President and CEO, Noblis
With over 20 years of federal sector and utilized science and know-how transformation expertise at Noblis, Mile Corrigan has positioned the group as a science and know-how powerhouse delivering mission-critical innovation to the federal authorities. Throughout her profession, Corrigan championed breakthrough analysis and know-how options for complicated federal applications spanning aviation, transportation, telecommunications, vitality, well being and aerospace programs.
As CEO, Corrigan has strategically restructured the company’s development, analysis, innovation and know-how features. Her key investments in management expertise have strengthened Noblis’ organizational capability to improve innovation self-discipline and scientific rigor coupled with artistic supply fashions to guarantee cutting-edge science and know-how reaches its federal clients sooner and with larger influence.
“Technology stewardship is table stakes, but transformative leadership really drives where innovation is applied, how it compounds value across the enterprise, and whether it becomes a durable advantage or merely a well-managed capability,” Corrigan mentioned.
Under her management, Corrigan has introduced the orchestration of analysis, engineering and the client expertise into deliberate and actionable alignment. Noblis continues to advance capabilities in utilized sciences, AI, autonomy, communication and sensing, digital engineering and different rising applied sciences which can be reshaping how authorities tackles its most complicated challenges.
Why Watch
As Noblis marks its thirtieth anniversary, Corrigan displays on this milestone not as a look-back however as a launchpad for the group’s subsequent chapter of S&T management. She’s positioning Noblis on the intersection of utilized science, rising know-how and mission influence.
Under her management, she refocused Noblis’ analysis portfolio to speed up the lab-to-mission pipeline, tripling the analysis funding Noblis receives from its authorities shoppers. To increase the company’s development and analysis partnerships, Corrigan launched and operationalized Noblis Ventures in 2023 to allow the agency to make investments in early stage, deep-tech startups that speed up dual-use know-how to the federal authorities.
“The federal government doesn’t need more incremental improvements; it needs solutions that can perform in operational environments and exceptional experiences that fundamentally change what’s possible,” Corrigan mentioned. “As a science and technology organization, we have the freedom and the responsibility to push boundaries. We invest in the hard problems, the ones that require deep technical expertise, patient capital and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking. That’s where breakthrough innovation happens.”