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Nishawn Smagh, intelligence director at GreyNoise, understands that success depends on combining operational expertise, intelligence, innovation and strategic decision-making. He’s working to establish GreyNoise as the authoritative intelligence voice on internet-wide reconnaissance and pre-exploitation activity. Smagh sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk about how AI is changing both cybersecurity and threats, how cloud is changing […] More

Jon Rucker, CEO of Ultra I&C, believes clarity and alignment are force multipliers He learned over his long GovCon career that executives need to be disciplined in execution while moving at the speed of innovation, an essential balance Rucker sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk mission continuity and resilience, AI and closing data integration gaps […] More

Denis Lynch, chief operating officer at MBL Technologies, believes positive mentoring relationships are foundational to career success in GovCon Lynch attributes his career achievements, including 14 years at Booz Allen Hamilton after starting as an intern, to leaders who gave him chances to stretch and learn He sat down with ExecutiveBiz to talk growing SDVOSBs, […] More

Christian Hoff, AWS managing director and general manager for global civilian government, brings a rare combination of operational military experience, consulting acumen and hyperscale cloud expertise to GovCon. He previously built strategic partnerships with system integrators both large and small, as well as software as-a-service companies across the federal enterprise. He sat down with ExecutiveBiz […] More

Kim Mirabella thrives on serving government customers. The Verizon vice president for Federal and Verizon Frontline is proud of how her mission-driven team works together during crises with a strong sense of purpose to support public sector agencies, including federal and national security organizations. Mirabella is a Verizon veteran, having spent 28 years at the telecommunications […] More

North Star Labs CEO Mitchell Sipus’ experience building data collection businesses from developing nations taught him the value of providing high-quality data to decision-makers. As a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, he developed an expertise realizing mission outcomes, even if the approach is different from what was first envisioned. Sipus sat down with ExecutiveBiz to […] More

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