Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: RELI Group’s Atul Singh
Atul Singh CTO, RELI Group Inc. In his first months at RELI, Atul Singh is most proud of helping establish the foundation for an agile innovation engine—bringing practical R&D discipline through initiatives like RELI Labs and the broader innovation/COE efforts. He drew on his background modernizing large solution portfolios to build a scalable innovation foundation,
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: CALIBRE Systems’ Charles Onstott
Charles Onstott Executive Vice President & CTO, CALIBRE Systems Over the past year, Charles Onstott led a high‑performing team at CALIBRE Systems to launch practice areas with key technology partners, including RegScale, Spectro Cloud and VAST Data Federal. Onstott and his team built trained delivery teams offering assessment, implementation and managed services in mission environments.
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: ATS’ Gloria Glaubman
Gloria Glaubman CTO, ATS Gloria Glaubman’s most significant recent achievement is designing ATS’ Technology & Capability Strategy, an 11-pillar framework transforming the company into a technology-enabled integrator and solutions provider for the intelligence community and Defense Department. Glaubman also led the enterprisewide prioritization and implementation of these pillars. The effort includes establishing a formal Technology
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: CACI’s Jason Bales
Jason Bales Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, CACI As the chief technology officer at CACI, Jason Bales is driving the company’s software-defined mission solutions across space, the electromagnetic spectrum, intelligence, cyber, IT and resilient communications. He champions an outcome-driven approach focused on understanding and anticipating the needs of the nation. Under his leadership, CACI
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Amentum’s Jill Bruning
Jill Bruning CTO, Amentum Jill Bruning’s biggest achievement has been redefining how mission outcomes are delivered through advanced engineering and technology at Amentum, especially with advances in AI. “We are embedding AI into operational solutions and offerings that connect with our deep domain expertise to drive mission impact,” she said. “AI is defining the next
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: IBM’s Jason Prow
Jason Prow US Federal Chief Technology Officer, IBM Under Jason Prow’s guidance, the federal market is tapping into IBM’s legacy of innovation and a trusted, outcomes-driven approach to service delivery. IBM oLabs, an innovation center under Prow’s direction focused on federal clients’ needs, highlights how transformative technology initiatives are driving measurable value for federal agencies.
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Redhorse Corp.’s Matthew Teschke
Matthew Teschke CTO, Redhorse Corp. Under Matthew Teschke’s leadership, Redhorse Corp. recently developed and deployed its own AI chat platform, giving every employee secure access to the latest models. “Adoption has been organic and widespread, which tells us the tools are genuinely useful across a variety of use cases,” Teschke said. “This internal capability directly
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Epoch Concepts’s Matt Webster
Matt Webster CTO, Epoch Concepts Matt Webster’s biggest recent achievement was leading a companywide deployment of generative AI that changed how Epoch Concepts’ staff actually works. “We rolled out secure AI assistants integrated directly into our databases, including partner tracking and meeting workflows using Model Context Protocol, giving our team natural language access to the
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Maximus’ Mike Raker
Mike Raker CTO, Maximus Mike Raker’s biggest recent achievement is aligning Maximus’ technology organization directly to growth. “Fortune named Maximus one of America’s Most Innovative Companies last year, and the momentum has only accelerated,” Raker said. Raker’s team supported more than 30 major contact center modernization pursuits this year, representing billions of dollars in federal
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Next Phase Solutions and Services’ Raghu Bemgal
Raghu Bemgal CTO, Next Phase Solutions and Services Raghu Bemgal’s biggest recent achievement has been shaping the company’s technology direction to better align innovation with evolving market needs while ensuring consistent delivery at scale. Bemgal has led efforts to transform internal capabilities into scalable offerings and guided how those capabilities are introduced and adopted across
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Tyto Athene’s Peter O’Donoghue
Peter O’Donoghue CTO, Tyto Athene Peter O’Donoghue’s biggest achievement in the past year has been transforming Tyto Athene’s Chief Technology Office into an operationally validated innovation engine — standing up TALON, a mission-focused technology accelerator and delivering mission-critical solutions at a pace the defense community rarely sees from an integrator. In less than six months,
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Ultra I&C’s Randy Fields
Randy Fields Vice President & CTO, Ultra I&C Randy Fields’ biggest recent achievement has been leading the launch of a new Edge Compute product line, the Knox-10 MFP, and standing up a deliberate AI/ML product strategy that positions Ultra I&C’s core capabilities to integrate naturally into emerging AI workflows. This has been a complete team
Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026
In the competitive, evolving world of government contracting, companies must stay ahead by keeping up with technology trends that drive customer solutions. Companies must adapt their solutions and capabilities to align with customer mission needs, ensuring they provide efficient, compliant tools to the government. As technology reshapes both industry and government, the importance of chief
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