Madeline Garrettson

Mark Garrett, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Adobe, has joined Cisco‘s board of directors, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience in financial management in technology. The networking hardware firm said Thursday it has selected 11 other executives to join its board of directors prior to appointing Garrett. “Mark has […] More

Latitia McCane, formerly dean of instructional services at Bishop State Community College in Alabama, has been appointed director of education at the Apprentice School managed by Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division. She will oversee the Apprentice School’s craft training, academic delivery, student services, accreditation and recruitment functions in her new position, Huntington Ingalls said said Friday. “Latitia comes to […] More

The University of Wisconsin has selected ViON to help the UW system’s chief information officers implement storage and back-up platforms to support their information technology projects. ViON said Thursday it will supply the company’s switches, tapes and tape libraries to UW’s 26 campuses worldwide along with storage systems from Oracle, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Tom Frana, CEO and […] More

The Marine Corps Air Facility in Quantico, Virginia, has worked with Concurrent Technologies Corp. as the airfield prepared for an onsite safety management evaluation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. MCAF received OSHA’s Voluntary Protections Program Star designation in July last year with the support of professionals working at the CTC-managed Department of Defense Safety Management Center […] More

Jairo Soterio, former marketing manager for Latin America at Rockwell Collins, has been named as the company’s managing director for the region. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday Soterio will oversee its LATAM government and commercial systems business operations as the demand for military radios, C-130 and P-3 cockpit upgrade services, simulators and training continues to increase. […] More

Arizona-based organization Ethisphere Institute has selected Dun & Bradstreet as one of the 135 most ethical companies around the world in 2018. D&B said March 1 this is its 10th consecutive year in the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies list. Louis Sapirman, chief compliance officer of Dun & Bradstreet, stated that the company recognizes its responsibility to […] More

Kenneth “Steve” Callicutt, former director of capability and resource integration at the U.S. Strategic Command, has joined the board of advisers at Polaris Alpha. The Washington, D.C.-based firm said Wednesday Callicutt brings knowledge and experience in the areas of mission planning, weapons system development and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “Steve has deep expertise in so many […] More