
Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: NTT DATA’s Tim Conway
Tim Conway Executive Vice President & Group President, Public Sector, NTT DATA Tim Conway is proud of the NTT DATA leadership team’s focus on accelerating digital technology through compassionate leadership — including attention to mental health and creating a people-centric, flexible culture. “After almost two years in a pandemic, everyone is feeling stress and it

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Jacobs’ Dawne Hickton
Dawne Hickton Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Critical Mission Solutions, Jacobs For Jacobs’ Dawne Hickton, 2021 was another year of achieving cultural, strategic and aggressive financial targets. Under her leadership, Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions business continues expanding the company’s aerospace, nuclear and cyber and intelligence business and driving significant growth through contract awards.

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Peraton’s Stu Shea
Stu Shea President, CEO & Board Chairman, Peraton In 2021, Stu Shea guided Peraton through three major acquisitions that grew the company from $1 billion to $7 billion — all while steering the company’s evolution into a hybrid workplace with ongoing reductions in office footprint. “As long as we can do the right thing for

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: CACI’s Meisha Lutsey
Meisha Lutsey President, Operations Support and Services, CACI International In 2021, Meisha Lutsey grew her business, filled a capability gap through the acquisition of BlueStone Analytics and responded to the call for more flexibility for employees. Securing a $1.4 billion task order to continue work with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; winning a $785 million

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: NCI Information Systems’ Paul Dillahay
Paul Dillahay President & CEO, NCI Information Systems Inc. Over the past few years, NCI has enjoyed significant growth, with the company winning more than $1.6 billion in new business since Paul Dillahay joined as president and CEO in 2016. In leading NCI through its evolution from a traditional IT services provider into a full-service

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: AT&T’s Jason Porter
Jason Porter President, Public Sector and FirstNet, AT&T Jason Porter is leading the AT&T business that provides services to the public sector and the only dedicated communications platform in the country built specifically for first responders. And he’s leading it at a time when federal agencies are pivoting toward EIS networking services contracts — an

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Intel Federal’s Jim Brinker
Jim Brinker President & General Manager, Intel Federal Jim Brinker led Intel Federal’s workforce in a primarily virtual environment in 2021 and worked with CEO Pat Gelsinger, who focused the company around reestablishing leadership in microelectronics while continuing to deliver 5G, artificial intelligence, exascale, cloud, data analytics and other key technologies to the government. “As

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Amentum’s John Vollmer
John Vollmer CEO, Amentum Transformation and strong growth marked John Vollmer’s tenure as Amentum CEO last year during the successful integration of DynCorp International with Amentum. Before its first birthday, Amentum became a company with over $6 billion in annual revenue and more than 30,000 employees working in 105 countries worldwide. With the September 2021

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Maximus Federal’s Terry Weipert
Teresa “Terry” Weipert General Manager, Maximus Federal When three-decade GovCon veteran Teresa Weipert joined Maximus in April 2021, she honed in immediately on modernizing the company’s digital, enterprise IT and business process outsourcing portfolios. This year, Maximus acquired Attain and Veterans Evaluations Services, dramatically expanding the Maximus portfolio of clients and capabilities. The company has

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Parsons Corp.’s Carey Smith
Carey Smith President & CEO, Parsons Corp. Under Carey Smith’s leadership, large strategic wins have driven Parsons’ strong book-to-bill ratios in its federal solutions and critical infrastructure business segments. And that’s thanks to six acquisitions over the last three-and-a-half years, including those of BlackHorse Solutions and Echo Ridge in 2021 — acquisitions that along with

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022: Sigma Defense Systems’ Matt Jones
Matt Jones CEO, Sigma Defense Systems Since joining Sigma Defense in January 2021, Matt Jones has led his team to double-digit organic growth, captured a $250 million single award contract, constructed a scalable platform and positioned the company for even greater growth in 2022. Jones’ drive for innovation and his vision for software-led tactical communications

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2022
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