Winning a Wash100 Award is a significant accolade for GovCon professionals. It recognizes the leaders who are not just making waves—they’re shaping the future of cybersecurity and intelligence and other critical national security technologies.
Handpicked by Executive Mosaic, winners are celebrated for driving innovation, capturing major contracts and delivering real impact across government missions. This isn’t just an award—it’s a mark of influence, strategic vision and industry clout. In a competitive, high-stakes market, the Wash100 stands as one of the most coveted honors, spotlighting those who lead with bold ideas, breakthrough technologies and results that matter.
The following profiles are of Wash100 Award winners in industry who have had significant accomplishment in cybersecurity or worked for companies where cybersecurity plays a large part in their business. In no particular order, let’s dive into the profiles of these outstanding cybersecurity professionals, their paradigm-shifting contributions and the lasting effects of their efforts impacting the future of cybersecurity and GovCon.
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Tom Watson
Serco
2024, 2025
Watson earned a pair of back-to-back Wash100 Awards for big contracts and the major acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s mission training and satellite ground network communications software, or MT&S, business. Under Watson’s leadership, Serco secured several major DOD contracts including a pair of U.S. Army awards–a $73 million logistics services deal and an estimated $247 million Holistic Health and Fitness System contract.
Serco landed a five-year, $69 million task order to provide IT and programmatic support such as network engineering and information assurance to U.S. Navy bases. The U.S. Air Force awarded Serco a $90 million follow-on contract for next-generation IT support. Serco was selected by the U.S. Navy to compete for task orders under a five-year, $537 million contract to help engineer, test and integrate command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, or C4I, systems aboard new vessels.
Serco offers secure software development services that integrate software assurance, agile methodologies and DevSecOps principles. It also provides end-to-end cyber resilient services designed for government customers.
Kathy Warden
Northrop Grumman
2015, 2017–2024
Warden earned a whopping ninth Wash100 award in 2024 for her strategic leadership and innovation in military technology. Northrop Grumman under her leadership secured a spot on the $10 billion Advanced Technology Support Program IV contract, for which participants will provide engineering and technology services to help modernize DOD electronic assets. Warden also led Northrop Grumman to a major $1 billion contract from the U.S. Navy deliver the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Block 3, a modernized electronic warfare system.
Northrop Grumman develops cybersecurity services such as Cyberdefense Platform for Weapon Systems, or CyPaWS, which leverages AI and machine learning to identify currently undetectable threats in weapon systems. Another is the Cyber Warning Receiver, or CyWRv, an anomaly detection system that detects cyber intrusions within embedded systems such as weapon systems, subsystems and test equipment.
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Julian Setian
SOSi
2019, 2020, 2024, 2025
Setian has earned four prestigious Wash100 Awards for transforming SOSi into one of the leading family-owned businesses in the aerospace and defense sector. His deep expertise in AI and machine learning has enabled the company to deliver tactical and strategic advantages to federal clients and secure major, high-impact contracts.
SOSi teamed with Peraton to deliver cyber defense, information assurance and network engineering to the U.S. Army’s Regional Cyber Center-Europe. Setian also expanded SOSi’s work to critical cyber, intelligence and engineering missions across Europe and Africa by landing a spot on a $995 million advisory and assistance services contract from U.S. Air Forces Africa and Air Forces Europe. Setian helped SOSi support U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s intelligence directorate in cyber network defense and other critical intelligence technical support services through a prime contract from the U.S. Army.
SOSi’s approach to cybersecurity combines cyber intelligence gathering, continuous discovery, scanning and network monitoring to produce a detailed model of possible threats. The company also applies cyber intelligence preparation of the battlefield principles to cybersecurity.
Kevin Kelly
Arcfield
2024
Kelly made his debut among Wash100 Award winners in 2024 for his significant contributions to federal contracting. Kelly guided Arcfield through strategic expansions—including the acquisitions of Strategic Technology Consulting and Orion Space Solutions—strengthening Arcfield’s capabilities in digital engineering, space tech, hypersonic detection and digital twin solutions.
Arcfield made a significant accomplishment when it achieved Cyber Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, Level 2 after a thorough review of its cyber systems. Kelly also led Arcfield to significant cyber contracts, including contracts from federal government customers in the field of cyber assurance.
Arcfield offers comprehensive defensive cybersecurity tools, cross-domain services, cyber software engineering and risk management to federal civilian, defense and intelligence community customers. The company in January launched its PuriFile v10, which offers enhanced detection and mitigation of ransomware, malware and other malicious data types embedded in file types including Microsoft Office 365 and PDFs.
Maria Demaree
Lockheed Martin
2023–2025
Demaree has earned three Wash100 Awards for her leadership in moving space technology and innovation forward in support of national security. A veteran of over 30 years at Lockheed Martin, she was appointed senior vice president and chief information officer in December 2024.
Lockheed Martin in recent years started an initiative to help hire military service members for cybersecurity positions. The company is incorporating AI and machine learning to help it stay ahead of growing cybersecurity threats through efforts such as the Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center.
Lockheed Martin is also offering its Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade, or TLS-EAB, service that provides integrated signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyberspace support to Joint All Domain Operational-enabled forces. The company has been operating the U.S. Test Resource Management Center’s National Cyber Range for over a decade. This secure range that can be scaled in size gives federal agencies insights into how their existing IT systems meet cyber threats.
Another Lockheed Martin cybersecurity offering is the Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center, or LAIC. This center is developing AI-powered threat detection systems that can identify and respond to emerging threats as they happen. The system uses advanced analytics and ML algorithms to analyze network traffic and system data to identify anomalies and patterns that may suggest a potential threat.
