Frank Muth and John Roberti, former military officers who are now private sector executives, have been named independent members of the National Defense University Foundation's board of directors. Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of defense company Govini and a former Department of Defense staffer, also joined the board with Muth and Roberti, NDU Foundation said Tuesday.

GrammaTech has named industry veterans Mike Armistead, senior vice president at FireEye, and Jim Routh, former chief security officer at Aetna, to join the board of directors of the Bethesda, Maryland-based application testing technology provider.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 15, 2021 — Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and three other government and industry leaders have joined the board of directors of Two Six Technologies to help the company pursue its strategic goals and further develop national security offerings to clients, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to name George Wilson, president of ECS Federal, as an inductee into the 2021 Wash100 Award for his continued efforts to drive expansion of the company's footprint in the government contracting sector with contract awards, acquisitions, partnerships and executive hires. This marks the fourth consecutive Wash100 Award for Wilson.

ECS executives Aaron Burciaga and Steve Ahern wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that for the Department of Defense to enable data visibility, accessibility and interoperability, it needs tools, processes and people knowledgeable of data usage and analytics.

AECOM has appointed Jennifer Aument as chief executive of the company’s global transportation segment and Drew Jeter as chief executive of its global program management business. Aument’s appointment will take effect April 5 and Jeter’s selection will begin on Jan. 25. "These appointments complement a diverse Executive Leadership Team advancing our Think and Act Globally strategy,’’ said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s CEO. 

Larry Rubin, Rob Singh, Tony Colucci and David Lihani, who all held executive roles at Maxar Technologies' SSL subsidiary, have been appointed to fill chief leadership roles at SpaceLink, a new Washington, D.C.-based satellite data relay system company owned by Australia-based Electro Optic Systems.

ECS has promoted John Heneghan to chief operating officer (COO) and Giles Kesteloot to chief strategy officer (CSO) in an effort to enhance company performance and speed up growth. In the roles, Heneghan and Kesteloot will enhance customer service and maintain the business operations. “I am proud to promote John and Giles to the roles of COO and CSO,” said ECS President George Wilson, a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.

Aaron Burciaga, vice president of analytics and artificial intelligence at ECS, has said that combining the technical aspects of data science with the humanistic elements of customer experience will help organizations gain financial opportunities.

ArchIntel has published a white paper that features insights from competitive intelligence professionals interviewed by the company to know more about the state of open source competitive intelligence, as well as the current challenges and drivers of success related to the sector. The Know Your Competition report highlights big data and "big change" as the top factors affecting competitive intelligence.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 8, 2020 — An ECS business group that offers digital services to the federal sector is absorbing Integrated Solutions Management after ECS' parent organization ASGN (NYSE: ASGN) acquired the Tampa, Florida-based information technology consulting firm, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

Ball Corporation has appointed Daniel Fisher, senior vice president, as the company's president and member of its board of directors, effective 2021. Lisa Pauley, SVP of HR and administration, and Scott Morrison, SVP and chief financial officer, were also promoted to Ball's executive vice presidents and will retain their current responsibilities.