Executive Moves

Scott Faris, formerly chief business officer of Luminar Technologies, has joined ColdQuanta to serve as CEO in line with the quantum technology company’s business reorganization efforts. The company said Tuesday Faris has more than three decades of leadership experience, having held executive roles at Planar Energy, Panaceutics, Ocean Optics and Waveguide Solutions, where he served […] More

Frank Calvelli, a 34-year federal service veteran who most recently served as principal deputy director at the National Reconnaissance Office, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton‘s national security unit as a senior vice president. His responsibilities include overseeing the company’s work in the space segment as it aims to provide new technology to intelligence and defense […] More

Technology industry veterans Ravi Aiyer and Shayne Forsyth have joined TechnoMile to serve as vice president of engineering and VP of marketing, respectively. TechnoMile said Tuesday the latest additions to its leadership team are part of the company’s efforts to further advance its cloud platform, accelerate growth initiatives and continue to support its client base. […] More

Robert Mehrabian, executive chairman of Teledyne Technologies for the past three years, will return to his prior roles as the industrial conglomerate’s chairman, president and CEO when Al Pichelli retires from the company on Oct. 15 after a four-decade career. Teledyne said Monday its employment contract with Mehrabian shall remain valid through 2023 and it […] More

Jamie Benoit, formerly CEO of FedData, has joined Information Analysis Inc. to fill the same role and additionally serve as its chairman of the board. IAI said Thursday he will offer expertise in finance and government contracting to drive the company’s presence as a disruptive technology provider in both government and commercial markets. Benoit’s career […] More

Kai Skvarla, a two-decade industry veteran, was appointed as head of international maritime programs at Serco Group where he will be responsible for supervising maritime sector growth strategy and driving business development efforts across four company divisions. The former president of BMT Designers & Planners will now work with Serco divisional chief executives to pursue […] More

Bruce Andrews, most recently a senior vice president and managing partner at Softbank Group, will officially join Intel on Sept. 7 to serve as corporate VP and chief government affairs officer. He will oversee the chipmaker’s government relations and public policy functions in his new position, Intel said Thursday. “Government affairs plays a heavy role […] More

Blair Duncan, former chief human capital officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as Golden Key Group‘s executive vice president of federal innovation and transformation. In this capacity, Duncan will drive business transformation initiatives aimed at supporting the workforce, modernization efforts of the federal government, the professional services firm said […] More

Pamela Fusco brings her over three-decade of global enterprise security experience in her new role as chief information security officer at Splunk where she will be responsible for the software company’s overall information security infrastructure. Fusco will collaborate with the Splunk team on implementing cloud-based security strategy and taking data-driven approach to help customers strengthen […] More

Facial recognition search engine company Clearview AI has established an advisory board composed of members with backgrounds in law enforcement, government, financial services, legal and national security. Hoan Ton-That, cofounder and CEO of Clearview AI, said in a statement published Wednesday the eight-member advisory board will assist in guiding the development of the company’s technology. […] More

Bill Conroy, president of Conroy Advisors, has joined the board of directors at Austin, Texas-based mobile enterprise security technology provider Hypori. He brings decades of technology industry experience to the board as Hypori pursues market expansion and strategic development initiatives, the company said Wednesday. Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, said that Conroy “has the proven […] More

Lauren Lyons, former executive at Blue Origin and SpaceX, was appointed as chief operating officer at Firefly Aerospace where she will be responsible for driving efforts in scaling production and operations to support company growth. The new COO will focus on moving Firefly toward a production environment from its research and development setting to ensure […] More