Sosi setian biography

Born in Bulgaria to Armenian parents, Setian fled to Lebanon and then to the U.S. when she was 17.
The company was founded by Sosi Setian in 1989, an Armenian immigrant from Bulgaria, who arrived to the United States at the age of 17.
Julian Setian.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to include Julian Setian, president and CEO of SOS International, in the 2024 class of Wash100 Award recipients for spearheading the aerospace, defense and government services integrator as it continuously works to meet customers’ mission requirements.

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The 2024 win marks the third time that Setian was named among Executive Mosaic’s annual list of 100 esteemed leaders in the government and government contracting landscape.

“More than any other time in our history, SOSi is living our motto, ‘Challenge Accepted.’ The government has trusted us to partner with them on their most important and sensitive missions, and we’re bringing advanced solutions that incorporate data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence to address their largest challenges. In the year ahead, SOSi will continue to help agencies modernize critical systems such

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Julian Setian

President and Chief Executive Officer, SOSi

Julian M. Setian is the President and CEO of SOSi, among the largest private technology and services integrators in the aerospace, defense, and government services industry. His mother founded the company in 1989 to provide foreign language support to the U.S. federal law enforcement community. He joined her in 1995, became the CEO in 2001, and, over the past 20 years, has diversified the business into logistics, intelligence, network engineering, and software development. He has completed four major acquisitions and grown the company at an average annual rate of 25% to more than 1,500 personnel worldwide.

Setian is also the founder and chairman of two other businesses in the technology and mining sectors. Exovera, a data analytics company he founded in 2012, uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to identify media narratives and measure public sentiment in support of both government and commercial enterprises. Another he founded in 2016, called Sodevco, provides socially responsible and environme

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Julian Setian

Julian joined SOSi in 1994, shortly after receiving a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University and five years after his mother Sosi Setian founded the company. Since becoming the company’s CEO in 2001, he has driven more than $5 billion of contract awards and $200 million of acquisitions, making SOSi one of the best known, enduring, and respected leaders in the defense and government services industry. Julian accomplished this growth without ever competing for any restricted small business set-aside contracts, nor accepting any outside equity capital or investment in the business. Rather, he has led SOSi’s success by offering best-in-class solutions for the most competitive prices, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to customers, partners, and employees.

When Julian initially joined SOSi, the company specialized in providing foreign language translation and transcription services to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Customs Service (USCS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Office of the U.S. Attorney. Julian grew