Dawn Ward

About Dawn Ward

Dawn Ward is Chief Technology Officer at Praxis Engineering. Location: Elkridge, Maryland, United States.

WHAT I DO: I help organizations achieve sustainable growth by developing strategic-thinking professionals and implementing AI solutions that create competitive advantages. WHAT I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT: I am passionate about empowering teams and organizations to achieve excellence in their pursuit of achieving a very important mission. To me, that comes down to developing strong leaders and developing/executing a winning strategy. I am especially passionate about encouraging technical contributors to embrace leadership roles. As a result of my personal experience transitioning from a technical contributor to technical leader, I am dedicated to being intentional about developing leadership acumen in others as well as continuing to develop and hone my own.

Additional experience

• Solutions Senior Director

  General Dynamics Information Technology

  January 2026 – May 2026

Education

• Bachelor of Science - BS, Carnegie Mellon University
• Master of Science - MS, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy