The VELOCTY Executive Team

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Laura Macaluso

CEO

Laura has more than 25 years of distinguished service in government leadership and federal contracting. As a former Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary she led enterprise-wide initiatives affecting 3M+ personnel across the Department of Defense/War.

Laura holds an active TS/SCI security clearance and maintains deep relationships across several federal agencies. She brings a unique combination of government insider perspective and private sector executive experience.

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Ricardo Jimenez

COO

Ricardo has more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning military, federal government, and private industry. He brings a proven track record of driving mission success in complex, high-stakes environments.

He specializes in solving large-scale operational challenges through strategic planning, data-driven analysis, and collaborative leadership.

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Karen Nelson

CFO

Karen is a seasoned, innovative financial leader and program manager with more than 30 years’ experience in government contract oversight and execution, budgeting and financial management, cost accounting, and compliance.

Karen thrives on building enduring relationships, translating priorities into actionable plans that drive mission success, and focusing resources to ensure all team members are working toward common goals.

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Greg Vaughan

CTO

Greg has been bringing IT leadership, expertise, and passion to data management teams for over 28 years in manufacturing, insurance, travel and government sectors. He has built and directed large international engineering teams focusing on delivering solutions to provide actionable analytics. As a proven ‘hands-on’ leader, Greg brings a culture of success and servant leadership to every challenge. He believes innovation is fueled through quality relationships, implemented using modern technologies, and framed in best practice governance & architectural models.