
Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: LMI’s Doug Wagoner
Doug Wagoner President & CEO, LMI Under Doug Wagoner’s leadership, LMI successfully separated from its former nonprofit parent, which opened up more growth opportunities such as the recent acquisition of Synaptech. To facilitate the innovation needs of its customers, it’s crucial to understand all operational domains separate yet interdependent, ranging from the ocean floor and

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Noblis’ Mile Corrigan
Mile Corrigan President & CEO, Noblis Over 20 years of wide-ranging federal sector and applied science and technology transformation experience at Noblis made Mile Corrigan a natural to lead the company. Along the way, she held several key leadership roles, including senior vice president of Noblis Federal Civilian Solutions, where she was responsible for the

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: GDIT’s Jylinda Johnson
Jylinda Johnson Sector Vice President & General Manager, Government Operations, Commerce and Global Citizen Service, GDIT Jylinda Johnson leads the Government Operations, Commerce and Global Citizen Services Sector, a $500 million portfolio within GDIT’s Federal Civilian Division. “Throughout this past year in her new role, Jylinda has deftly steered her team to achieve strong growth

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Amentum’s John Heller
John Heller CEO, Amentum Under John Heller’s leadership, PAE was successfully integrated into One Amentum, aligning the company for success and the recent rollout of its growth strategy. When Heller joined Amentum in March 2022, the company had just doubled in size. To promote growth, the company has created three business groups that use current

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: SAIC’s Bob Genter
Bob Genter President, Defense and Civilian Sector, SAIC Bob Genter leads the Defense and Civilian Sector’s growth strategy, business development and service delivery and execution. The Defense and Civilian Sector delivers just under $5 billion in annual revenue and represents roughly two-thirds of SAIC’s business. Under Genter’s leadership, that sector has delivered industry-leading financial metrics

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Siemens Government Technologies’ John Ustica
John Ustica President & CEO, Siemens Government Technologies John Ustica and his team at SGT made significant strides in 2022 that positioned them well for continued success in 2023. With the rapid demand for cloud-delivered software and technologies across government, the SGT team introduced the Siemens Defense Cloud, a FedRAMP-ready software-as-a-service application suite featuring Siemens

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: CAES’ Mike Kahn
Mike Kahn President & CEO, CAES CAES is dedicated to becoming the preferred partner for its customers and earning their respect as a leader in its industry. “This has been a key driver for all of us and integral to our success,” CEO Mike Kahn said. “We have worked hard to continually improve our performance

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: QinetiQ’s Shawn Purvis
Shawn Purvis President & CEO, QinetiQ US Shawn Purvis has almost 30 years of experience in defense, intelligence and cybersecurity technical solutions. She has led billion-dollar organizations that support warfighter and intelligence customers around the world. Under her leadership, the companies have achieved year-over-year organic revenue growth and margin improvement. Appointed president and CEO of

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Google Public Sector’s Leigh Palmer
Leigh Palmer Vice President, Google Public Sector Leigh Palmer joined Google Public Sector in summer of 2022. She considers being invited to help the Defense Department in evolving its operations through the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract as one of her biggest recent achievements. She is incredibly proud of the work Google Public Sector has

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Maximus’ Bruce Caswell
Bruce Caswell President & CEO, Maximus Bruce Caswell became the CEO of Maximus in April 2018 and has helped the company grow by winning important contracts, expanding into new markets and integrating strategic acquisitions. In the past year, Maximus also opened a new headquarters, updated its long-term strategy and worked with others to create its

Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Parsons’ Carey Smith
Carey Smith Chair, President & CEO, Parsons Corp. Under Carey Smith’s leadership, Parsons delivered strong organic revenue growth throughout 2022, resulting in a 37% stock price appreciation for the year. She credits the entire Parsons team for its focus on providing innovative solutions for customers, and by doing so, delivering on the company’s commitment to
Never miss a Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023 story.
Our latest executive profiles, council news, and GovCon headlines — every morning.
