Nashua, NH and Washington D.C. – EXPANSIA welcomed Tim Gramp as its Chief Technology Officer on Monday. A seasoned software developer and former Chief Engineer of the US Marine Corps, Gramp will lead EXPANSIA’s Technology & Innovation strategy, concentrating on enhancing DoD platform readiness through the implementation of digital modernization and differentiated supply chain solutions across the global landscape. 

In Gramp’s previous role as Chief Engineer and member of the Senior Executive Service, he oversaw enterprise-level systems engineering to ensure Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) and its affiliated Program Executive Offices delivered  fully integrated, interoperable, and certified warfighting capabilities across the U.S. Marine Corps’ product lines. With 25 years of expertise in engineering and acquisition, Gramp’s career spans both public service and private industry. His past assignments include  serving as the Assistant Chief Engineer for Mission Capability within the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Office of the Chief Engineer as well as Deputy Chief Engineer and Senior Scientific Technical Manager for System Engineering at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific), where he led key systems and software engineering initiatives. His contributions have included engineering leadership roles in multiple Department of Defense Acquisition Category I (ACAT I) programs.  

EXPANSIA CEO & Founding Partner, Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, shared his enthusiasm for Gramp’s pivotal addition to the firm. He said, “I am ecstatic about Tim joining our team. I’ve been tracking his impactful career for some time. Tim’s leadership in driving the technical advancement of EXPANSIA’s portfolio, by focusing on the integration of data and digital modernization solutions will be an imperative as we focus on accelerating military platform readiness across our DoD and NASA client base.  His expertise will ensure that we continue to deliver transformative solutions to our clients and to the warfighter in an era of Great Power Competition.”  

Gramp’s experience is rooted in software development and systems engineering and integration, informing his technical leadership and direction that will be an asset to EXPANSIA. Angela Dupont, Chief Growth Officer at EXPANSIA said she sees Gramp’s addition to the team elevating the company’s ability to deliver. She said, “With Tim joining our exceptional leadership team and our rapidly growing firm, we’re excited about the enhanced impact we can make for our current and prospective mission partners. His guidance will help us to further elevate our proven technology to an even higher standard, enabling EXPANSIA to deploy future transformative solutions that enable our partners to be mission ready now.” 

Gramp’s achievements have been recognized through various performance and leadership awards, including the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award from Commander, Pacific Fleet in 2019.  

He currently resides in San Diego, CA with his family where he’ll continue to lead the technical strategy across EXPANSIA’s nationwide and primarily remote performance model, focusing on client facing locations as well.