Gerry Fasano
President, Defense Group
Gerard A. Fasano currently serves as President of the Defense Group at Leidos, where he is responsible for leading the delivery of advanced systems, solutions, and services to Defense customers worldwide. He leads nearly 10,000 employees dedicated to solving critical challenges in autonomy and advanced analytics; C4ISR across sea, ground, air and cyberspace; digital transformation; enterprise logistics; and secure agile software development.
Prior to this role, Fasano served as Executive Vice President and Chief of Business Development and Strategy for Leidos where he oversaw efforts to drive business growth, account management, legislative affairs, and strategy. He previously served as the Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions (IS&GS) head of integration for the merger of Leidos and the IS&GS business, combining the two entities to produce a technology and solutions company with more than $10 billion in annual revenue. Prior to joining Leidos, Fasano led Lockheed Martin's IS&GS Business Development and Mergers & Acquisition organization and was General Manager for their $3.5B Defense Group.
Fasano holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. He has received numerous awards of excellence including the 2020 Federal Computer Week (FCW) Fed 100 Award, the 2020 Executive Mosaic Wash100 Award, the Carl T. Humphrey Alumni Award from the Villanova College of Engineering, the Master Program Manager award from Lockheed Martin, and the Pennsylvania USO Liberty Award. Fasano has served on numerous boards, to include the Villanova University Engineering Advisory Board, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, AFCEA, the Liberty USO, and Junior Achievement.