About Nermix

We build the systems governments and enterprises depend on.

Nermix was founded on a simple belief: critical institutions deserve software as modern, secure, and reliable as the best of the private sector. We bring Silicon Valley engineering discipline into government and regulated industry — and we hold ourselves to the highest standards of delivery, security, and accountability.

Our Mission

Modernize the infrastructure of public life.

Every year, governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars on technology — yet too often the result is systems that are slow, brittle, and expensive to maintain. Nermix exists to change that. We partner with agencies, municipalities, and enterprises to replace legacy platforms with AI-native, cloud-native software that actually works for the people who use it.

We take on the hard problems: zero-trust architectures for classified environments, AI copilots for claims adjudicators, real-time data fabrics for defense logistics, 311 platforms that serve millions of residents. If it's mission-critical, we want to build it.

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640+
Engineers, architects, and operators across four delivery centers
Founded2014
HeadquartersReston, VA
Delivery Centers4 · CONUS
Cleared Staff482
Engineer Ratio71%
Renewal Rate94%
What We Stand For

Four operating principles.

The values that shape how we staff, estimate, ship, and support every engagement.

01

Outcomes over optics.

We don't ship PowerPoint. Every engagement ends with working software in production, measured against the outcomes we committed to in the SOW.

02

Security is the product.

FedRAMP, CMMC, FISMA, and zero-trust aren't compliance checkboxes — they're baseline engineering practice. Every line of code is reviewed, signed, and scanned.

03

Small teams, senior people.

Our median engineer has 11 years of experience. We keep teams small and accountable — no pyramid staffing, no offshore handoffs without oversight.

04

Earn every renewal.

94% of our contracts are re-competed or extended. We measure customer success quarterly and tie executive compensation to it.

Leadership

Operators, engineers, and public servants.

Our leadership team has shipped software at Palantir, AWS, Booz Allen, the U.S. Digital Service, and the Defense Innovation Unit.

Jonathan Ashworth

Chief Executive Officer

Former Director of Engineering at a top-tier defense tech firm. 18 years building mission systems for DoD and IC customers. Fulbright Scholar. MS, Carnegie Mellon.

Priya Narang

President & COO

Previously led federal civilian practice at a Big Four consultancy. Architected platform modernization programs at CMS, VA, and Treasury. MBA, Wharton.

Dr. Marcus Thiele

Chief Technology Officer

Applied ML researcher turned engineering leader. Former Principal at a FAANG AI lab. Holds 14 patents in distributed systems. PhD, MIT.

Alejandra Ruiz

Chief Information Security Officer

20 years in federal cybersecurity. Former NSA cryptographer. Led the zero-trust pilot at a cabinet-level agency. CISSP, CISM, OSCP.

Chen Huang

SVP, Federal

Career federal sales and capture. Closed $1.4B in prime contracts across DoD, VA, and HHS. USAF veteran, Top Secret / SCI cleared.

Rachel Okonkwo

SVP, State & Local

Former Deputy CIO for a top-10 U.S. state. Led benefits modernization touching 8M residents. Harvard Kennedy School, Innovation Fellow.

Compliance & Certifications

Built to meet the bar — before the audit.

Our platform, processes, and people are independently assessed and certified across every major federal and industry framework.

FedRAMP Moderate

Nermix Cloud platform authorized at FedRAMP Moderate via a sponsoring agency ATO. High baseline in process.

CMMC Level 2

Certified under DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 for handling Controlled Unclassified Information.

SOC 2 Type II

Annually audited across all five trust service criteria. Clean reports available under NDA.

ISO 27001 · 27017 · 27018

Full ISO information security, cloud security, and cloud privacy certification across all delivery centers.

NIST 800-171 · 800-53

Full control implementation across our contractor environment, with continuous monitoring and SSP artifacts.

HIPAA · HITRUST r2

Certified for healthcare workloads. BAA available. 41M+ patient records under management across customer tenants.

FISMA High (in process)

Assessment underway for High baseline workloads via an agency sponsor. Target authorization Q3 2026.

TS / SCI Facilities

Secret-level facilities in Reston, VA and Huntsville, AL. Accredited SCIFs for IC and DoD engagements.

Section 508 · WCAG 2.1 AA

Every public-facing product we ship is accessibility-audited and independently tested with assistive tech users.

Contract Vehicles

Easy to buy. Fast to start.

Nermix holds prime and subcontractor positions on major federal and state procurement vehicles.

GSA MAS

Prime on GSA Multiple Award Schedule. SINs 54151S, 54151HACS, 518210C, 541611.

CIO-SP4

Prime on NIH NITAAC CIO-SP4 across multiple task areas, including emerging technologies and health IT.

SEWP VI

Authorized reseller and integrator partner under NASA SEWP VI for solution-based buys.

OASIS+

Prime on GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted pool for complex professional services engagements.

Alliant 3

Subcontractor position under Alliant 3 for enterprise IT modernization.

State MSAs

Master Service Agreements in place with 23 states including NJ, NY, CA, TX, VA, FL, GA, PA, MA, OH.

Let's Talk

Ready to work with a team that actually ships?

Our federal capture team responds to every qualified inquiry within one business day.