Executive Spotlights

Charles O’Brien currently serves as vice president of SOSi’s Civil Solutions arm. In this role, he leads an international team delivering human-centric, technology-enabled solutions and operational capabilities in support of humanitarian operations and assistance, disaster response and emergency management to state and federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland […] More

Chris Coligado made a bold decision this year and it’s paying off swimmingly. After spending the vast majority of his career — almost a quarter century — with Booz Allen Hamilton, he made the jump to a small business. Coligado began at information technology company Smoothstack in June. The organization specializes in app development, cloud, […] More

The Treasury Department and the IRS released final digital asset tax reporting regulations on June 28. The regulations establish rules for what data needs to be collected by digital asset brokers and reported to the IRS for tax purposes, while also clarifying rules for taxpayers regarding how capital gain or loss on the sale of digital […] More

Omar Toor currently serves as senior vice president of SMX’s Digital Solutions Group. In this role, he leads profit and loss and growth initiatives for the company’s federal civilian and commercial divisions as well as its state, local and education arm. His work focuses on business strategy, developing new approaches to the government contracting marketplace […] More

El Gardner, vice president of space operations at Aperio Global, spent over 30 years in the U.S. military before making a pivot to the private sector in May. He has served in both Air Force and Space Force roles, giving him a deep understanding of the space domain and the intricacies of global tensions. What brought […] More

The Alaska Native Chenega Corporation is dedicated to preserving national security through its wide array of business with the U.S. military, the Intelligence Community and various civilian agencies. Sonia Mundra, who currently serves as president of Astraeus Operations — a Chenega subsidiary primarily focused on IT, cybersecurity and engineering — is deeply rooted in the business. She […] More

Prior to assuming her current role as data and artificial intelligence strategist for defense and applied intelligence at Accenture Federal Services, Portia Crowe spent two decades serving in various U.S. Army civilian positions, most recently as chief data officer for the Army Futures Command’s Network Cross Functional Team. Following her extensive career with the service branch, […] More

As chief growth officer at technology services contractor Dark Wolf Solutions, Oliver Sadorra channels his engineering background and technical expertise into a role directing the company’s business development, capture and proposal. Therefore, he’s just as concerned with assuring the organization along a path of consistent market growth as he is breaking new ground in research and development. […] More

Federally-focused information technology provider cBEYONData has enjoyed significant growth in 2024. The Arlington, Virginia-based company completed its integration of recent acquisitions Alta Via and Summit2Sea into one cohesive entity; has won 100 percent of its recompetes over the last 12 months; landed a spot on the $8 billion FBI Information Technology Supplies and Support Services […] More

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released their first set of digital asset tax regulations on June 28, which establishes rules for how brokers must report gains and losses on their customers’ digital asset transactions. TaxBit works at the intersection of industry and government to provide tax and accounting compliance solutions to enterprises […] More