FEDERAL CONTRACTORS/TECHNOLOGY
BLAKE LARSON
CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE SYSTEMS, DULLES
Larson oversees Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp.’s civil and defense-related space and launch systems, following the aerospace giant’s 2018 $9.2 billion acquisition of Orbital ATK, where he was chief operating officer. A University of Minnesota Institute of Technology and Carlson School of Management graduate, Larson served in several leadership positions at Orbital ATK, including as president of Advanced Propulsion and Space Systems. In May, the space systems arm teamed with
Raytheon Missiles & Defense to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s $4.9 billion, five-year Next-Generation Inceptor program, which would strengthen the country’s ballistic missile defense pro- gram. Te two companies currently provide MDA’s interceptor booster, kill vehicle, ground systems and engagement coordination for the U.S. ground-based defense system. In an interview last year with Virginia Economic
Review, Larson said that his division is working with the University of Virginia, George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College and James Madison University to develop technology curricula to build its workforce.
WILLIAM J. ‘BILL’ LYNN III
CEO, LEONARDO DRS, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Leonardo DRS, the largest U.S. subsidiary of a European-based defense/aerospace conglomerate, is a prime military defense tech contractor, with annual revenue of $2 billion. A majority of its projects are generated for the U.S. Army and Navy and the Intelligence Community. So far in 2020, DRS has won bids to produce
advanced consoles and display systems for the Navy ($62 million), to provide mission-critical computing systems for the Army’s Towed Howitzer ($21 million) and to create, with the Department of Defense, a suite of interconnected electronic functions for a wide array of combat vehicles (up to $800 million). At the helm since 2012, Lynn knows well the
world of national defense. Prior to joining the company, he served as U.S. deputy secretary of defense and U.S. under secretary of defense as well as director of program analysis and evaluation in the defense secretary’s office. He’s won four DoD medals for distinguished public service, including the Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School and holds a master’s in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
MARK P. MARRON
DIRECTOR,
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ePLUS INC., HERNDON
Marron was promoted to CEO and president of the IT assets selling and financing company in 2016 after serving as ePlus Inc.’s senior vice president of sales and chief operating officer. During his time with the company, he has over-
seen company subsidiaries, including ePlus Group Inc., ePlus Technology Inc. and ePlus Systems Inc. Before his time with ePlus, he was senior vice pres- ident of worldwide sales and services at enterprise software company NetIQ, now part of Micro Focus. ePlus, which designs and implements network,
security and storage solutions, reported $1.37 billion in net sales for 2019 and employs more than 1,500 workers. Te company acquired Virginia Beach-based
SLAIT Consulting LLC in 2019, expanding its mid-Atlantic footprint and extending its security consulting and managed services capabilities. It also bought smaller Virginia Beach-based IT firm ABS Technology in 2019. In May, it announced that it would be offering cloud management services through Amazon Web Services and Azure. Marron earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Montclair State University.
SCOTT McINTYRE
CEO, GUIDEHOUSE LLP, MCLEAN
Last year, Guidehouse, a portfolio company owned by the private equity firm Veritas Capital, acquired the global management firm Navigant for $1.1 billion. Te move greatly enhances the ability of Guidehouse, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers public sector prac- tice purchased by Veritas in 2018, to deliver a large menu of management and technology consulting services to federal, state and local agencies. In May, McIntyre announced that it would help manage the administration of the Main Street Lending Program of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Prior to joining Guidehouse, which has 2,000
employees spread across 20 locations around the U.S., McIntyre directed international public sector projects as a partner at PwC. He holds an MBA from Willamette University and serves on the board of the Baldrige Foundation.
HOBBY/PASSION: Spending as much time as possible with my wife and two boys
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Our Washington Nationals!
SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN: Accept a job purely on the basis of compensation
GEORGE MENDIOLA
PRESIDENT, FSA FEDERAL, ASHBURN
In May, Forfeiture Support Associates (FSA) estab- lished a new corporate structure and trade name: FSA Federal. Te refocus accommodates the $1.3 billion contract, announced in March, that continues FSA’s support role to the federal law enforcement commu- nity under the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Asset Forfeiture Administrative Support Services program. Also in March, the company announced a new Department of Homeland Security business unit. Mendiola, who originally came to FSA in 2017
after serving as a vice president at Engility Corp., earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and an MBA from Radford University, where he’s a big booster. He served as honorary chair of the Radford Fund and was the catalyst behind the Mendiola-Cole Leadership Scholarship, a $1,000 annual award for students who have made leadership contributions to the university.
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Green Bay Packers
MOST RECENT BOOK READ: “The Infinite Game,” by Simon Sinek
WHAT’S ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT VIRGINIA? I would like to see the economic prosperity gap close between Northern Virginia, where FSA Federal is headquartered, and Southern/ Southwest Virginia.
JOHN S. MENGUCCI
PRESIDENT
AND CEO, CACI INTERNATIONAL INC., ARLINGTON
In June, Mengucci announced that CACI International had snared a $1.5 billion federal contract — the largest in company history — to provide transport and cybersecurity services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. It followed the company’s April announcement that it had been awarded a $199 million, five-year contract to provide communications systems, satellite communica- tions and network support services to the Naval Information Warfare Center in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. CACI reported nearly $5 billion in 2019 revenue
and employs 23,000 workers worldwide. Tis year, it was named for the ninth time to Fortune’s annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Promoted to CEO in 2019, Mengucci previously
served as CACI’s chief operating officer and its president of U.S. operations. Before joining CACI, he held several leadership positions at Lockheed Martin, including president of information systems and its global solutions civil product line. Mengucci earned a bachelor’s degree in computer
science from Clarkson University, where he serves on the board of trustees, and an MBA in organizational management from Syracuse University.
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