Pat Host

As CEO, Warren Kohm is working to build Aurex into a growing and multidisciplined space and defense tech company. The company contributed to NASA’s hugely successful Artemis II mission, including its DICES VoIP launch operations communication system. He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk advanced space technologies, AI, the company’s work on Artemis II and […] More

Garrettson Blight, Booz Allen vice president for DOW cyber, uses his passion for national service to help solve the toughest government challenges. He views the impact of AI on the future of cybersecurity as the defining operational question of the decade. Blight sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk AI, cyber, risk management, autonomy and the […] More

Jehan Karim, global director of business development at Dejero, is helping the company broaden from live broadcast communications into mission-critical government functions, including 911 centers. Dejero supports all 457 emergency call centers in California and helped eliminate network-related outages over a six year period. He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk cybersecurity risks in 5G, […] More

Tony Meyer, Oddball chief growth officer, has built the company’s growth approach around both delivering results on today’s contracts and winning future competitions. He is helping launch Oddball Labs, an innovation hub to propel the company into its next chapter. Meyer sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk federal IT, AI and the company’s evolution from […] More

Nilanjan Sengupta, SVP and head of federal, public sector and healthcare for the Americas at Thoughtworks, is helping federal agencies think differently about modernization. His strategy for successful technological modernization is about reimagining the architectures of how systems, data and people work together to deliver outcomes at scale. He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk […] More

Sean Vineyard, senior vice president of growth operations at Tria Federal, is leading an internal effort to use AI to enhance how the company’s teams operate The effort is focusing on three key areas: growing capacity, accelerating speed and improving quality. He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk AI, strategies for long-term success in contracting […] More

John Humphrey, SVP for operations at Integral Federal, has spent his career helping smaller GovCon firms achieve success against larger companies. He is now leading a critical effort at Integral Federal by expanding its support for national security customers while strengthening its IT modernization offerings. Humphrey sat down with ExecutiveBiz to discuss how the company […] More

Samuel Unger, SAP NS2 senior director for national security group sales and growth, is leading the acceleration of generative AI solutions within secure environments Unger is working with colleagues to ensure the building blocks for ethical, safe and secure AI are available across all domains He sat down with ExecutiveBiz for his latest Spotlight interview […] More

Don Parente, vice president for public sector at MetTel, is helping government agencies navigate the retirement of copper wire networks Copper retirement is an important issue because essential systems like fire and security systems, and elevators still rely on copper infrastructure He sat down with ExecutiveBiz for his latest Spotlight to talk opportunities for expansion, […] More

Wade Allen, Valiantys Federal director of sales, is guiding the firm into becoming a next-generation systems integrator Many Valiantys Federal customers are smaller firms that need secure environments for DevSecOps work and meeting CMMC 2.0 requirements He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk evolving AI concepts beyond pilots, challenges in developing generative AI for defense […] More