Meet Katie

Katie Hermosilla is a digital strategist and mission transformation leader based in our Washington, DC, and McLean, Virginia, offices. A leader in Booz Allen’s citizen services business, Katie has more than 25 years of experience supporting programmatic and technology transformation at civilian agencies. She applies her expertise in digital transformation strategy development, software development and implementation, and organizational change management to help numerous federal agency clients more effectively deliver digital services to citizens and other stakeholders.

Katie began her career at the Defense Information Systems Agency in a career mobility program focused on hiring professionals with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees to address the Department of Defense’s technology and information management challenges. She then joined the consulting division of an accounting firm, where she provided mission improvement solutions to federal agencies charged with implementing large grant programs.

During this time, she served as the president of the National Grants Management Association, where she developed the first strategic plan for the organization and put it on the path to developing and offering a professional credential to members. Katie joined Booz Allen in 2009 and led our support of a $4 billion grant program that was stood up as part of the American Reinvestment and Revitalization Act of 2009.

Katie holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Penn State University and a master’s in systems engineering from George Mason University.

What makes you excited to come to work every day? Since my first day, the power of our collective ingenuity has inspired me to do everything possible to help our clients execute their missions. On that day, I walked into a meeting with colleagues who were experts in federal program design, grants management, and the build out and management of telecommunications and broadband networks. Several months later, we started work on a new $100 million contract helping the government stand up and execute its mission to expand national access to broadband. We were able to bring together expertise from across our firm to do something great with our client—and I’ve seen that same scenario play out many times over the past 11 years. 

Why are you passionate about? I’m passionate about digital transformation because we are in an age where access to government services must change to meet the demands of a digital-first population. This new generation of citizens has no interest in interacting with the government by phone, through the mail, or in person. In the next 20 years, taxpayers will insist on secure, streamlined tax filing, complete transparency into transaction-related data, and year-round access to all necessary services and requirements through a mobile device. 

How does your work change the world? I started my career as a federal employee and saw firsthand how difficult it is to operate within a large, bureaucratic organization. As a consultant, strategist, and technologist, I can be a change agent—for the organization, the mission, and the dedicated federal employees and executives who work within and lead these organizations. As a client’s sounding board, cheerleader, and collaborator, I know I have changed the world because the machine of government requires strong and effective leaders to produce the services and outcomes our nation relies on.

How do you inspire your teams to do excellent work? How do your teams inspire you? Being a great consultant is about leveraging your talents and knowledge as well as those of the people around you. Excellence results when we incorporate the richness of several perspectives, knowledge sets, and approaches. I give the teams I work with explicit permission to ask questions that have gone un-asked, explore alternatives, and propose recommendations that will truly improve our clients’ reality.