Science Applications International Corp. announced the appointment of 35-year global technology veteran Toni Townes-Whitley as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 2, 2023. She will succeed Nazzic S. Keene, who has decided to retire as CEO also effective October 2. To ensure a seamless transition, Townes-Whitley will join SAIC on June 12 as CEO-elect, while Keene continues as CEO through October 1. Townes-Whitley brings a distinguished and proven track record of driving strong enterprise financial results and fostering an inclusive culture focused on entrepreneurship and high performance. In her most recent role as President, U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft, Townes-Whitley led the company's U.S. sales strategy to drive digital transformation within the public sector and regulated commercial industries, including education, financial services, government and healthcare, managing a 5,200-person organization and approximately $16B of annual revenue.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Townes-Whitley was President of CGI Federal and held several management roles at Unisys Corporation. Keene joined SAIC in 2012, becoming CEO and being elected to SAIC's Board of Directors in August 2019. She has received numerous recognitions, including six consecutive Executive Mosaic Wash100 Awards and ranking #3 in Institutional Investor's All America Executive Team within the mid-cap Aerospace & Defense sector. Additional Information About Toni Townes-Whitley: Toni Townes-Whitley is a global technology leader who currently serves as an Independent Director/Trustee on boards for organizations, including Nasdaq and other major companies, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Partnership for Public Service and the Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative. She is a guest lecturer on technology, ethics and entrepreneurism in the public sector at Stanford and Princeton Universities.

Townes-Whitley has been a recipient of numerous awards including Fortune's Most Powerful Women: Ones to Watch, Women in Technology Leadership, Black Enterprise Top Executive, Federal 100 Industry Eagle Award, NVTC Tech 100 Executive, FedScoop Top50 for Industry Leadership, 2020 IES Lifetime Achievement Award and, most recently, “Woman of the Year” by the Washington-based STEM for Her organization. In addition to her work leading companies in executive and board roles, Townes-Whitley is an established leader in diversity and inclusion efforts and civic engagement. She brings a long list of personal and professional accomplishments including launching the Microsoft Executive Women's network, sponsoring Blacks & Africans at Microsoft (BAM), partnering with the Athena Alliance -- an organization that prepares women in technology for corporate board roles, acting as advisor and fundraiser for the Women's Center of Northern Virginia and supporting the U.S. Peace Corps, for which she volunteered for three years as a village teacher in Central Africa.

She earned her bachelor's degree in Public Policy and Economics from Princeton University's School of Public & International Affairs and has received certifications from Wharton Executive Education, New York University and the Performance Management Institute.