Sam Lewis, Chief Growth Officer at QinetiQ

Sam Lewis, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the chief growth officer and group function director of business development at defense technology company QinetiQ.

Lewis serves on QinetiQ’s global leadership team, leading business development, contract oversight, supply chain management and strategic communications and marketing. He has been with the company since May 2021.

The QinetiQ executive was the president and chief operating officer of Spatial Integrated Systems before assuming his current position, according to his LinkedIn profile.

At SIS, Lewis led the sale of the company’s autonomy business segment to Huntington Ingalls Industries and was responsible for operations, growth and strategy for the unit before its sale. He joined SIS in July 2019.

The industry veteran was the senior vice president of automation and digital services at Siemens Government Technologies from 2012 to 2019. In this position, he led growth, delivery and customer satisfaction across all of SGT’s programs.

The official also handled multiple leadership roles at Serco North America.

Lewis was also in the U.S. Navy for seven years, serving as an intelligence analyst and a surface warfare officer.

The QinetiQ executive graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

QinetiQ offers manufacturing, artificial intelligence, robotics, secure communications and weapons systems services and solutions to clients in the defense, aviation, government and law enforcement sectors. It is headquartered in Farnborough, United Kingdom, and has offices in the U.S. and other parts of the world.