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Greg Giddens
Greg Giddens is a Senior executive with over 36 years of experience in engineering, management, leadership, procurement, and program management with 17 years as a member of the Senior Executive Service.
Greg is the Co-Founder and Partner of Potomac Ridge Consulting firm. Potomac Ridge has a deep understanding of Agencies’ critical mission needs, how to achieve their desired outcomes and the ability to help the private sector deliver their solutions to meet those Agencies’ needs.
Greg served as the Principal Executive Director for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Modernization from April 2017 until his retirement in November 2017. Also, he was appointed as the Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO) for the Department in April 2015 and also as the Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction at VA where he oversaw almost $20B in spend. In addition to that, he previously served as the Executive Director of VA’s Office of Policy and Planning, Enterprise Program Management Office.
Greg is a member of the Senior Advisor to Government Executives (SAGE) for the Partnership for Public Service, a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), a Director of the Procurement Round Table, and is on the Board of Advisors for the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). He was selected to be a member of the Senior Executive Service in 2000 and has received several awards including the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive in 2005 and Federal Computer Week’s top 100 IT Executives Federal 100 award in 2007 and 2017.