Rich Aves

Chief Growth Officer

Rich is a former Executive Vice President and business development lead for Parsons’ Defense & Intelligence (D&I) business unit. Rich developed and lead execution of the company’s overall growth strategy for this business unit and delivered over $1.4B in annual sales. Prior to this role, he served in general manager roles as the business P&L leader for two different business sectors within Parsons. Rich came to Parsons as part of the acquisition of OGSystems® where he served in multiple Partner roles, the last of which was as their Chief Growth Officer. Rich began his professional career as a Navy P-3C Naval Flight Officer and has a deep background in national space systems.

Rich holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from George Mason University.