ManTech has named Gary Grimes as Vice President and Chief Acceleration Officer (CAO). Grimes will lead ManTech?s Value Creation Plan (VCP), the company?s strategic roadmap enabling operational excellence. Applying ManTech?s Proven Here First approach to technology application and AI, Grimes will advance the company?s VCP initiatives to accelerate growth, operational performance and future success.

Grimes joins ManTech from Platinum Equity, where he helped executive teams develop and accelerate their Value Creation Plans. Prior to his time in private equity, he was at McKinsey & Company, leading growth and performance improvement programs for industry clients. Like many ManTech employees, Grimes is a veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy for more than a decade.

Key assignments included service as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Pacific, and Operations Officer in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) at the White House. He holds an MBA from the University of Virginia?s Darden School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the United States Naval Academy.