Ann John

Ann John is president and cofounder of RAI LLC, a 70-person small business supporting the Intelligence Community. She brings to Citizant’s board more than 25 years of experience supporting the U.S. government, 17 years of which have been in direct support of the Intelligence Community.

Prior to joining RAI, Ann was president and a partner at SpecTal from 2002 – 2011. She joined SpecTal as the vice president of Operations in 2002 and was promoted to president in 2006. Her responsibilities at the $160-million firm included client relations, business development, contract negotiations, and strategic planning. In addition, Ann made all of SpecTal’s major financial decisions and approvals. During her tenure, SpecTal grew from less than 20 employees in 2002 to 650 in 2011.

Prior to joining SpecTal in October 2002, Ann was a director for the Intelligence and Information Systems Group at EDS Federal. In this role, Ann had direct P&L and business development responsibility for the group, as well as for various subcontractors working on eight programs in support of the Intelligence Community. Ann’s group consistently surpassed its yearly revenue and profit targets under her direction. Ann previously served as an Audit Manager for the Central Intelligence Agency and as a consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick.