In today’s economy, the motto, “Faster, better, cheaper” often prevails — at the expense of employee development. That’s not the case at Noblis, a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization based in Falls Church, Va. For Mark Simione, senior vice president, chief financial and administrative officer, and treasurer, of the company, the first order of priority is maintaining a strong employee base, while strengthening an evolving business model. Over the last few years, the company has strengthened its business model and focused its activities in five critical mission areas: National Security & Intelligence, Sustainability, Health Innovation, Transportation, and Enterprise Services. The company grew by 5 percent this past year — significant given the challenging economic climate. In addition Noblis has been able to maintain a low attrition rate among its 750 employees. “We’ve have been able to attract very talented staff to meet our clients’ mission needs” says Simione. Recently Simione spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the Noblis mission, and how the company is staying the course while uplifting its employee base.

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“Talent management and development is a very key aspect of how we run the company. We have to protect and grow our most important asset!”
— Mark Simione, Noblis

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It’s an interesting time to be a CTO in the federal marketplace. As the needs of government clients increase, so does the need for vendors to provide the most robust and cost-effective solutions. That takes innovation — and collaboration. In the spirit of that collaboration, ExecutiveBiz went looking for some of the area’s top CTOs. Hailing from small to mid to large-scale companies,  these business and technology innovators offer their tech forecast for the year ahead — and thoughts on where to place your bets along the way.

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