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Who We Are

about the company

Valdez International Corporation is a minority, woman-owned business that delivers enterprise IT solutions and services, globally.

Our corporate headquarters is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. Additionally, we have corporate division office locations in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Denver, Colorado. As a successful graduate of the Small Business Administrations (SBA) 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program, our company has been leading customer-focused transformations through innovative technology solutions, systems integration, and a wide range of engineering and professional services to our clients since 1998.

At Valdez, we’re committed to our employees by enhancing the “people experience”, and ensuring that we are continuously delivering value to our customers and our business partners, resulting in team successes. Today, we’re honored to support some of the largest enterprises in the world, in partnership with our federal customers, and we will continue to employ a customer-centric strategy that is grounded in integrity, accountability, quality, and teamwork.

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our guiding principles

Our guiding principles define our culture and the way in which we conduct business.

These principles combined with our core values, form the basis of our conduct and will guide all employees to maintain the highest standards of performance and ethical business practices.

Our core values are integrity, accountability, quality, and teamwork. To meet our goals and continue to be a trusted technology solutions and services provide, we strive for ourselves to always be:

  • One unified team
  • Committed corporately and personally to customer success
  • Ethical in all of our actions
  • Respectful and compassionate to others
  • Providing outstanding solutions that deliver unsurpassed value
  • Working together to meet the needs of our employees and our customers

Our Leadership Team

At Valdez International, our formula for effective leadership combines four major tenets: inspired trust; clear purpose; aligned goals; and unleashing talent.

Our senior leadership includes executives, directors, and business partners that have proven experience managing global, high-profile, and enterprise-wide solutions & contracts across the federal and commercial industry. These leaders get the “big picture” and are empowered to inspire our dedicated employees, and deliver innovative solutions and capabilities for our customers.  Learn more about our leaders below.

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Christine Valdez

President & Chief Executive Officer

Christine Valdez

President & Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Valdez is the owner, President and Chief Executive Officer for Valdez International Corporation. Christine oversees the company's support of federal and commercial customers, ensuring our teams are organized and adaptive to respond to our clients’ challenges of today and tomorrow. She emphasizes that our employees are also our customers, enabling them with the tools, resources, and great benefits available to inspire and deliver innovative solutions and capabilities.  Christine’s philosophy is simple – work hard and dedicate ourselves every single day to make decisions and take actions that are focused on customer & employee success.  For two decades in business, that focus has served our growing company well as we're "Leading Customer-Focused Transformations.”

Today, Christine focuses on expanding Valdez’s reputation of being a highly respected, fully capable, and trusted business partner by fulfilling its promise of outstanding solutions and professional services to our clients. Christine works alongside the leadership team to understand our client’s organization, mission, challenges and opportunities and to continuously evolve our ability to consistently deliver value-added solutions. She leverages a highly-skilled team that employs a customer-centric strategy, while infusing a management approach that is grounded in integrity, accountability, quality, and teamwork.

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Clark Dyer

Executive Vice President

Clark Dyer

Executive Vice President

Mr. Dyer oversees all aspects of corporate operations and financial planning at Valdez International. He provides guidance and strategy on a broad range of contract and acquisition matters, including the resolution of complex issues related to the formation, negotiation, and administration of IT solutions and services contracts in both the federal and commercial markets. From Valdez’s inception as an emerging small business to a strong and successful prime contractor and business solutions provider, Clark has played an integral role in developing and implementing its corporate strategy.

Clark has over 25 years of experience in for-profit and non-profit business operations, management education, and financial management. He possesses experience across several industries, having worked previously with the Walt Disney Company, Harvard Business School, Sun Microsystems, and The Shaw Group. Additionally, Clark mentors numerous small business owners and served on the boards of directors of successful firms within the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business programs. He is a distinguished graduate of the Yale School of Management.

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Michele Steele

Senior Vice President, DoD

Michele Steele

Senior Vice President, DoD

Ms. Steele is the Senior Vice President of the Department of Defense (DoD) division for Valdez International. In this role she is responsible for all aspects of customer success from contract management and execution, relationship management, to marketing and business development. Michele leads an expert team of dedicated professionals who provide innovative solutions and integrated support of mission-critical systems & services, enterprise transformations, sustainment, modernization, and Cyber operations that are integral to national and global defense.

Prior to joining Valdez in 2001, Ms. Steele worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where she led programs and teams responsible for command and control (C2) systems dedicated to force planning and deployment applications in support of joint operations. Prior to SAIC, Michele served in the United States Navy in various roles and capacities within the U.S. Navy’s Information Warfare and Intelligence community. Michele, with a focus on the warfighter’s mission and partnering with clients to transform their global cyber readiness and capabilities, has successfully led the capture and execution of $350MM+ in industry contracts.

Ms. Steele holds a Masters of Business Administration, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems Management, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

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Krista McGalliard

Director, Civilian Agency Operations

Krista McGalliard

Director, Civilian Agency Operations

Ms. McGalliard serves as the Director of Civilian Agency Operations division at Valdez International. She is focused on employee and customer success across all Civilian Agency programs she manages. Krista is responsible for contract management and execution, customer relationship management, personnel management and recruitment. Additionally, Krista’s responsibilities include managing the business development process for division opportunities, managing the development of marketing and vendor relations plans, and aligning company strategy and solutions with customer requirements.

Prior to joining the Valdez team, Krista held numerous technical and leadership roles at G&B Solutions, Eclipse Solutions and MRO Software. She has led large software development, infrastructure and security projects with multiple agencies including Department of Interior, Commerce, Treasury and Energy. Krista holds certifications as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CRM) and ITIL Foundation. She is a graduate of PMI’s Leadership Institute.

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Travis Steele

Chief Solutions Officer

Travis Steele

Chief Solutions Officer

Mr. Steele serves as Chief Solutions Officer at Valdez International. In this role he is responsible for crafting innovative strategies that drive business growth through market cultivation, improving clients’ capabilities and experience, and ensuring internal alignment to achieve long term goals. Travis supports our client divisions as a primary interface with business & technology leaders in the customer community and with industry partners. Travis brings over two decades of technical, business management, and leadership experience pushing the envelope in leading-edge solutions that drive innovation in IT operations, applications & infrastructure, cloud & IT service delivery, and cybersecurity.

Mr. Steele is a proud veteran of the United States Navy and prior to joining the Valdez team, Mr. Steele owned and operated a business & IT strategy consulting practice. He also served as Senior Director, Global IT Services at The Hertz Corporation and in senior technical and executive leadership roles at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT).

Mr. Steele is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business Executive Leadership Program, holds dual Master's degrees in Business Administration and Information Technology, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

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Janene Luna

HR Business Partner

Janene Luna

HR Business Partner

Ms. Luna is responsible for Valdez International’s payroll and benefits operations and provides human resources support. She oversees the benefits and payroll division, administers employee insurance plans, savings plans, and ensures employee time and attendance records are compliant with contract requirements. She manages relationships with insurance brokers and plan carriers on behalf of Valdez employees. Janene also directly contributes to human resources, working closely to help drive department goals that inspire, motivate, and develop our employees.

Janene blends her passion for people and human capital management, to continuously improve employee satisfaction, retention, and success.

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Linda Gatzke

HR Business Partner

Linda Gatzke

HR Business Partner

Ms. Gatzke supports all aspects of Human Resources Operations at Valdez International. With over 20 years of corporate HR experience, Linda brings a commitment to collaborative employee relations management and a quality “people experience.” She guides policy development, talent management, benefits administration, and training and development.

Linda joined the Valdez team in 2013 and she continues to play a key role in fostering a strong culture of teamwork and dedication to the mission. She monitors corporate processes and training opportunities that are compliant with Government regulations and serve the needs of our employees, clients, and business partners.

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