Scott Goss

Scott Goss is the former President and CEO of Preferred Systems Solutions (PSS). He grew PSS into a leading provider of IT and cybersecurity solutions to the intelligence community and was 2015’s Dealmaker of the Year at the Corporate Growth Awards. He currently serves as an adviser to the PSS board of directors. Since his retirement in 2017 as president and CEO, Goss has consulted behind the scenes for several government contractors.

Goss has worked with Trowbridge since its founding, and for the past year, consulted on its sale to Enlightenment Capital. He has also offered his expertise on the sale of Knight Point Systems to Perspecta. Both companies recently completed the transition process.

The work that led him to eventually becoming involved in more than 50 mergers and acquisitions in the government space goes back more than two decades. In 1996, Goss came to SIGNAL Corp. from I-NET, which had been acquired by Wang Federal. He was offered a job as chief information officer of Wang Federal, but turned it down in favor of an accounting job at SIGNAL, which was on a $33 million run rate at the time. There, Goss helped start a consulting practice that grew to 10% of SIGNAL’s earnings. He eventually led the sale of SIGNAL to Veridian Corp. in 2002 and became president of Veridian IT Services, where he led nearly 2,000 employees and a company that brought in $315 million of revenue.

He continues consulting for various government contractors and various capacities in retirement. He offers services in M&A, advisory, chief financial officer work, infrastructure and integration. He also supports the financial services business at PSS and travels to Virginia as needed.