Andrew Ferris Joins Quantum Sky as Senior Director for Federal Law Enforcement

Andrew Ferris has joined Quantum Sky as Senior Director for Federal Law Enforcement. Ferris brings more than 30 years of experience supporting national-security missions across the Intelligence Community, Department of War, and Federal Law Enforcement communities.

At Quantum Sky, Andrew will be focused on expanding the company’s presence with the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. His goal is to connect agency mission needs with practical technology solutions that strengthen security, operations, and resilience. That includes helping agencies modernize securely through cybersecurity, AI-enabled capabilities, quantum-safe security, and emerging quantum technologies. The priority is applying innovation in ways that help federal law enforcement organizations protect the homeland, safeguard sensitive information, and execute their missions with greater confidence.

Ferris joins Quantum Sky after serving as Senior Business Development Executive for Federal Law Enforcement at TransUnion, where he led the company’s go-to-market strategy supporting organizations including the FBI, DEA, ATF, DHS components, DOJ, and Secret Service customers. His work focused on identity verification, insider threat, fraud detection, pipeline development, and translating federal mission requirements into data and analytics solutions.

Before TransUnion, Ferris served as Senior Business Development and Technical Program Manager for Intelligence and Cybersecurity at Amentum / Jacobs /BlackLynx. In that role, he led business development, capture management, and technical program efforts supporting Intelligence Community and Department of War cybersecurity and data analytics opportunities.

His experience includes managing large-scale capture efforts, developing technical solutions, supporting cybersecurity programs, and working with government stakeholders on intelligence and national security missions. He also led efforts involving data analytics capabilities, open-source intelligence, and near-real-time reporting improvements.

Earlier in his career, Ferris held leadership roles with Raytheon, CSRA, TASC, and other defense technology organizations supporting intelligence programs, counterterrorism activities, security clearance modernization, and mission technology integration.

Ferris began his national security career in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a Hebrew linguist and intelligence collection specialist after training through the Defense Language Institute. His military service provided a foundation in intelligence tradecraft, signals intelligence, human intelligence methods, and mission support.

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