ARRAY Information Technology - IT Executive of the Year
Company: ARRAY Information Technology, Greenbelt, MD
Entry Submitted By:Lumina PR
Company Description: rray Information Technology, Inc.’s mission is to maintain and modernize the complex applications and systems that drive our country’s National Defense and Homeland Security posture.
Nomination Category: Information Technology Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Information Technology Executive of the Year
Nomination Title: Sumeet Shrivastava, CEO of ARRAY Information Technology
Sumeet Shrivastava is President and CEO of ARRAY, an application services company that has long served the nation’s defense mission. Since joining the company in 2008, Sumeet has successfully guided ARRAY through its small business transition to becoming one of the largest pure-play, application service providers to the Defense marketplace.
As a result, in 2020 ARRAY achieved successful awards for new business, inclusion in the Washington Post’s list of Top Workplaces and NVTC Tech 100 Companies, and recognition by multiple industry awards for Sumeet and ARRAY executives including NVTC Tech 100 Executives, WashingtonExec Top 10 CEO to Watch in 2020, WashingtonExec for Cybersecurity Executive of the Year and Diversity and Inclusion Executive of the Year.
Sumeet achieved this remarkable progress in his tenure by investing in those he considers ARRAY’s greatest asset: its employees. Upon his arrival at ARRAY, Sumeet immediately began establishing a culture where talented and enthusiastic professionals have opportunities to learn and advance while feeling valued as contributors and as people. Some of the initiatives that mark this dynamic include the establishment of technical tracks that encourage mastery of emerging technologies and methodologies, a High Potential Program providing leadership development and mentorship to potential future leaders, company-wide incentives ·innovation and creativity in support of delivering increased value to the client mission, and Technology Centers of Excellence supporting the adoption and integration of emerging technologies. Sumeet understands that the technical expertise and deep client intimacy is necessary to achieve the technical outcomes ARRAY is proud to deliver are fully reliant on its team, and maintaining the efficacy and morale of the team is a top priority.
Beyond his impact at ARRAY, Sumeet continues to provide mentorship and support to small and emerging GovCon businesses. Committed to his alma mater, GMU (MBA ’94) and giving back to the community, he has served on the Business School’s Advisory Council for the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and supported the launch of the Center for Government Contracting. Sumeet currently serves on the GMU Foundation Board of Trustees, as President of Mason’s Alumni Association and on the GMU President’s Innovation Advisory Councilin addition to the Board of the TiE DC Chapter and Northern Virginia Science Center.
As ARRAY moves into the future, its vision is to remain committed to its mission-focused principles and strong culture while innovating and evolving its technical capabilities to solve challenges of increasing size and complexity. Sumeet’s focus on mission needs and on people, combined with the expertise and experience to implement the corresponding internal programs, are responsible for ARRAY’s extraordinary success thus far and will help guide ARRAY into future successes as well.
- Named NVTC Tech 100 Executive of the Year
- Finalist for SECAF Government Executive of the Year
- Supported the launch of George Mason University’s Center for Government Contracting and assumed the role of President of Mason’s Alumni Association