Dawn Ward
Praxis Engineering Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director, Solutions Architect, GDIT
Dawn Ward is listed as Praxis Engineering Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director, Solutions Architect, GDIT. Dawn is scheduled to speak at Billington CyberSecurity Critical Infrastructure Summit on 18 November 2026.
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About
Dawn Ward is the Chief Technology Officer for Praxis Engineering and a Senior Director, Solutions Architect at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), where she drives technical strategy and solution development in support of Intelligence Community customers. An expert in offensive cyber, she has a proven track record of leading high performing technical teams, driving innovation and developing strategy in fast paced environments. She leads GDIT’s Full-Spectrum Cyber Digital Accelerator, VENIN. Prior to joining GDIT, Dawn served as Vice President of Engineering at Chameleon Consulting Group, where she led engineering operations and technical solution development. Before that, she was Director of Technical Strategy and Growth at BlueHalo, serving as technical solution architect and technical volume lead for must-win proposal efforts. She also held the role of Senior Technical Director at Parsons Corporation, where she led technical solution architecture for $100 million programs
Upcoming
Billington CyberSecurity Critical Infrastructure Summit 16 November 2026 – 18 November 2026
- Breakout A3: How is AI Changing the Critical Infrastructure Threat? Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Dawn at events on B2DB.
- Brian Cook Technical Director · Sixteenth Air Force 1 shared session
- Kristen Cassidy Associate Deputy Director for Operations · U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 1 shared session
- Michael Garcia Vice President · Monument Advocacy 1 shared session
- Nathan Willigar State & Local Government and Education - Customer Security Officer · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Tony Sauerhoff Executive Director and State of Texas Chief Information Officer · Texas Department of Information Resources 1 shared session