Craig Swanson is a leader in Booz Allen’s Strategic Innovation Group, with a focus on digital transformation for civil government agencies. Swanson applies more than 20 years of experience in commercial and federal technology modernization to drive mission value through modern, experience-driven digital ecosystems that employ cloud-native platforms and product management techniques. He specializes in modernizing legacy and disparate computing and data environments into shared platforms (hybrid and multicloud, as-a-service offerings) to improve enterprise resilience and mission agility and to accelerate analytics and machine learning solutions.
Swanson partners closely with cyber and analytics experts to deliver a holistic approach and to ensure digital solutions are secure and intelligent by design. His expertise includes mobilizing culture around technology through DevSecOps practices to drive integration and automation across the enterprise. He is committed to maximizing the value of government services to citizens by transforming the way work gets done. Previously, Swanson was responsible for advancing digital capabilities across Booz Allen’s defense business, and managing key industry partnerships around cloud, data, and mobility. He led practices in mobile, open source enterprise geographic information systems (EGIS), enterprise integration (API management and service-oriented architectures), and Internet of Things.
As an engineer himself, Swanson has led both large and small agile engineering teams to deliver transformation roadmaps, research and development, minimum viable product programs, and digital platforms that integrate cloud, open source, mobility, and data analytics. He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Mary Washington College and a Master of Science in IT from The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Swanson is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
