Chief Operating Officer, NuAxis Innovations
Federal IT Executive & Wharton MBA
Ali Qureshi is the Chief Operating Officer of NuAxis Innovations, a Tysons, Virginia-based federal IT company with a mission to put people first. With more than 25 years of experience spanning government service, management consulting, and technology leadership, he brings a rare combination of institutional knowledge and private-sector agility to the challenge of modernizing federal agency operations.
Before joining NuAxis, Ali served eight years in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer for the U.S. House of Representatives, rising to Senior Deputy Chief Administrative Officer. In that role he led 700 employees and 1,100 contractors while exercising oversight of a $1.4 billion operating budget — one of the largest technology and operations portfolios in the legislative branch of the federal government.
His subsequent career in industry included senior roles at Accenture and Booz Allen Hamilton, Vice President of Consulting Services at Xcelerate Solutions, Chief Operating Officer of MedRed LLC, and Managing Director at Surdak & Company, where he guided clients on strategic applications of social media, predictive analytics, cognitive computing, and blockchain. At NuAxis, Ali is responsible for executing the company’s operational strategy, driving employee experience, and supporting organic business development across the firm’s growing portfolio of federal contracts.
“Flexible, empathetic, and above all else, customer-focused. The best federal IT is delivered by teams who understand the human on the other side of the service.”
Overseeing NuAxis's DevSecCXOps methodology, which integrates the end customer throughout the technology development lifecycle to produce digital services that citizens and federal staff actually want to use.
Deep experience managing large-scale IT service delivery for federal agencies, from helpdesk and contact center operations to enterprise infrastructure and cloud migration.
Proven track record of building agile, data-driven organizations capable of navigating complex government environments and executing large-scale technology transitions.
Hands-on advisory experience with AI automation, predictive analytics, cognitive computing, and blockchain applied to government and commercial use cases at Surdak & Company.
Responsible for NuAxis's organic growth through delivery excellence and strategic partnerships, contributing to a portfolio that includes multi-hundred-million-dollar federal contracts.
NuAxis serves a broad portfolio of federal agencies, delivering IT services, CX modernization, and contact center solutions.
IT infrastructure support and service management
Contact center and VIP service management; 95% of tickets resolved within one hour
$200M Enterprise Agile Delivery Services BPA; CX and HCD improvements
IT systems development, maintenance, and citizen experience improvements
CX, UI/UX design, and HCD to improve citizen-facing services
IT service portfolio support
Ali served as Senior Deputy CAO, leading 700 employees and a $1.4B technology budget
NuAxis's founding federal IT contract, launched in 2002
Responsible for service delivery execution, employee experience, and organic business development across a growing portfolio of federal IT contracts. Instrumental in NuAxis's expansion into CX and human-centered design as a federal IT differentiator.
Provided hands-on strategic advisory services on emerging technologies including social media strategy, predictive analytics, cognitive computing, and blockchain for commercial and government clients.
Responsible for the organization, development, and management of all delivery personnel, building a high-performance consulting practice serving federal clients.
Led operations for a health IT company, applying federal technology experience to the healthcare sector.
Built foundational expertise in large-scale federal IT program delivery and management consulting at two of the industry's leading firms.
Rose through multiple technology leadership positions to serve as Senior Deputy CAO, overseeing 700 employees, 1,100 contractors, and the $1.4 billion operating budget of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer -- one of the most complex IT and operations portfolios in the federal government.
By the Numbers
1996
SIN 54151S IT Professional Services & SIN 561422 Automated Contact Center Solutions
Technical & Engineering and Management & Advisory domains
Navy SYSCOM professional support services
Network, security, data center, contact center, and systems management
Federal IT and CX modernization from the team that helped pioneer human-centered design in government. Learn more at nuaxis.com.