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Mike Uster

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Chief Information Officer at V2X Inc
📍 Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Mike Uster is the Chief Information Officer at V2X Inc. and the 2024 Washington Exec CIO of the Year. He previously served as CIO & CTO at ManTech, where he led a 150-person team, drove a zero-trust transformation, and scaled early GenAI deployments. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Biola University.

Outside of his executive roles, Mike appears to be a reflective individual, having taken time for a silent retreat between major career moves. He is focused on the human side of leadership, emphasizing judgment and the importance of making decisions with incomplete information, especially during a crisis.

Unique Fact: He championed a "Proven Here First" mindset, using his own enterprise IT organization as the initial testing ground for innovative solutions before deploying them for customers.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Chief Information Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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Zero Trust Security
He led a full-scale zero-trust transformation at a previous company, resulting in a perfect score on the CMMC 2. 0 assessment.
Enterprise AI
He has hands-on experience scaling some of the first generative AI deployments within the government services industry.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Chief Information Officer
V2X Inc
8-2015 - 12-2025
CIO & CTO, Sr. Vice President at ManTech
ManTech
5-2005 - 8-2015
Senior Vice President, Business Process Management
ManTech
2004 - 2005
CFO and Director, Finance and Contracts
Object Sciences Corporation
1997 - 2004
Sr. Contracts Manager
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
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Education
Bachelor of Arts
Biola University
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