Nava is excited to announce James Gordon has joined as our first Executive Vice President of Growth. Gordon, formerly the president of Cognosante, has deep expertise and experience leading mission-aligned business growth and maturing operations across federal, state, commercial, and international markets. He will oversee new growth strategies and opportunities for Nava.
“As Nava continues to grow and enters the mid-market, James will help us be successful in increasingly competitive environments,” said Nava Chief Operations Officer and co-founder Sha Hwang. “I’m excited for James’ leadership to help us amplify the strengths we’ve built, make smart investments in our future ability to advance our government partners’ missions, and mature our operations to compete at the next level of scale and complexity.”
Gordon is an experienced government contracting executive. During his career, Gordon served as an advisor to several of the largest federal programs. He was instrumental in delivering key programs for the Affordable Care Act, Cash-for-Clunkers, the Decennial Census, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Info program. Gordon also has over a decade of experience as the vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), where he spearheaded the growth of their federal health division.
