Red River Announces Leadership Appointments for Invictus, a Red River Company

Sean Papso has been promoted to President and Chief Growth Officer of Invictus. In his new role, he will lead the business and focus on growth, customer relationships, program performance, and long-term success across Red River’s government services operations.

Red River also announced that Grant Schneider has joined Invictus as Chief Operating and Programs Officer. He will oversee daily operations, program delivery, profitability, and operational performance, while helping expand the combined capabilities of Invictus and Red River.

Papso has been instrumental in growing Invictus’ business with defense and intelligence customers, helping improve program delivery, strengthen customer relationships, and expand business development efforts. His promotion highlights Red Rivers focus on maintaining strong customer support, operational excellence and growth in critical government sectors.

Schneider brings extensive experience in national security, cybersecurity, enterprise technology, and program management. His previous roles include serving as the Federal Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Information Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, a senior cybersecurity leader at the White House, and CEO of a national security services company.

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Red River acquired Invictus in December 2025 to expand its cybersecurity, intelligence, and enterprise modernization capabilities for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and federal civilian agencies. Invictus brings highly skilled cleared professionals, advanced cybersecurity expertise, intelligence capabilities, and experience supporting sensitive, and classified environments.

As Red River’s government systems business unit, Invictus will continue providing mission-critical technology services, including cyber operations, enterprise modernization, intelligence support, secure infrastructure, applied research and development, and the integration of emerging technologies for national security customers.

“Our customers rely on us to deliver secure, resilient and mission-ready capabilities in some of the government’s most critical environments,” said Papso. “I am honored to lead Invictus into this next phase as part of Red River. With Grant joining the leadership team, we are well positioned to deepen customer alignment, strengthen execution and scale our capabilities while preserving the mission focus that defines Invictus.”

“Invictus and Red River are bringing together exceptional technical talent, strong customer relationships and a shared commitment to national security,” said Schneider. “I am excited to join the team and help drive operational excellence, program performance and scalable growth across the business.”

“Invictus is a vital part of Red River’s future and the foundation of our government services business unit,” said Anthony Christie, Chief Executive Officer of Red River. “Sean understands the Invictus mission, customers, programs and people at a deep level and he has been central to the company’s growth and operational execution. Grant brings exceptional national security, cybersecurity and federal technology leadership experience. Together, they give us the leadership structure to strengthen execution, accelerate growth and deliver mission outcomes for our government customers.”

About Red River

Founded in 1995, Red River is a technology solutions company that helps businesses and government agencies modernize their operations, and achieve their goals through innovative technology. With more than 25 years of experience, the company provides expertise in managed services, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, modern infrastructure, collaboration tools and cloud solutions, delivering mission critical support to organizations across a wide range of industries.

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