Sunnie McClain is a senior technology and transformation executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large scale digital modernization across federal, defense, health, and commercial sectors. Her career focuses on aligning advanced data, cloud, and artificial intelligence capabilities with measurable mission outcomes, including improved service delivery, operational resilience, and cost efficiency. Sunnie has advised cabinet level federal agencies and global organizations on modernizing legacy systems into secure, high performance digital platforms. Her leadership spans North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, improving outcomes for millions of service members, veterans, families, and commercial customers.
At Abt, Sunnie leads enterprise solutions development at the intersection of data, technology, and mission delivery, with direct responsibility for solutions development, go to market execution, strategic partnerships, and long term growth. She shapes scalable digital offerings and growth strategies that align client needs with Abt’s strategic priorities, working closely with public and private sector partners to bring differentiated capabilities to market. Sunnie translates complex policy, mission, and business objectives into executable programs with disciplined cost structures and sustainable adoption models that drive measurable results, strategic expansion, and long term enterprise value.
Before joining Abt, Sunnie held senior digital and modernization leadership roles at MITRE, where she led enterprise transformation across federal health, defense, and national security missions, including the establishment of national level data and artificial intelligence governance. Her work supported veterans’ health systems, benefits modernization, and Department of Defense digital engineering initiatives.
Earlier at Dell Technologies, Sunnie served in senior executive roles overseeing a $700 million global consulting and services portfolio, leading global portfolio strategy, post merger integration, and international delivery scale, including the creation of global Centers of Excellence to strengthen execution consistency and operational performance.
Expertise
- Digital modernization
- Solutions and innovation leadership
- Strategic growth and partnerships
- Data and artificial intelligence governance
- Global portfolio and delivery leadership
Key Projects
- PACT Act, congressionally authorized IT modernization plan – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans benefits claims modernization – U.S. Veterans Benefits Administration
- Electronic health record modernization – U.S. Department of Defense and Veterans Health Administration
- National data and artificial intelligence governance – U.S. Department of Defense
- Dell–EMC merger integration – Dell Technologies
Education
- Executive Management Leadership, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
- Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, Wayland University.