Hank Bailey

Hank Bailey is President and Chairman of the Board of Software AG Government Solutions, where he is responsible for leading our business for all Federal, Aerospace, Defense, and State & Local markets. In his role, Hank brings years of IT and business leadership experience working for global aerospace and defense companies and collaborating with the world’s largest enterprises to expertly guide their IT transformations. Hank began his career in the aerospace and defense industry, working for Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics on projects for the Air Force, Army, and FBI. Hank started his career testing software for the F16’s LANTIRN project and later found his passion for developing creative solutions to complex problems. He solved a communications challenge for the Army that became the #1 feature request given the positive impact it had on the soldiers responsible for M1A2 tank communications. For the FBI’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System (ARIS), he architected a solution that reduced the required system time to load fingerprints from 18 months to one weekend by thinking differently.