Karen Dahut — Executive VP & Leader of Civil Commercial Group at Booz Allen Hamilton

Ms. Karen M. Dahut serves as an Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and has been its Civil Commercial Group Lead since March 30, 2017. Ms. Dahut serves as an Executive Vice President and Leader of Civil Commercial Group of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation and served as its Senior Vice President since October 21, 2011. She leads Booz Allen Hamilton's Strategic Innovation Group (SIG). From 2012 to 2016, she served as the Chief Innovation Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., leading the establishment of the firm's Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) in 2013 to develop and deliver solutions to clients' toughest challenges, while adding new capabilities in cyber, data science and digital micro services to the firm's portfolio. Previously, she led Booz Allen's Analytics capability, providing business, mission, performance, policy, intelligence and operations analysis services to its government and commercial clients. Prior to assuming the leadership of the Analytics capability, she led its US Navy and Marine Corps business, involving staff and engagements in 25 locations worldwide. In this role, she led all aspects of strategic market development, execution and business operations. She also led its Economic and Business Analytics (EBA) capability serving clients across the commercial, civil, defense and security markets with cost, economic and financial analysis services, including cost estimating, investment analysis, business planning and performance measurement analysis. She has provided oversight for the generation of business cases, cost/benefit analyses, lifecycle cost estimates and capital asset plans that form the basis of senior decision-making and budget formulation. She has extensive experience developing and implementing tools and methodologies to improve the planning, managing and budgeting of capital assets for public and private sector clients. A recognized expert in public sector asset management, her engagements include leading a transformation for a defense client; driving innovative financial solutions and improving processes for military services; and leading asset management improvement programs in a number of federal agencies. Prior to joining Booz Allen, she was an officer in the US Navy and served as the comptroller for the Navy's premier biomedical research institute. She worked for an organization that provided asset management and economic consulting services. She has been a Director of Tech Data Corporation since June 2017. She is a Board Member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and serves on the Board of Trustees for Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Dahut received a B.S. degree in Business Finance from Mount St. Mary's University and an M.S. degree from the University of Southern California.