Aquia Inc. Announces Strategic Leadership Realignment; Names Co-Founder Chris Hughes President and CEO

MILLSBORO, Del., August 22, 2024 -- Aquia Inc., a cloud and cybersecurity digital services firm, today announced a strategic realignment of its leadership team. Aquia empowers mission owners in the U.S. government and public sector to secure the digital transformation.

Chris Hughes, Aquia co-founder and current president, assumes the role of chief executive officer (CEO). Concurrently, David Maskeroni, Aquia’s founding CEO, transitions to chief revenue officer (CRO). The realignment will position Aquia to accelerate its growth trajectory and scale its operations more efficiently.

Chris, a former U.S. Air Force cybersecurity specialist and federal civil servant, will leverage his deep expertise in cybersecurity and business strategy to guide Aquia's overall vision and day-to-day operations as president and CEO. In the meantime, Dave, a former U.S. Army Captain and senior leader within the federal government, will capitalize on his years of experience in high-pressure, mission-critical environments to bring a more hands-on approach to spearheading the company’s revenue growth initiatives as CRO.

“I’m incredibly humbled to have this opportunity at Aquia’s current stage of growth and maturity,” said Chris Hughes, Aquia’s new President and CEO. “I look forward to building on all of our existing foundational success and momentum, and continuing to be a premier digital services team serving our government customers and industry partners.”

Leveraging their complementary strengths and longstanding commitment to collaborative decision-making, Chris and Dave will continue to work in lockstep alongside fellow co-founder John Sasser. This unified leadership approach ensures that all three will continue to play crucial roles in steering Aquia's strategic direction.

"This realignment allows us to leverage our individual strengths more effectively as we enter our next phase of growth," said David Maskeroni, Aquia's new Chief Revenue Officer. “As a relay record holder at my alma mater, I’m always ready to pass the baton. After growing Aquia to nearly 60 employees and averaging ~215% YoY growth, I’m ready to pass that baton to Chris. Chris's deep technical expertise positions him perfectly to lead our overall operations. Meanwhile, this transition enables me to focus on driving sustainable growth for Aquia and expanding our footprint within government support services.”

About Aquia Inc.

Securing The Digital Transformation ®

Aquia is a cloud and cybersecurity digital services firm and “2024 Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) of the Year” awardee. We empower mission owners in the U.S. government and public sector to achieve secure, efficient, and compliant digital transformation.

As strategic advisors and engineers, we help our customers develop and deploy innovative cloud and cybersecurity technologies quickly, adopt and implement digital transformation initiatives effectively, and navigate complex regulatory landscapes expertly. We provide multi-cloud engineering and advisory expertise for secure software delivery; security automation; SaaS security; cloud-native architecture; and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) innovation.

Founded in 2021 by United States veterans, we are passionate about making our country digitally capable and secure, and driving transformational change across the public and private sectors. Aquia is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Tier partner and member of the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program. Learn more at aquia.us. 

Press contact for Aquia:

Ashling Knight

comms@aquia.io

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