acquisition of Vykin Corp. in July. “The addition significantly strengthens our company’s IT and intelligence capabilities, particularly in cloud development and supporting command and control and intelligence systems,” said
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Perspecta’s Mac Curtis
As Perspecta president and CEO, Mac Curtis leads a company of more than 14,000 people who help customers in the defense, intelligence, civilian, health care and state and local markets transform to digital environments, and secure, modernize and optimize their enterprises. And as Curtis reflects on 2019, there are several achievements of which he is
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: SAIC’s Nazzic Keene
Nazzic Keene took over as Science Applications International Corp. CEO in mid-2019, both a humbling and fulfilling appointment during a big year of transformation. SAIC closed the acquisition and integration of Engility, refreshed its organic growth strategy that leverages its strong solutions in engineering and IT to help the government modernize, and developed a modern talent strategy
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: CGI Federal’s Stephanie Mango
When discussing success and milestones in 2019, Stephanie Mango points to CGI Federal’s merger and integration of Sunflower Systems, a provider of asset management software solutions and services. By adding Sunflower’s product line to CGI’s expertise and intellectual property, CGI increased its value to its customers across federal and local governments, law enforcement, higher education
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Trowbridge’s Cass Panciocco
As Trowbridge president and CEO, Cass Panciocco remains focused on operations and business development with an emphasis on delivering industry leading solutions to federal agencies in the defense and civil markets. In 2019, the company’s most significant accomplishment was its April acquisition by Enlightenment Capital, Panciocco said. “Our partnership with Enlightenment will allow us to make
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: Alion’s Steve Schorer
Appointed Alion Science and Technology Corp. chairman and CEO in May 2017, Steve Schorer proceeds to lead the company through its 3-year transformation that continued at pace in 2019. That year’s focus was positioning for long-term growth and development of products and franchises in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, big data platforms, cyber analytics, synthetics, C5 software and
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: ASRC Federal’s Jennifer Felix
Joining ASRC Federal in November as the chief operating officer was a major 2019 highlight for Jennifer Felix. The company has a “tremendous depth and breadth” of capabilities and a long history of success helping federal customers achieve their missions, she said. But it’s the people who differentiates it from the rest. Specifically, “the knowledge, experience,
Top 25 Execs to Watch in 2020: NGA’s Robert Sharp
Vice Adm. Robert Sharp became the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s seventh director in February 2019, and leads the agency under the authorities of the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence. And as a life-time sailor with more than 30 years in the Navy, he’s learned the path to success is through people and
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