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Julie Vida

Captain · DISC type DS
Vice President, Growth at Odyssey
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Juliana Vida is a retired Naval Officer and technology executive with deep expertise in cybersecurity, defense growth, and digital transformation. Educated at the United States Naval Academy and the University of San Diego, colleagues describe her as a truly amazing leader who is honest, empathetic, smart, and articulate, with unmatched leadership characteristics.

She leads by example through kindness, vulnerability, and fearlessness, believing that transformation is fundamentally about people. Juliana uses analogies from her personal interests, like yoga, to illustrate leadership principles, emphasizing the importance of creating a strong, stable foundation for any team or organization to achieve ambitious goals.

Unique fact: While serving as a Naval Officer on a scheduled deployment, she was in Darwin, Australia when the news of the 9/11 attacks broke.

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Current Role
Vice President, Growth
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Julie shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Planner & Achiever
Decisive But Calm

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Julie cares about

Empathetic Leadership
Her personal philosophy centers on building high-trust environments where teams feel empowered and protected. She is known for her significant EQ.
Digital Transformation
Has extensive experience leading transformation in both defense and high-growth tech sectors, focusing on the human element of change.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Vice President, Growth
Odyssey
4-2025
Independent Board Director
Qohash
10-2023 - 3-2025
Vice President, Defense Growth
ManTech
8-2022
Senior Advisor
McChrystal Group
5-2021 - 9-2023
Group Vice President and Chief Strategy Advisor
Splunk
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Media appearances

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Education
1990 - 1994
BS
United States Naval Academy
2002 - 2003
Master's Degree
University of San Diego
1988 - 1990
Russian
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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