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In the flow.

Leading from the Center

Dr. Ralph Shrader, Chairman & CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, shares his thoughts on "leading from the center" during challenging times at the Northern Virginia Technology Council's “Titans of Technology” event.Read More
In the flow.

No Excuses, No Regrets

Dr. Ralph Shrader, Chairman & CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses three simple, yet powerful lessons about effort, relationships, and time that can help us lead more fulfilling and contented lives.Read More
Women's Agenda.

Women's Agenda

Betty Thomson, Senior Vice President in charge of People Services, and Susan Penfield, Senior Vice President within Booz Allen’s technology capability, share their thoughts on what the Women’s Agenda means at Booz Allen. Read More

8 Charged In $45 Million Cybertheft Bank Heist

Bill Stewart comments on a recent, massive bank cybertheft
CNN Money
 
 

Cyberwar is Breaking Out All Over

Thomas Sanzone comments on the quick rise of information technology security from "a functional area to a board-level concern"
MSN Money
 
 

Quality Tops Agencies' Data Challenges

Mark Herman discusses challenges faced by agencies that want to use big data
Federal Times
 
 

Cyber-Responders Seek New Ways to Respond to Cyberattacks

Christopher Ling is quoted discussing new approaches to prevent cyber attacks
Government Technology
 
 

Fully Prepared for the Worst

Nicholas Bahr is quoted on maintaining business continuity in a crisis
The National
 
 


Dr. Ralph W. Shrader

Dr. Ralph W. Shrader

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President

Dr. Ralph W. Shrader is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., the leading strategy and technology consulting firm (annual revenue of more than $5.8 billion; 25,000 staff). He is the seventh Chairman since the firm's founding in 1914, and has led Booz Allen through a significant period of growth and strategic realignment. Dr. Shrader is Chairman of the Executive and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
 
Sam Strickland

Samuel R. Strickland

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Director

Sam Strickland is a Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President and is the firm’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. As Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for managing the capital structure and financial operations of Booz Allen’s $5+ billion enterprise.
 
Horacio Rozanski

Horacio D. Rozanski

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, Horacio Rozanski is responsible for driving operational excellence and efficiencies throughout the firm. Previously, he was Booz Allen’s Chief Strategy & Talent Officer responsible for overall strategy and people programs that position the firm for success.
 
Karen Dahut

Karen Dahut

Executive Vice President

Karen Dahut, a Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President, leads the firm’s Strategic Innovation Group.
 
Lloyd Howell

Lloyd W. Howell, Jr.

Executive Vice President

Lloyd W. Howell. Jr., an Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, leads the firm’s civil business.
 
Joseph Logue

Joseph Logue

Executive Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Joe Logue leads the firm's largest segment—the Defense business. He is also a member of the firm’s Leadership Team. Previously, Mr. Logue was the Client Service Officer for the firm’s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps business.
 
Mike McConnell

John M. (Mike) McConnell

Vice Chairman

Mike McConnell is Vice Chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton, where his primary roles include serving on the firm’s Leadership Team and leading Booz Allen’s rapidly expanding cyber business.
 
Robert Osborne

Robert S. Osborne

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

As an executive vice president and general counsel of Booz Allen Hamilton, Bob Osborne is the firm's Chief Legal Officer and leads a team of attorneys and other professionals supporting all aspects of the firm’s legal needs, including commercial and government contracts, employment law, finance and securities, and corporate governance.
 
Betty Thompson

Betty Thompson

Executive Vice President

Betty Thompson, a Executive Vice President with Booz Allen Hamilton, serves as the firm’s Chief Personnel Officer.
 
Richard J. Wilhelm

Richard J. Wilhelm

Executive Vice President

Richard Wilhelm is an Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton where he leads the firm’s business supporting the US intelligence agencies.
 
Dr. Ralph W. Shrader

Dr. Ralph W. Shrader

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President

Dr. Ralph W. Shrader is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., the leading strategy and technology consulting firm (annual revenue of more than $5.8 billion; 25,000 staff). He is the seventh Chairman since the firm's founding in 1914, and has led Booz Allen through a significant period of growth and strategic realignment. Dr. Shrader is Chairman of the Executive and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
 
Joan Amble.

Joan Lordi C. Amble

Joan Amble joined Booz Allen’s Board in 2012. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President, Finance, for American Express Company and served in senior positions, including the role of comptroller, from 2003 to 2011. Before that, at General Electric, she served in a variety of senior financial positions, including her final role as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for GE Capital Markets. Earlier in her career, she served from 1984 to 1989 with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and with Ernst & Young from 1977 to 1984. Ms. Amble has a BS degree from The Pennsylvania State University. She currently serves as a Director of Brown-Forman Corporation and Sirius XM Radio. She also serves on the Board of Visitors at The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business, and is the co-founder and Chairman of W.O.M.E.N in America, an organization that focuses on the development of women professionals. Ms. Amble is a member of the Audit Committee.
 
Peter Clare.

Peter Clare

Peter Clare has been a member of our Board since 2008. Mr. Clare is Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and co-head of the U.S. Buyout group. Mr. Clare, founding member of the Carlyle Asia Buyout team, has played a significant role in several of The Carlyle Group’s most successful investments. Prior to joining Carlyle in 1992, Mr. Clare was with First City Capital Corporation, a private equity group, and the Interfunding/Merchant Banking Group of Prudential-Bache Capital Funding. Mr. Clare is a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University and received his M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Mr. Clare is also a member of the Boards of Directors of ARINC, Inc., CommScope, Inc., Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), and Sequa Corp.
 
Ian Fujiyama.

Ian Fujiyama

Ian Fujiyama has been a member of our Board since 2008. Mr. Fujiyama is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, which he joined in 1997. Beginning in 1999, Mr. Fujiyama spent two years in Hong Kong and Seoul working in Carlyle’s Asia buyout fund, Carlyle Asia Partners. He currently serves on the boards of directors of ARINC, since 2007, and United Components, Inc., since 2003. Mr. Fujiyama is a member of the Compensation and Executive Committees.
 
Mark Gaumond.

Mark Gaumond

Mr. Gaumond has more than 35 years of experience working with senior management and audit committees of public and privately-held companies. He held senior positions with Ernst & Young LLP from 2002 to 2010, retiring from the firm as Senior Vice Chair for the Americas, and previously was a partner with a distinguished 27-year career at Arthur Andersen LLP. He currently serves as a director of Rayonier Inc. Mr. Gaumond is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
 

Allan M. Holt

Allan M. Holt became a member of our Board in 2010. Mr. Holt is Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and co-head of the U.S. Buyout group. Mr. Holt, former head of The Carlyle Group's Global Aerospace, Defense, Technology and Business/Government Services team, has been essential to many of their most successful investments.  Prior to joining The Carlyle Group in 1992 Mr. Holt was with the Avenir Group Inc. He previously served as Director of Planning and Budgeting at MCI Communications Corporation where he managed a group responsible for the development, review and analysis of multibillion-dollar financial operating and capital plans. Mr. Holt is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of HCR ManorCare Inc., NBTY, Inc., and SS&C Technologies, Inc.
 
Arthur Johnson.

Arthur E. Johnson

Arthur E. Johnson, a retired senior vice president from Lockheed Martin with over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the information technology and defense businesses, joined Booz Allen’s Board in 2011. He brings extensive IT management experience to the Board, having held senior positions at IBM, Loral Corporation and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Johnson currently serves as a Director of AGL Resources, Inc. and Eaton Corporation, as an Independent Trustee of Fidelity Investments, and was the founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). Mr. Johnson is a member of the Audit Committee.
 
Phil Odeen.

Philip A. Odeen

Philip A. Odeen has been a member of our Board since 2008. Mr. Odeen has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Lead Independent Director of AES Corporation since 2009, and he has served as a director of AES since 2003. Mr. Odeen has served as the Chairman of the Board of Convergys Corporation since 2008, and he has served as a director of Convergys since 2000. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Odeen served as Chairman of the Board for Avaya. He served as Chairman of the Board for Reynolds and Reynolds Company from 2006 to 2007 and was a director of Northrop Grumman from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Odeen retired as Chairman/CEO of TRW Inc. in December 2002. Mr. Odeen has provided leadership and guidance to our Board as a result of his varied global business, governmental and non-profit and charitable organizational experience of over 40 years. Mr. Odeen is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
 
Charles Rossotti.

Charles O. Rossotti

Charles O. Rossotti has been a member of our Board since 2008. Mr. Rossotti has served as a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group since June 2003. Prior to this position Mr. Rossotti served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the Internal Revenue Service from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Rossotti co-founded American Management Systems, Inc., an international business and information technology consulting firm in 1970, where he served at various times as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board until 1997. Mr. Rossotti currently serves as a director for Bank of America Corporation, since 2009, and The AES Corporation, since 2003. Mr. Rossotti formerly served as a director of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., from 2004 to 2008.
 
Sam Strickland

Samuel R. Strickland

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Director

EVP and the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.

Sam Strickland is a Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President and is the firm’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. As Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for managing the capital structure and financial operations of Booz Allen’s $5+ billion enterprise.