Maximus announced Derrick Pledger has been named Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO). In this new role, Pledger will lead the company?s technology modernization and enterprise IT strategies to spur growth while delivering seamless customer experience (CX) and improved service delivery for government agencies. Pledger has more than two decades of experience in the government technology industry, with a strong history of success across application development, cloud computing, data analytics, cyber resilience, governance, and technology modernization.

He joins Maximus after serving as CDIO at Leidos, where Pledger successfully led a global team of technologists, developers, enterprise architects, and service delivery experts responsible for managing a digital ecosystem supporting more than 47,000 employees. Pledger is a U.S. Army Veteran who served multiple tours of duty overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa in both public and private sector roles. His career accomplishments span a wide range of technologies and capabilities with a common focus on outcome-based delivery.

Reflecting his commitment to talent development, Pledger recently implemented a broad upskilling program for CDIO personnel in analytics, cloud, and AI. Those accomplishments have led to a host of honors for Pledger, as he received the Modern Day Technology Leader Award in 2017 and has been named to several Top Execs lists for Cloud and CIO leaders. He also serves on the Pamplin College of Business, Business Information Technology Advisory Board at Virginia Tech, the Customer Advisory Board for Rancher Government Solutions, and the Advisory Board for CapitalCIO.