Executive Spotlights

Joe Imwalle has developed high-consequence technical capabilities in the Department of Defense and U.S. intelligence community during his 30-year career. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, he possesses deep technical expertise in command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C5ISR, space systems and federal acquisition. Now the vice president for national security […] More

Sharon Dunbar offers the ideal government contracting perspective: decades (three to be exact) served in the military and now a lengthy stint in senior roles at a major industry organization. Dunbar concluded her time in the U.S. Air Force overseeing international 60,000-person aerospace expeditionary operations as a major general and commander. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, […] More

Now that J&J Worldwide Services—the McLean, Virginia-based provider of engineering services, base support operations and facilities maintenance—has officially rebranded as CBRE Government & Defense Services, its executives are excited to talk about its new direction. After speaking at length with CEO Patrick Roddy last week, we checked in with Amanda Hendry, the company’s chief operating officer, and Darren Blue, group […] More

Clif Basnight knows the hyperconnected battlefield is the future of modern warfare. As Ultra Intelligence & Communications vice president of strategic technologies, Basnight also knows there are both significant barriers, and emerging opportunities, in deploying 5G and advanced communications capabilities for the modern warfighter. ExecutiveBiz sat down with Basnight during a recent Executive Spotlight interview to learn […] More

Patrick Roddy is fluent in scaling mid-sized businesses for growth, expansion and acquisition. As executive vice president, chief operating officer and, eventually, president of American Facilities Professionals, his work was recognized as propelling the company to be one of the fastest-growing private organizations in the U.S. by Inc. 5000. After real estate giant CBRE acquired J&J […] More

Jake Frazer has literally grown up in the government contracting industry. He began his career in the U.S. military as an end customer when he received support from the contractors while deployed with IFOR in Bosnia. He joined the industry in 1999 working for Brown & Root Services (now KBR), and he has worked across […] More

Jay Colavita is living the GovCon dream. After learning everything about the contracting world in a few increasingly important roles at major organizations like IBM’s federal segment, he began his own company, the Leesburg, Virginia-based IT services firm Vertosoft, in 2016. The company has become extremely successful given its small-to-mid size and humble beginnings. It was […] More

Three-decade technology industry vet Seth Eaton is an alumnus of Vectrus and PAE and has spent many years helping government contracting companies integrate cutting-edge tools. Eaton is currently vice president of technology innovation at Amentum. Since we last spoke with Eaton, he has been helping Amentum build a technology strategy that harnesses the collective experience, passion and creativity […] More

Sean Papso understands better than anyone how important AI is to U.S. national security. As executive vice president at Invictus Corporate Strategy & Growth, Papso is working with customers to integrate AI into cyber defenses at every level. Papso has over 15 years experience driving strategic expansion and operational excellence in defense and intelligence. He increased […] More

A U.S. Army veteran, Phil Miller spent the majority of his career in the immigration and national security space on the government side. In the days before the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, he worked at the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service for almost a decade, and then logged 15 years at U.S. […] More