Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Guidehouse’s Shamir Patel
Shamir Patel Deputy General Counsel & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Guidehouse When Guidehouse spun off from PwC, Shamir Patel took the lead in building the firm’s compliance and investigations function from the ground up. What started as a two-person team has grown into a global team of 20 today, establishing a mature, scalable compliance
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Microsoft’s Shingai Mavengere
Shingai Mavengere Director of Compliance, US Federal, Microsoft Shingai Mavengere has taken on the crucial role of ensuring Microsoft Federal’s operations meet the highest standards of regulatory compliance and integrity. With a solid background in compliance and a passion for fostering a culture of accountability, Mavengere leads initiatives that drive operational excellence and uphold transparency
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Siemens Government Technologies’ Matthew Madalo
Matthew Madalo Senior Vice President – General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary, Siemens Government Technologies Matthew Madalo leads all legal, contracts, compliance and industrial security and facilities teams at Siemens Government Technologies, navigating all elements of government reporting requirements and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations. The U.S. is the largest market for Siemens,
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Ultra Intelligence & Communications’ Dana Bono
Dana Bono General Counsel, Ultra Intelligence & Communications Dana Bono is focused on supporting and enabling strategic activity and growth that will continue to differentiate the company in the defense technology landscape. Ultra I&C has become known for its ability and its agility – solving incredibly tough challenges at a rapid pace. “We continue to
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Nightwing’s Sarah Lynn
Sarah Lynn Chief Legal Officer, Nightwing Sarah Lynn’s biggest recent achievement is standing up the legal department at Nightwing following the company’s launch in April 2024. She focused her attention on building out the team and aligning its support model to meet the operational needs of the company, with the goal of right-sizing enterprise policies
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Constellis’ Olivia Fines
Olivia Fines Chief Legal, Compliance & Risk Officer, Constellis Olivia Fines recently aided Constellis in the successful completion of a recapitalization of approximately $266 million of debt under the company’s term loan facilities with existing investors. This transaction significantly reduced the indebtedness of the company, while securing additional new capital. Concluding this transaction was a
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: ServiceNow’s Kevin Joyce
Kevin Joyce Senior Director, Legal-Global Head of Public Sector Ethics & Compliance, ServiceNow Kevin Joyce’s biggest achievement has been empowering his team to grow and flourish into senior leaders within the legal department and organization as a whole. “I’ve had the honor and pleasure of watching many of my team members move on to bigger
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Empower AI’s Jim Rittinger
Jim Rittinger Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Empower AI Jim Rittinger leads a strategic reorganization of Empower AI’s Contracts and Legal team, streamlining contracting processes to improve agility and responsiveness. As a result, Empower AI reduced team costs by over 20% while significantly increasing contract throughput and reducing turnaround times without adding headcount. This
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: HII Mission Technologies’ Christian Ortego
Christian Ortego Senior Vice President & General Counsel, HII Mission Technologies Christian Ortego provides legal advice and counsel to senior management and across all of Mission Technologies’ business groups. As general counsel, he plays a pivotal role in providing strategic legal guidance to support the company’s mission in defense contracting. He facilitates key business initiatives,
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Accenture Federal Services’ Chris Farris
Chris Farris Lead Counsel – Compliance, Regulatory and Ethics, Accenture Federal Services Chris Farris’ biggest recent achievement was bringing Accenture Federal Services’ Legal Risk Assessment process in-house from outside counsel, which resulted in substantial cost savings and provided greater transparency and control over policies, processes and procedures. By incorporating data-driven metrics and expanding the scope
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: Leidos’ Brian Liss
Brian Liss Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Leidos Hired in 2008 as Leidos’ second employment lawyer, Brian Liss spent nearly two decades expanding his role within the company. His journey has taken him beyond employment law, allowing him to work across various functions and gain experience in many aspects of the
Top General Counsels & Compliance Execs to Watch in 2025: QinetiQ US’ Bill King
Bill King Chief Legal Counsel, QinetiQ US With strategic vision and forward-thinking leadership, Bill King revamped the legal function at QinetiQ US, making it a proactive business partner deeply engaged with the company’s growth initiatives and operational excellence. “When I joined QinetiQ US following an acquisition that doubled the size of the company, I saw
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