Heather Newlin

Heather Newlin is nationally recognized government contractor and technology business leader with over 20 years of experience across intelligence, defense, civilian, commercial, and international markets. Re-energized and turned around multiple businesses from poorly integrated acquisitions. Created new vision. Motivated staff to achieve results. Implemented necessary changes. Executive and technical leadership in enterprise IT, software development, ISR, biometrics, satellites, ground stations, wireless and product development. Advised business owners and CEOs on growth with an emphasis on aligning operations and leadership with vision including exit strategy. Demonstrated ability to lead and grow businesses from $50M to $200M across variety of customers, business models, and technical capabilities. Developed comprehensive GovCon Strategic Growth Program with 12 modules including growth via acquisition, sales growth, exit planning, and corporate boards. Created speaker bureau of 15+ CEOs able to share their corporate stories as interactive case studies. Social media marketing including LinkedIn and YouTube. Recognized thought leader, published author, and sought after speaker on corporate growth and leadership development. Strategic CXO partnering with CEOs / Boards / Owners and serving on Boards to accelerate growth with emphasis in GovCon. General Manager known for taking businesses to the next level by creating plans to operationalize the strategy, while aligning teams to maximize impact. Extensive mentoring internal to the organizations He support and external to transitioning Veterans and Women in Technology. CFO and Board Member to a non-profit focused on education and leadership development in rural East Africa (Asante Africa Foundation) and to non-profit working to connect volunteers to opportunities (Volunteer Fairfax). Created GovCon Strategic Growth Program, where CXOs develop their action plans to achieve desired growth goals.