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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: STU SHEA
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO, PERATON, RESTON
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A fixture in the national security industry, Shea has led the expansion of a 6-year-old private company into a major defense contractor through a series of acquisitions, including the 2021
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: D. JAMES BIDZOS
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, VERISIGN, RESTON
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An early advocate of encryption in commercial software, Bidzos is an internet and cybersecurity pioneer. Verisign is the largest internet domain name registry and infrastructure provider. Any address with a
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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN WASSON
CHAIR AND CEO, ICF INTERNATIONAL, RESTON
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Wasson has spent his 36-year career at ICF International, where he has led the global consulting and technology services provider through a series of acquisitions and growth. The company has
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: LAURA K. IPSEN
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ELLUCIAN, RESTON
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Ipsen was hired as higher education tech company Ellucian’s head in 2017, after 25 years in Silicon Valley, where she worked in executive positions for Oracle, Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, GENERAL DYNAMICS, RESTON
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Since 2013, Novakovic has led the world’s sixth largest aerospace and defense company, with 105,000 employees worldwide and revenue of $39.4 billion in fiscal 2022. Ranked No. 30 on Forbes’
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MEHUL P. SANGHANI
CEO, OCTO, RESTON
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A Virginia Tech graduate, Sanghani runs one of the fastest growing federal contractors in Virginia’s tech sector. In December 2022, IBM announced it would purchase Octo from Arlington Capital Partners
Finance | Insurance 2023: SIMON R.B. HAMILTON
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PORTFOLIO MANAGER, THE WISE INVESTOR GROUP OF RAYMOND JAMES, RESTON
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Hamilton’s first job as a teen was mowing lawns — or, rather, running his own lawn-mowing business, with his brother as his first employee. That enterprising spirit has taken him
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MILE CORRIGAN
PRESIDENT AND CEO, NOBLIS, RESTON
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In October 2022, Corrigan succeeded Amr ElSawy as the not-for-profit federal contractor’s chief executive, 21 years after joining Noblis as a computer scientist and software architect and manager. A graduate
Real Estate 2023: BRENDAN BECHTEL
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BECHTEL CORP., RESTON
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Serving as CEO since 2016 and chairman since 2017, Bechtel is the fifth generation to lead his family-owned global engineering, construction and project management company. Ranked the nation’s second largest
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THOMAS A. BELL
CEO, LEIDOS, RESTON
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In May, Bell became CEO of Leidos, a Fortune 500 defense, aerospace and information technology firm, replacing Roger Krone, who retired that month as CEO and board chairman after nine