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  • A 'Good Scout' Makes a Great Leader: Robert Beyster - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Robert Beyster

    Robert Beyster, a GovCon sector legend who founded Science Applications International Corp., was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1997 as the inaugural Technology Good Scout Award recipient. He established SAIC with an employee ownership structure in 1969 and it grew to an $11 billion company prior […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Alan Merten - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Alan Merten

    Alan Merten, the late president of George Mason University who passed away in 2020, was among the recipients of the Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was presented with the recognition in 2012. The fifth Mason president held the post for over 15 years. […] More

  • A 'Good Scout' Makes a Great Leader: Jack London - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Jack London

    Jack London, a 49-year CACI International veteran who was the company’s CEO for 23 years until 2007 and its executive chairman from 2007 until his death in January 2021, was the recipient of the 2004 Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. London had been widely […] More

  • A 'Good Scout' Makes a Great Leader: Bahman Atefi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Bahman Atefi

    Bahman Atefi, the late CEO of Alion Science and Technology who passed away in March 2018, was the recipient of the 2006 Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Atefi was the notable federal contracting industry leader behind Alion’s shift from a nonprofit organization then called […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: James Gilmore - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: James Gilmore

    James Gilmore III, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in 1998, a time when he was serving as the 68th governor of Virginia. During his term from 1998 to 2002, Gilmore […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: MicroStrategy Co-Founder Michael Saylor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: MicroStrategy Co-Founder Michael Saylor

    Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, was named the Technology Good Scout Award recipient of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2000. His career has been dedicated to growing MicroStrategy, which was launched in 1989 to advance business intelligence through graphical operating systems and client server computing. […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Tom Davis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Tom Davis

    Tom Davis, former congressman of Virginia and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2000 and 2002, received the Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2002. The former lawmaker functioned as Good Scout chair in 2020, when NCAC held a virtual event to […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Sen. Mark Warner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Sen. Mark Warner

    Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council as its recipient of the Technology Good Scout Award in 2003, when he was still serving as the governor of Virginia. The lawmaker is part of the Senate Finance, Banking, Budget and Rules Committees and serves as chairman of […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews

    Duane Andrews, former CEO of QinetiQ’s North American business arm, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s 2009 Technology Good Scout Award in recognition of his drive to advance the technology sector while exemplifying the organization’s values. He worked as QinetiQ North America CEO from June 2006 to […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former Inova Exec Todd Stottlemyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former Inova Exec Todd Stottlemyer

    The National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored Todd Stottlemyer, former CEO of Inova Health System’s Center for Personalized Health, with the 2015 Technology Good Scout Award. Stottlemyer has decades-long industry experience, including time serving at health care-focused information technology companies. As chief executive of ICPH, he has oversight of the […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group

    Michael Hayden, a principal at global advisory services firm The Chertoff Group, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America with the Technology Good Scout Award in November 2016. At Chertoff, the retired four-star general is focused on technological intelligence and counterintelligence, global political and terrorist risk analysis as […] More