Top BD & GM Execs to Watch in 2026: Nightwing’s Yvonne Vervaet
Yvonne Vervaet Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, Nightwing Yvonne Vervaet recently restructured Nightwing’s strategy and growth organization to enable traditional business development at the scale, scope and tempo of a multi-billion-dollar organization, and to be able to meet customers’ needs in a time of rapidly changing acquisition policies and methods. With the organizational structure,
After 30+ Years in GovCon, Yvonne Vervaet Leads Nightwing’s Post-Divestiture Growth Strategy
Yvonne Vervaet joined Nightwing as its chief growth officer in April, where she’s leading strategic vision, business development, organic growth and new capabilities across the intelligence community, federal civilian, Defense Department and commercial markets. “Being a hyper-competitive person, the Nightwing opportunity was all about the challenge,” she told WashingtonExec. “This company has great bones: the
Nightwing Taps Yvonne Vervaet as CGO
Nightwing has announced Yvonne Vervaet as its new chief growth officer. Her role will entail leading the company’s strategic vision, business development, organic growth and new capabilities across the intelligence community, federal civilian, Defense Department and commercial markets. Vervaet brings 30 years of experience in the defense and aerospace industry, with leadership roles in strategy, business
Acclaim Technical Services Buys Alder Technology
Acclaim Technical Services has acquired Alder Technology Corp., a Chantilly, Virginia-based provider of network engineering, network security and data management services and solutions in support of national security. “We have worked alongside the Alder team for years and have been impressed with the quality of personnel and solutions they bring to our collective customers’ hardest
WATCH: Yvonne Vervaet on Acclaim Technical Services’ Recent Acquisition of Entegra Systems
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Yvonne Vervaet, chief growth officer at Acclaim Technical Services, to discuss the company’s recent acquisition of Entegra Systems. Vervaet shares the capabilities, services and expertise the acquisition has added to Acclaim’s portfolio, and how an alignment of cultures is enabling a smooth integration. Plus, she talks how this acquisition
Industry Vet Yvonne Vervaet Joins ATS as CGO
Yvonne Vervaet is bringing her 26 years of experience in defense, aerospace and intelligence contracting to Acclaim Technical Services, where she now serves as chief growth officer. Formerly CGO for ManTech where she spent 7 years leading the corporate growth efforts and executing a strategic growth rebuild of ManTech’s intelligence operating group, Vervaet has also
Meet ManTech’s Yvonne Vervaet, Chair of WashingtonExec BD Leadership Council
Yvonne Vervaet sits as senior vice president of growth and capability at ManTech International — leading her team with an emphasis on building relationships and a people-first approach proven to retain, sustain and motivate talent. Throughout her career, Vervaet has served as vice president of BD for SpecTacl (later acquired by BAE Systems) and as
Ravi Dankanikote Steps Down as Chair of WashingtonExec BD Leaders Council
After three years at the helm, Ravi Dankanikote is leaving his role as chair of the WashingtonExec Business Development Leaders Council. Dankanikote, who serves as senior vice president of business development at CACI International, brought in and moderated dozens of events with government speakers on topics such as customer management, effective pipeline execution and mentorship. Further
ManTech Elevates Yvonne Vervaet to Brand-New Role to Drive Growth
Yvonne Vervaet has been promoted to ManTech‘s senior vice president of growth and capabilities, a newly created corporate role at the company. Effective Nov. 1, Vervaet will be tasked with setting ManTech’s growth strategy and leading enterprise capabilities, marketing, communications. ManTech President and CEO Kevin Phillips credited Vervaet with driving some key award wins for the company,
Lessons for Growth from ManTech’s Yvonne Vervaet
Yvonne Vervaet, the chief growth officer of ManTech’s Mission, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions group, spoke to the WashingtonExec Women CEO MasterMind group Wednesday evening about what growing a multimillion-dollar company really looks like. “Supporting ‘growth’ when you are $20 million per year is difficult,” Vervaet said. “You are now too big just to do all
ManTech Appoints Yvonne Vervaet Senior Vice President of Business Development for Mission, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions Group
ManTech International Corporation has named Yvonne Vervaet Senior Vice President of Business Development for its Mission, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions (MCIS) Group. Vervaet will be responsible for driving and growing a full spectrum of technology and security solutions across defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies. “Yvonne has the perfect combination of experience leading teams to
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