DeEtte Gray
DeEtte Gray is President of U.S. Operations for CACI International Inc, a global provider of expertise and technology serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian government customers.
Ms. Gray is responsible for strategic planning, serving customers with excellence, driving market growth, and investing in development of technology for the future. She proudly leads over 20,000 employees who deliver outstanding program performance for CACI’s customers and their missions across CACI’s enterprise IT, digital solutions, space, spectrum superiority, C3I, cyber, and mission engineering and support markets.
Ms. Gray joined CACI in 2017 and has held various executive roles driving company growth. Most recently, she served as President of CACI’s Business and Information Technology Solutions, where she led the delivery of offerings in enterprise IT and digital solutions that are modernizing and enabling government agency operations.
Before joining CACI, Ms. Gray served as president of BAE Systems’ Intelligence & Security sector for five years. In this role, she oversaw the delivery of a broad range of solutions and services, including information technology, intelligence analysis, cyber operations, and systems engineering, integration, and sustainment that enabled military and government customers to meet their mission demands.
Ms. Gray also spent 13 years at Lockheed Martin in positions of increasing responsibility. They included serving as vice president of Enterprise Information Technology Solutions for Information Systems & Global Services-Defense, leading the group’s worldwide business supporting Department of Defense and government agency customers with enterprise architecture, software, cyber security, network operations, and project management solutions.
A native of North Carolina, Ms. Gray received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State University (N.C. State) and a Master of Science degree from East Carolina University. In 2014, she returned to N.C. State to give the commencement address to the College of Education.
She recently served as chair of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International’s Board of Directors and is active in other industry associations. She currently serves on the Virginia Children's Science Center Advisory Board.
Ms. Gray has received numerous awards and recognition during her career, in both the education and defense fields. They include Lockheed Martin’s prestigious NOVA Award for Leadership, the company’s highest and most distinguished leadership recognition. She has been named to the prestigious Fed 100 for her contributions to federal IT and is an eight-time recipient of Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 award. In 2022, she earned AFCEA’s Women’s Appreciation Award for her leadership in promoting STEM and the development of women in the workplace.