Executive Spotlights

Intelligent Waves is a defense- and national security-focused company founded by military veterans. Thus, a deep understanding of warfighters’ needs is etched into its DNA. For team members and leadership alike, working in defense contracting is just another way to serve. IW CEO Tony Crescenzo was a U.S. Marine for a number of years before […] More

By his own admission, sales leader Brian Mikkelsen got into technology at the right time. A combination of timing, talent and shrewd decision-making has enabled him to work with “prominent companies during their peaks.” This included IBM—where he sold computers—at the very beginning of his career and Red Hat for two decades during the meat […] More

A confluence of economic uncertainty, global conflicts and a change in presidential administration are making 2025 a year of significant change for government agencies and how they carry out operations. To adapt, agencies will need to rely on a wider range of technology innovations from providers who can ensure their solutions are adequately tested and […] More

Doug Magee is a known quantity and highly respected staple of the government contracting industry, having previously worked at KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and Akima. For the last two years, he has led the government services segment of Day & Zimmermann. We last spoke with Magee in Q4 of 2023 and were eager […] More

Jeff Harman has an affinity for every step and aspect of the government contracting process, especially the competitive capture pursuit and the accountability enforced by government clients. Harman is a U.S. Air Force veteran who, after a decade of service, made the transition to GovCon out of a desire to provide “meaningful technologies to the […] More

When we last caught up with cBEYONData Chief Growth Officer Zhenia Klevitsky at the beginning of the year, she had just joined the company and shared with us both her perspective on the government contracting landscape and some of cBEYONData’s key capabilities. The ensuing year unfolded as the company operated as one unified entity following […] More

Bryon Kroger, Rise8 founder and CEO, is a U.S. Air Force veteran turned bureaucracy hacker who is relentless in his pursuit of making the world work better—a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 enables large enterprises with critical missions to continuously deliver valuable software that users love.  Kroger recently sat […] More

Even in his early career in the telecommunications industry as an electrical engineer, Tom Afferton understood the importance of information assurance and network security. His telecommunications experiences gave him some exposure to the nascent years of cybersecurity. He was then involved in building more resilient communications networks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which motivated […] More

A lot has happened to Damian DiPippa since we last spoke to him in February. You see, DiPippa started his career as an aerospace engineer working missile and satellite solutions for the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, which is now the Missile Defense Agency. Flash forward to June and he was offered something that was impossible to pass […] More