Toni Townes-Whitley to become CEO and join
SAIC’s Board
Nazzic Keene to retire from SAIC following
transition period
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) today
announced the appointment of 35-year global technology veteran Toni
Townes-Whitley as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective
October 2, 2023. Townes-Whitley will also join the SAIC Board of
Directors upon assuming the role. She will succeed Nazzic S. Keene,
who has decided to retire as CEO and from the SAIC Board, also
effective October 2. To ensure a seamless transition,
Townes-Whitley will join SAIC on June 12 as CEO-elect, while Keene
continues as CEO through October 1. Keene will then become Special
Executive Advisor to Townes-Whitley and the company through
February 2, 2024.
Townes-Whitley brings a distinguished and proven track record of
driving strong enterprise financial results and fostering an
inclusive culture focused on entrepreneurship and high performance.
In her most recent role as President, U.S. Regulated Industries at
Microsoft, Townes-Whitley led the company’s U.S. sales strategy to
drive digital transformation within the public sector and regulated
commercial industries, including education, financial services,
government and healthcare, managing a 5,200-person organization and
approximately $16B of annual revenue. Prior to joining Microsoft,
Townes-Whitley was President of CGI Federal and held several
management roles at Unisys Corporation, leading global, public and
commercial sector systems integration.
SAIC Board Chair Donna Morea said, “We thank Nazzic for her
tremendous contributions and dedication to SAIC, which resulted in
greater opportunities for our employees, improved outcomes for our
customers and increased value for our shareholders. The Board’s
selection of her successor is the result of a thorough and
thoughtful CEO succession planning process to identify the right
leader to accelerate the momentum built over the four years of
Nazzic’s leadership. Toni is an innovative and collaborative leader
whose success in digital transformation and leading-edge technology
integration makes her our clear choice to lead SAIC’s next
chapter.”
Keene joined SAIC in 2012, becoming CEO and being elected to
SAIC’s Board of Directors in August 2019. She has received numerous
recognitions, including six consecutive Executive Mosaic Wash100
Awards and ranking #3 in Institutional Investor’s All America
Executive Team within the mid-cap Aerospace & Defense sector.
Keene has also positioned the company’s portfolio to align with
areas of increasing customer demand as evidenced by SAIC generating
approximately 30% of revenue from its Growth and Technology
Accelerants (GTAs) with the goal of reaching 40% of revenue by
Fiscal Year 2026. Since the beginning of 2020, SAIC shares have
outperformed the Russell 1000 Value Index and ranked #1 or #2 in
total shareholder return for three of the four years amongst the
company’s pure-play U.S. government IT Services peer group.
Under Keene’s leadership, SAIC has significantly advanced
diversity, equity and inclusion. In the past year and well ahead of
the stated target, SAIC achieved parity in the women leadership
ranks as compared to its workforce and increased the company’s
leadership in people of color by 21% over the last three years.
Keene’s passion in leading the company’s philanthropic endeavors is
impactful and recognized in the communities in which SAIC’s
employees and customers live and work. She has received several
awards on behalf of the company, most notably the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
“I have known, respected and admired Toni for years and am
thrilled to welcome her to our SAIC family,” Keene said. "I am
proud of all we have accomplished for our customers and colleagues
during my tenure at SAIC, and I am excited to work alongside Toni
in the coming months to ensure we don’t miss a beat in driving
sustained growth and performance.”
Townes-Whitley said, “I am honored to bring my passion for
driving our nation’s digital transformation to this extraordinary
company that is positioned at the intersection of mission critical
government programs at a time of evolving, multi-dimensional global
threats. SAIC is on a solid growth trajectory with an expanding
solutions portfolio, positive financial trends and a culture of
serving its customers with integrity, and I look forward to
building on the company’s momentum.”
Additional Information About Toni Townes-Whitley
Toni Townes-Whitley is a global technology leader who currently
serves as an Independent Director/Trustee on boards for
organizations, including Nasdaq and other major companies, Johns
Hopkins Medicine, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Partnership for
Public Service and the Princeton University Faith & Work
Initiative. She is a guest lecturer on technology, ethics and
entrepreneurism in the public sector at Stanford and Princeton
Universities.
Townes-Whitley has been a recipient of numerous awards including
Fortune’s Most Powerful Women: Ones to Watch, Women in Technology
Leadership, Black Enterprise Top Executive, Federal 100 Industry
Eagle Award, NVTC Tech 100 Executive, FedScoop Top50 for Industry
Leadership, 2020 IES Lifetime Achievement Award and, most recently,
“Woman of the Year” by the Washington-based STEM for Her
organization.
In addition to her work leading companies in executive and board
roles, Townes-Whitley is an established leader in diversity and
inclusion efforts and civic engagement. She brings a long list of
personal and professional accomplishments including launching the
Microsoft Executive Women’s network, sponsoring Blacks &
Africans at Microsoft (BAM), partnering with the Athena Alliance --
an organization that prepares women in technology for corporate
board roles, acting as advisor and fundraiser for the Women’s
Center of Northern Virginia and supporting the U.S. Peace Corps,
for which she volunteered for three years as a village teacher in
Central Africa.
She earned her bachelor's degree in Public Policy and Economics
from Princeton University’s School of Public & International
Affairs and has received certifications from Wharton Executive
Education, New York University and the Performance Management
Institute. Born in Fort Moore, Georgia, Townes-Whitley is the proud
daughter of former Comptroller of the Army, LTG (Ret.) James F.
McCall. She and her husband John H. Whitley reside in Northern
Virginia and have five children and nine grandchildren.
About SAIC
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving
our nation’s technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of
offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence
markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital,
artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise
and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we
integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our
partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient
solutions that are critical to achieving our customers'
missions.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by
purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal
Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and
inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and
retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC
has annual revenues of approximately $6.9 billion. For more
information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our
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