President, Carahsoft Technology Corp.
Craig Abod is president of Carahsoft, a Reston, Virginia-based firm that has become one the nation's most respected government-focused IT solutions providers. In founding Carahsoft in 2004, Abod combined his entrepreneurial spirit and 25+ years of experience in government sales, marketing and, contract management to create a new, award-winning company that has redefined the way technology is marketed and sold to the public sector market. In 2016, Carahsoft crossed $3.7 billion in bookings and currently employs 750+ people. As a top-ranked GSA and SEWP schedule holder and master aggregator, Carahsoft supports a growing ecosystem of vendor, reseller and integrator partners. Abod has received the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Greater Washington Region and The Federal 100 Award. Carahsoft is also consistently recognized as the top performing partner for many of its vendor partners, including Adobe, VMware, Symantec, Red Hat and others.