Scott Nycum | Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity & Giving Scott Nycum leads an organization-wide focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) for General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation. GDIT is a $8.5B global technology enterprise with operations in 30 countries worldwide and nearly 30,000 technologists and services professionals delivering critical mission capabilities across defense, civilian and intelligence agencies. Nycum assumed his post in January 2021, bringing over 20 years of strategy, leadership and organizational performance experience to the role. At GDIT, Nycum is responsible for advancing a comprehensive set of DE&I priorities — including systemic equity initiatives, leadership development, mentoring, succession planning, inclusive culture building and progress reporting. Under his leadership, GDIT launched programs to accelerate visibility and development for a larger and more diverse leadership pipeline; and engineered coaching-based inclusive leadership workshops for over 3,000 front line managers firmwide. Nycum’s team is also responsible for community impact programs, focused on employee volunteerism and lowering barriers for historically underrepresented talent to pursue STEM careers and grow skills and certifications to build fulfilling technology careers. Prior to this current position, Nycum served in key roles through two successive, multibillion-dollar mergers, and was responsible for strategy development, organization design and culture integration. Earlier in his career, he served as a consultant on clinical technology in the healthcare sector and post-9/11 regional security cooperation for states and large urban centers. Nycum graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Biology. He is an executive coach and certified facilitator. He serves on the board and faculty at the Leadership Center for Excellence, an Arlington, Virginia-based non-profit building leadership capacity in the D.C. metro area through development, civic engagement and DE&I advocacy.