Tony Solomita

About Tony Solomita

I’m a senior technology and transformation executive with 25+ years of experience building and scaling teams, platforms, and operating models that deliver measurable business outcomes.Throughout my career, I’ve been trusted to take complex, ambiguous challenges and turn them into clear, executable strategies that improve customer experience, accelerate time-to-market, strengthen execution, and enable sustainable growth. I specialize in bridging the gap between strategy and delivery, helping organizations modernize how they build, deliver, and scale technology in ways that last.Some of the work I’m most proud of includes:• Building and scaling enterprise technology and innovation capabilities from the ground up into durable, repeatable operating models.• Driving measurable improvements in customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and delivery performance through data-driven execution and clear operating cadence.• Enabling significant business growth by aligning product, platform, and delivery capabilities with customer and market needs.• Creating environments where high-performing teams thrive, leaders grow, and innovation moves from ideas to impact.I’m known as a calm, pragmatic leader who brings structure to ambiguity, clarity to complexity, and momentum to stalled initiatives. I lead with empathy and accountability, value strong partnerships across product, engineering, operations, and business leadership, and believe great outcomes come from empowered people operating within clear systems.

Experience

1. Vice President, Technology Solutions

   Excella

   Jan 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Executive leader responsible for the strategy, development, and performance of enterprise technology capabilities spanning AI and Analytics, Modern Software Delivery, and Organizational Transformation. Lead cross-functional teams focused on scalable platforms, execution excellence, and customer outcomes.• Owned the evolution of multiple technology capabilities into repeatable, market-facing offerings, improving consistency, scalability, and time-to-value.• Achieved the highest client satisfaction results in company history (2024) by standardizing delivery practices and applying DORA-based performance metrics across engagements.• Increased employee engagement and morale by 25% within nine months through leadership development, clearer ownership models, and improved operating cadence.• Improved responsiveness to growth and pipeline opportunities by 350%, significantly reducing cycle time for RFIs and early-stage initiatives.• Built and led centralized Solution Architecture and Capability teams, strengthening execution quality, risk management, and long-term customer success.• Partnered closely with executive leadership, product, engineering, and delivery teams to align strategy with execution and measurable business outcomes.

Education

• University of Virginia

  BS in Commerce, Concentration in Finance and Marketing

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Systems Thinking
• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Coaching
• Team Leadership
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Lean Thinking
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Management
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Mentoring
• Business Process
• Executive Coaching
• Integration
• Team Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Business Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Kanban
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Lean Initiatives
• IT Management
• Business Coaching