A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson
Our fourth annual Wash100 list of Government Contracting’s Most Influential Figures hit the presses last week to recognize leaders in the public and private sectors and those from major academic, financial services and trade organizations.
This week, we want to highlight this year’s recipients at the very top of their private sector organizations: the CEOs responsible for leadership, direction and vision of a business.
Altogether, 28 private sector inductees of this year’s class hold the title of “Chief Executive Officer” for their company or business unit within a larger corporation.
CEOs in the government contracting industry hold a unique responsibility to position their business for growth in line with commercial market trends and agencies’ policy and spending priorities.
That challenge holds especially true in this current time of change for these leaders to forecast the segments of the larger contracting market that present the best business opportunities.
Today ends a second full week with a new administration in charge and these GovCon CEOs continue to watch for details on where the program and spending agendas will be focused.
Below are the names in this 28-strong group of GovCon Chief Executives in the 2017 Wash100:
Keith Alexander, Ken Asbury, Tory Bruno, Wes Bush, Leanne Caret, Mac Curtis,
Matt Desch, Paul Dillahay, Lynn Dugle, Mark Gray, John Heller, Marillyn Hewson,
Barbara Humpton, Thomas Kennedy, Roger Krone, Judy Marks, Scott McIntyre,
Tony Moraco, Ramzi Musallam, Phebe Novakovic, Mike Petters, Larry Prior, Chuck Prow, Steve Rubley, Peter Smith, Alan Marc Smith, David Thompson, and Lou Von Thaer.
Matt Desch, who has led Iridium Communications as its CEO since 2006, received a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in McLean, VA. Garrettson officially presented Matt Desch with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Matt’s business discipline and attention to management
Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, into the 2022 class of its esteemed Wash100 Award, which is annually bestowed upon the top 100 executives in the government contracting community for their noteworthy achievements, innovative vision and measurable influence across the federal sector. This marks Desch’s eighth consecutive Wash100 Award, given in
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported $155.9 million in total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021, up 6 percent from the prior-year period. The McLean, Virginia-based satellite communications company said the total number of billable subscribers rose to 1.72 million in Q4 2021, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 17 percent associated with the growth in
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