Christine Thropp

Josh Rose was appointed national market lead – Air Force at Michael Baker International, where he most recently served as regional practice lead – federal. Rose will be responsible for the development, execution and support of National Federal Air Force accounts and will also help grow the firm’s federal portfolio, Michael Baker said Thursday. Commenting […] More

Vertosoft has established an advisory board responsible for enhancing company growth strategies and providing supplier and partner networks with market knowledge. The company said it welcomed Brian Strosser, former president of Optiv + ClearShark, as the founding member of Vertosoft’s advisory board. The inaugural Vertosoft advisory board member brings to Vertosoft previous leadership experience at […] More

MITRE has named Dr. Stephen Ondra as vice president of Center for Transforming Health and director of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Health Care to drive efforts aimed at advancing data-powered innovation and accelerating health care resilience. Ondra formerly served as acting managing director of the Health FFRDC, MITRE said Tuesday. In his new posts, […] More

Angel Davis, a former contracts manager at Presidio, was named director of federal strategy and capture at the government-focused business of the information technology service management company. Davis announced via LinkedIn her move at Presidio Federal, where she most recently served as director of enterprise program management office. She has more than a decade of […] More

Kayla Huthoefer, former director at BAE Systems, has joined software company Clarity as director of strategic capture and disruptive growth. In a LinkedIn post, Clarity said Huthoefer brings to the role “an impactful collection of career experiences… that have directly shaped her into who she is and how she approaches work each and every day.” […] More

Hector Pelayo, an aerospace and defense industry executive with more than two decades of experience, was appointed president and general manager of space, air and sea group at Tyto Athene, according to his LinkedIn post. In his new role, he is responsible for leading Tyto Athene’s portfolio across the U.S. Air Force, Space Force, Navy, […] More

Mark Peters, executive vice president for national laboratory management and operations at Battelle, was appointed president and CEO of MITRE, effective Sept. 3. He will succeed Jason Providakes, who is retiring after over 35 years of service at MITRE, the organization said Thursday. Peters will bring to MITRE decades-long leadership experience as well as expertise […] More

Jason Crager, a nearly three-decade Lockheed Martin veteran, was appointed vice president of quality and mission success at the defense contractor’s missiles and fire control business. Crager made the announcement via LinkedIn, through which he also expressed thanks to Brian Kubik, who held the said role before assuming a new VP post at Lockheed Martin […] More