Two leaders at opposite ends of the public-private sector continuum were recognized for their Wash100 Award wins on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic publications singled out the achievements of BAE Systems President of the Intelligence and Security Sector Al Whitmore and National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese in a pair of profiles celebrating their 2022 accomplishments.
The Wash100, now in its 10th year, is an annual compilation of the 100 most high-achieving and promising names in the Capitol region, working in government contracting and adjacent spaces. Winners are proven leaders and visionary innovators whose track record and potential positive impacts on the market in the coming year are seen as exemplary.
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Whitmore is a 40-year GovCon industry veteran and 2023 is his sixth consecutive win of GovCon’s highest accolade. He netted the award this year for leading BAE’s expansion efforts in military simulation training and federal information technology. In June, the company won a five-year, $699 million contract from the U.S. Army to conduct operations, maintenance and management services for the service branch’s Defense Supercomputing Resource Center. Additionally, he helped steer the company to win a $12 billion U.S. Air Force follow-on contract that same month.
Read Al Whitmore’s full profile at GovCon Wire here.
In his work as the 19th director of the NRO, Scolese has made inroads toward the global power struggle for dominance in the space domain, establishing new technologies and private sector partnerships and passing initiatives such as the May 2022 10-year, multibillion-dollar Electro-Optical Commercial Layer contract. This was distributed to BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs.
The NRO director also launched its first national security payload into orbit in July 2022 under the agency’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket program. Learn more about Scolese’s qualifications in his ExecutiveBiz profile here.