Sujey Edward

Chief Technology Officer at IBM

Sujey Edward serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Partner at IBM, US Federal. Since joining IBM in 2024, Sujey has played a crucial role in establishing IBM, US Federal's CTO office which supports the collaborative development and implementation of AI solutions for US federal agencies. Sujey leads a growing team of IBM technologists committed to leveraging IBM technologies, consulting expertise and industry partnerships to accelerate US Federal Government investments in digital transformation.

For more than 20 years, Sujey has pushed clients toward disciplined disruption that revolutionizes underlying business processes in a controlled manner, resulting in leaner, higher performing organizations.

Sujey served as the CTO of Octo prior to its acquisition by IBM. At Octo, Sujey was responsible for focusing technical teams on developing disruptive technologies, lean software development methodologies, immersive user experiences, and scalable architectures delivered securely with a mission-first mentality.

Sujey previously worked at Salient CRGT, Number Six Software, and the WeatherBug in technical leadership positions. Prior to that, he held leadership positions at Advanced Technology Systems Corporation and SAIC.

Sujey has won several industry leadership and innovation awards. He is the 2023 recipient of the WashingtonExec Pinnacle Award, Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year (Private Sector). He is a NEXTGOV/FCW The 2024 Federal 100 awardee. He has also received FEDSCOOP’s Best Bosses in Fed IT award and has led several winning hackathon teams at events sponsored by defense and civilian agencies.

Sujey also serves on the advisory boards for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business, Business Information Technology Department.