Rocky Thurston, Chief Operating Officer at Digital Management Inc.

Rocky Thurston serves as chief operating officer at Digital Management Inc., an information technology management firm located in Bethesda, Maryland. DMI offers services related to digital transformation and consulting to commercial and federal customers. Before joining DMI, Thurston served as president of Peraton’s citizen security and public services segment, according to his LinkedIn and company profiles.

He served as senior vice president on the executive leadership team of Perspecta before and during its acquisition by Peraton in 2021. Previously, Thurston held VP and directorial roles at AT&T, Accenture, Wyle and Lockheed Martin, overseeing business activities with defense and federal civilian agencies such as the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Treasury, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, Thurston was the senior program manager and account lead for intelligence community contracts and coauthor for various operational plans, procedures, tests and templates for the company.

Thurston served for five years in the U.S. Air Force. He headed various initiatives within the service, including test programs, fighter aircraft software upgrades and budget reduction.

He holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of Florida’s College of Business and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy.