Neel Mehta

Elizabeth Ahrens, a 17-year health information technology professional, has been promoted to a new director position at Reston, Virginia-based management and technology services provider tiag to oversee health IT initiatives for federal government and commercial clients. She will direct mission-critical health IT programs and related projects, implement the firm’s strategic goals and manage work with the […] More

Northrop Grumman has screened in the U.K. a documentary film on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as part of the company’s efforts to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The film Into the Unknown focuses on the development of the space telescope designed to launch in late 2018 to gather information […] More

Hortonworks has made a series of leadership changes as part of a push to drive growth strategy and operational performance at the Santa Clara, California-based open data technology firm. Chief Financial Officer Scott Davidson has assumed additional duties as chief operating officer of Hortonworks, the company said Tuesday. He succeeds the departing president and COO Rajnish Verma […] More

DLH Holdings has appointed James Allen, an aerospace and defense industry veteran with more than 40 years of financial management experience, to the company’s board of directors. DLH said Tuesday he previously held the roles of executive vice president and chief financial officer at Sotera Defense Solutions, then known as Global Defense Technology & Systems. “[Allen] brings a wealth […] More

Jeff Fowler, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor American Operations Corp. AOC said the 32-year Navy veteran will oversee the company’s business development and operations in his new role. “Fowler’s promotion to this new leadership position of President is an important step for the future of […] More

Two executives from Unisys‘ federal business unit, Jennifer Napper and Susan Becker, have been appointed to leadership positions at separate non-profit organizations that support government-industry partnership. Napper, vice president of Unisys Federal’s Defense Department and intelligence group, has been elected to the board of directors of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International, Unisys said Wednesday. She […] More

Matthew McFadden, former CSRA chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell, has been promoted to cybersecurity service area director at the Falls Church, Virginia-based company’s digital consulting group. The 13-year information technology veteran helped deliver services to Defense Department customers and supported the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy program of CSRA’s Defense Cyber Crime Center in his […] More

Julie Duffy, a 20-year Textron veteran, has been appointed executive vice president of human resources at the Providence, Rhode Island-based defense and industrial conglomerate. She will report directly to Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly and succeeds Cheryl Johnson, who held the HR EVP position over the past five years, Textron said Monday. Duffy is a member of […] More

SAP has appointed three executives to the North America management team to oversee the company’s business operations in the U.S. and Canada. Stephen Shute, chief operating officer for SAP North America, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief business officer for the Americas and Asia Pacific Japan and will directly report to Jennifer […] More

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, will receive the Peter B. Teets Award from the National Defense Industrial Association in recognition of his contribution to the space systems sector, the Denver Post reported Thursday. NDIA’s space division will present the award to Ambrose during the awards dinner event to […] More