William (Bill) Vass, a highly experienced technology and cybersecurity expert, has been appointed as the chief technology officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, effective June 17. Vass will succeed Susan Penfield, who is retiring after 30 years with the McLean, VA-headquartered firm.
Booz Allen’s president and CEO, Horacio Rozanski, expressed excitement about having Vass’s leadership to further propel the firm’s innovation agenda for national missions. With over 40 years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, and robotics under his belt, Vass will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Booz Allen.
Vass has held various executive positions throughout his career at startups, Fortune 100s, and the federal government. Before joining Booz Allen, he spent nearly a decade at AWS as VP of engineering, where he led hardware and software development for emerging technology services. Prior to that, he served as president and CEO of Liquid Robotics and president and COO of Sun Microsystems Federal. In the public service sector, Vass held leadership roles in the US Department of Defense and the US Army personnel information systems command (Persinscom).
In a statement, Vass expressed his honor in joining Booz Allen and returning his focus to essential civilian, defense
