Derrick Pledger

Derrick R. Pledger is a US Army war veteran and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Leidos, a Fortune 500 defense company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. He served multiple tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa, in uniform and as a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor. After joining Leidos as a field service engineer in 2009, he became CIO at age forty and has led teams that have contributed to more than $40 billion in contract awards. He believes that continuous...See more

Derrick R. Pledger is a US Army war veteran and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Leidos, a Fortune 500 defense company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. He served multiple tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa, in uniform and as a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor. After joining Leidos as a field service engineer in 2009, he became CIO at age forty and has led teams that have contributed to more than $40 billion in contract awards. He believes that continuous self-development and maintaining the right mindset is the key to reaching one's highest potential. See less