Rocio Bauer’s profile over at WashingtonExec is worth your time if you’re thinking about what leadership looks like when you’re serving the Army through technology. The through-line matters: mission first, but delivered by people who understand both the operational tempo and the stack.
I see this in every search we run for Army-facing roles—whether it’s a program director at a prime or a VP leading a software factory engagement. The executives who land well and stay are the ones who can translate between uniformed stakeholders and engineering teams without losing fidelity on either side. That’s not a soft skill; it’s the skill.
If you’re building or leading technology organizations that support the Army, the question isn’t whether you can ship code or manage a contract. It’s whether you can do both while keeping the mission in focus and your people aligned. Bauer’s career is a good reminder of what that looks like in practice.