Mala mcMaster

Mala McMaster has supported the DoD and IC for 30+ years. She started her career as a Department of the Army DoD civil servant supporting force integration and integrated transportation service for US forces in Central Europe. She then transitioned into the IC and gained extensive hands-on experience with geospatial imagery architectures and mission critical, globally networked satellite tasking, imagery collection and exploitation systems. Prior to joining Barone Consulting, she was the Senior Practice Manager for Amazon Web Services (AWS) NGA ProServe account, helping clients with their cloud initiatives. At Booz Allen Hamilton she held several leadership positions where she directed a R&D portfolio, and led $750M worth of advanced phenomenology programs for IC clients. At Lockheed Martin she led a joint NGA and NRO project that was responsible for addressing complex satellite tasking/collection problems. Overall, she has been directly responsible for delivery and program execution of more than $1B business in combined magnitude.

Mala’s philosophical outlook aligns very well with Barone Consulting. Her history of service to the IC drives deep operational insights across partner missions, environments, and the advanced technology solutions space. Her background in systems engineering, systems integration, and tech scouting serves as a robust foundation for navigating complex technological landscapes. But her main focus has always been on building a strong comradery with people because it’s always the people that make the story work. She has a deep genuine respect for her colleagues and all of the people that support these vital missions.

In her current role as Executive Vice President, she is responsible for Barone Consulting’s strategic direction and the overall National Defense portfolio. She also leads our government and partner relationships with the objective of ensuring exemplary support for their mission objectives and priorities. Directing our Business Development and Optimization initiatives, from concept to execution has proven very rewarding for Mala. In the spirit of Barone Consulting’s DNA, she can be found hands on in every facet of the company’s business and does not consider any task too small. She considers it a privilege to be at Barone Consulting and immensely values the impact and the tangible results produced by our team.