Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director

Charles Litz, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager at Advanced Technology Systems Company, has joined management and technology consulting firm ARServices as director of research and development operations.

ARServices said Tuesday Litz will lead the company’s efforts to grow its federal market footprint and oversee business relationships with government customers such as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, National Institutes of Health and Naval Research Laboratory.

He was responsible for a pair of foreign military sales case projects valued at $9.8 million in his previous role at ATSC.

Before that, he served as vice president for national security programs at Planate Management Group; a program director at Parsons; business development director at Sierra Nevada Corp.; and a program manager at Computer Sciences Corp.

He also managed DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program before he joined the private sector.