Thomas Modly

Thomas Modly is Managing Director, National Security Solutions, with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Washington Federal Practice.  In this role, Mr. Modly coordinates the development and implementation of broad solutions to the National Security Practices key mission support groups supporting the Department of Defense and the Department of State.  Mr. Modly also leads the PWC Global Government and Defense Network where he helps the development of the global firm's business activity in the defense and government sectors.  

Prior to joining PWC, Mr. Modly was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Financial Management) where he was responsible for the business transformation and business systems modernization efforts for the Department.  During his ternure, Mr. Modly was instrumental in creating the Business Transformation Agency (BTA), an enterprise-wide service organization tasked with managing business transformation for DoD.  Mr. Modly was named Acting Director of the BTA during its initial start up and successfully managed its transition to career civilian and military leadership.  Mr. Modly's efforts were widely recognized and lauded by the Congress, the GAO, and industry.  He initially joined the Department of Defense after 9-11 when he was selected to serve as the Executive Director of the Defense Business Board, a new advisory board to the Secretary of Defense focused mainly on business improvement matters.  He served as Executive Director for 3 years before being appointed Deputy Under Secretary.  

Prior to his government service, Mr. Modly had a distinguished career as a corporate strategist and mergers and acquisitions specialist where he worked in both the aviation and information technology services industries.  He is also a former naval aviator (helicopters) and a former Assistant Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy.  Mr. Modly has a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Arts in Government from Georgetown University, and an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.