Danny Valladares — Chief Technology Officer, National Security at Peraton

About Danny Valladares

Danny Valladares is Chief Technology Officer, National Security at Peraton. Location: United States.

Strategic Field CTO with 15+ years of systems engineering and integration leadership across defense and federal-civilian agencies including the past decade driving mission-critical modernization for the Department of Homeland Security. Known for being outcome-obsessed, an elite problem solver, and deeply customer-immersed, I bring a unique ability to translate complex requirements into secure, resilient enterprise solutions that deliver measurable mission impact. I specialize in architecting, prototyping, and launching enterprise solutions across on-premise and cloud environments, with expertise spanning AI and data analytics, hyper-automation, collaboration, cybersecurity, identity, networking, and mobility. As both a trusted advisor and hands-on builder, I bridge executives, engineers, security, policy, and end-users guiding cross-functional, multi-vendor teams from whiteboard to production.

Skills

Innovation Consulting
Enterprise Architecture

Additional experience

Chief Technology Officer, DHS DCCO Program
Peraton
February 2022 – April 2026

Current role

Title: Chief Technology Officer, National Security
Company: Peraton
Location: United States
Started: April 2026

About Peraton

At Peraton, we're at the forefront of delivering the next big thing every day. We're the partner of choice to help solve some of the world's most daunting challenges, delivering bold, new solutions to keep people around the world safer and more secure. How do we do it? By thinking differently. We're not mired in the past. We look at all problems with fresh eyes. We look past the obvious to bring the best talent, tech, and ideas together to completely transform how things get done. So bring your unique ideas, your entrepreneurial spirit, and your drive to succeed and get ready to be part of something bigger. Get ready to do the can't be done. ________ Recruitment fraud is a growing trend where fraudsters have been known to attempt to use our name to trick job seekers with fake employment opportunities. This type of scam is typically carried out through fake job postings, fake websites, or email accounts claiming to be from Peraton. The intent of recruitment fraud is to gain access to your personal information, such as your banking information, credit card number, or social security number. Please be aware that our careers site can be found at careers.peraton.com and our corporate site can be found at peraton.com. To learn more about Recruitment fraud and what to expect and not to expect from a Peraton recruiter, please visit: https://careers.peraton.com/recruitment-fraud/

Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Company size: 10001+
Website: peraton.com

About Danny Valladares

Skills

Additional experience

Chief Technology Officer, DHS DCCO Program