- Ondrus takes charge of mission-critical IT for national intelligence customers
- She spent more than a decade at Leidos, most recently with P&L accountability for an intelligence community portfolio
- Earlier in her career, she led a 100-plus-person team running 24/7 mission IT operations
General Dynamics Information Technology has brought on Sophie Ondrus as vice president and general manager of its national intelligence sector, part of the company’s intelligence and homeland security division. GDIT announced the hire in a LinkedIn post Saturday, saying she brings a career-long record of leading complex IT modernization efforts in national security and intelligence.
In the role, Ondrus will direct mission-critical IT services and capabilities for national intelligence customers, with responsibility spanning cloud, cyber and artificial intelligence. Aaron Bedrowsky, senior vice president of the intelligence and homeland security division at GDIT, said her capture, business and leadership experience will bring immense value as the division drives innovation in its portfolio.
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What Experience Does Sophie Ondrus Bring to GDIT?
Ondrus arrives from Leidos, where she spent more than a decade, most recently as a vice president with profit-and-loss accountability for an intelligence community portfolio covering IT modernization, AI-enabled capabilities, cyber and cloud, network and security operations, and operations and maintenance. Her earlier Leidos portfolios included enterprise identity, credential and access management; secure software development; and mission-enabling services such as all-source analysis and tradecraft training. Before her VP roles, she led a team of more than 100 delivering around-the-clock mission IT operations as a senior program manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Shepherd University.
How Is GDIT’s Intelligence and Homeland Business Growing?
The national intelligence sector appointment lands amid momentum for the division. GDIT won a Customs and Border Protection task order in June worth up to $115 million to deploy its Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance Towers along the southwest border, and its towers earned CBP certification in April for autonomous operations under the agency’s border surveillance modernization push.
