
Top National Security Execs to Watch in 2026: Palo Alto Networks’ Mark Valcich
Mark Valcich District Director, Federal Law Enforcement, Diplomacy, Judicial and Legislative, Palo Alto Networks As leader of Palo Alto Networks’ business serving federal law enforcement, diplomatic, judicial and legislative agencies, Mark Valcich’s most significant recent achievement is advancing post-quantum cryptography-capable network security. Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewalls combine post-quantum cryptography, unified management and operations, AI-powered

Leading the Charge: How Mark Valcich is Helping Government Outpace Cyber Threats
With 25 years of experience driving secure mission transformation, Mark Valcich has spent his career helping government agencies modernize technology while defending against evolving threats. In November, he brought that expertise — and his passion for serving the public sector — to Palo Alto Networks as district director for the departments of Homeland Security, Justice

Pinnacle Award Finalist Mark Valcich: ‘Safeguarding the Security of Semiconductors, Data, and Information Right Down to the Silicon Level is Paramount’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2023 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 25, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 16. Next is Mark Valcich, general manager of civilian, public sector at Intel Corp., who’s a finalist for Healthcare Executive of the Year, Public Company category. Here, he shares

WATCH: Intel’s Mark Valcich Talks Emerging Tech in Federal Civilian Space
Mark Valcich, U.S. public sector general manager of civilian for Intel Corp., sits down with WashingtonExec to discuss emerging technologies in the federal civilian space. Here, he shares the technologies or initiatives he and his team are most excited about, how they’re helping customers implement these technologies to drive mission outcomes, and common challenges federal customers

Top 20 National Security Execs to Watch in 2022: Intel Corp.’s Mark Valcich
Mark Valcich U.S. Public Sector Civilian General Manager, Intel Corp. Mark Valcich is highly focused on mission value in his work with the U.S. federal technology and contracting ecosystem. He works with government leaders, solution architects and engineers to promote innovation and deploy the latest in open, secure and interoperable technology. Valcich worked closely with

Top 10 Civilian Executives to Watch: Mark Valcich, Intel Corp.
Mark Valcich directs Intel Corp.’s US Federal Civilian business, relationships and engagements. He works with government leaders, architects and engineers to exchange technology innovation information, use cases and reference architecture. In 2018, Valcich led his team educating the federal government about hybrid multicloud strategy and architecture, artificial intelligence and data science. He and the Intel

Top 10 Civilian Execs to Watch in 2019
The federal civilian market touches all aspects of life, spanning health, commerce, agriculture, energy, treasury, veterans affairs, education, homeland security and beyond. The companies serving these agencies are committed, mission-oriented and driven by innovation, and are providing the secure emerging technologies the government needs. But this doesn’t happen without strong leadership. For WashingtonExec’s inaugural Top
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