Steve Hull of Leidos Wins 1st Wash100 Award for Driving Innovation, Transformation for Government Customers
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce the selection of Steve Hull, president of the digital modernization sector at Leidos, to the 2025 class of the Wash100 Award, an accolade conferred annually to the 100 most influential and impactful leaders in the government contracting industry.
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This marks the first time that Hull has been selected to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the top 100 leaders from the government and GovCon business, recognizing his efforts in driving business growth by advancing innovation and transformation in support of government customers and their missions.
As head of Leidos’ digital modernization sector, he oversees the execution of a portfolio of programs supporting IT infrastructure modernization, cyber operations, end user services and application modernization and sustainment for federal customers in the defense, intelligence, civilian and health sectors.
Commenting on Hull’s win, Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, said, “Steve has been a driving force in IT and digital modernization for decades, and continues to stay doggedly at the forefront of GovCon tech innovation. Now leading Leidos’ digital modernization sector, he brings deep expertise in networking, cybersecurity and enterprise IT, honed over nearly 20 years at Lockheed Martin and as Leidos’ former CIO. With federal agencies racing to modernize, Steve’s leadership will be key in shaping the next generation of secure, efficient government IT solutions.”
Notable Contract Wins in 2024
With Hull’s leadership, Leidos secured major military contracts in the past year, including a $331 contract with the U.S. Army for network modernization support; a $738 million contract with the U.S. Air Force for enterprise IT and telecommunications services; and an $823 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide sustainment and operations support services for the Department of Defense Network, or DODNet, program.
“By delivering the standardized DoDNet, our goal is to enable more efficient service delivery and support across DAFAs to advance the mission of our nation’s warfighters and secure our combat operations around the world,” Hull said of the DISA task order.
Strategic Partnerships
In March 2024, Leidos signed a multiyear strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the delivery of innovation to customers in the public sector and commercial markets.
“Through this agreement, Leidos will align our investments in federal mission solutions with AWS’s portfolio of cloud computing and enterprise data management services to enhance innovation and efficiency for our customers,” Hull said.
In an Executive Spotlight interview, the digital modernization sector lead also mentioned Leidos’ partnerships with Sourcegraph and Moveworks to bring generative AI-enabled tech capabilities to customers.
“Strategic partnerships are a key part of our strategy. We believe our role is to be the orchestrator of innovation for our customers, serving as the bridge between commercial technology providers and our customers’ regulated environments. We bring together diverse skills, available technologies and innovative approaches while fostering collaboration to create a win-win for our customers, shareholders and partners,” the Leidos executive said during the interview.
Pushing the Boundaries in Digital Modernization
During the interview, Hull noted that threats facing customers change as technology evolves and that he sees an increased need for speed, agility and interoperability across national security, defense, civil and health sectors.
He stressed the need for more collaboration across agencies and commercial partners.
“Whether it’s developing new technologies or integrating solutions, we’re leveraging our practices, repeatable offerings and strategic partnerships to make a real impact across critical sectors,” Hull said.
“We’ll continue to push the boundaries in digital modernization. We’re not just meeting the needs of today; we’re laying the foundation for sustained growth and innovation well into the future,” he added.
Steve Hull’s Career Highlights
Hull has over three decades of experience in the IT industry and has held multiple roles supporting direct business and corporate IT functions, including chief technology officer, program manager and chief information officer.
He joined Leidos in 2016 and has held roles of increasing responsibility at the company since then, including CIO and operations manager for the enterprise and cyber solutions business.
The University of Central Florida graduate spent nearly 20 years at Lockheed Martin, where he served as CIO for the information systems and global solutions business and senior IT operations manager for the company’s Center for Innovation.
Executive Mosaic congratulates Steve Hull and the entire Leidos team for their selection to receive this Wash100 Award.
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