Executive Moves

Battelle has appointed Juan Alvarez as executive vice president of laboratory operations. Alvarez, who previously served as deputy director for management and operations at Idaho National Laboratory, will fully assume his new position by mid-October, the Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle said Monday. At INL, which he joined in 2005 as part of Battelle’s contract to manage the […] More

Smoothstack has appointed Joanne Sullivan as senior vice president of capture and proposals and Karen Base as SVP of client solutions. The company said Tuesday the executives will expand its federal business by developing infrastructure for capture and proposal programs and centers for cyber operations, artificial intelligence, data engineering, digital transformation and modern application development. Smoothstack co-founder […] More

Ames Construction has established a standalone business entity to pursue opportunities within the federal government market.  The new Ames Federal Contracting Group, or Ames Federal, will be led by Brandon Evans, who has been promoted to senior vice president. Evans joined Ames Construction in 1991 as a project engineer. Most recently, he served as Ames […] More

Information technology services provider Dark Wolf Solutions has appointed industry veterans James “JJ” Foster and Dan Catlaw as managing director of transformation and managing director of solutioning, respectively, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Foster will lead Dark Wolf’s strategic captures and go-to-market efforts in his new role and Catlaw will strengthen the firm’s proposal efforts, design capture […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has appointed Joseph Adamo as its vice president of state, law enforcement and justice. Adamo, who brings to the role over two decades of experience cultivating key relationships to support federal government customers, specifically the Department of State, announced his new position Monday via LinkedIn. The LinkedIn profile also highlights the […] More

Artificial intelligence technology company Veritone has appointed former CIA Chief Technology Officer Gus Hunt as an adviser to its public sector division. Veritone said Thursday that, in his new role, Hunt will work to provide counsel concerning the development and deployment of the company’s public sector AI offerings as well as the company’s cybersecurity strategy […] More

Alex Stamos, former chief trust officer at SentinelOne, was appointed as the company’s chief information security officer, responsible for managing its security engineering and operations teams.  The artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity company said Thursday Stamos will focus primarily on the development and delivery of secure-by-design systems. According to Stamos’ LinkedIn profile, he joined the Mountain View, […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has appointed Bernard Wille Height as its new senior capture director. Height announced his new post at SAIC through a Linkedin post shared Wednesday. The veteran capture manager spent most of his career performing the said role for several government contractors. Before his most recent move, Height was the capture director […] More

Brett Surbey, a senior contract manager with over 20 years of experience, has joined Empower AI as director of contracts, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Most recently, Surbey worked as vice president of contracts and compliance at VSE. He initially served as the contracts director at the engineering services company. He will bring to Empower […] More

Dan Jablonsky, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been selected to succeed Joe Laurienti as CEO of propulsion-focused company Ursa Major. The former Maxar Technologies head will assume his new role on Aug. 5, Ursa Major said Thursday. “I have followed Ursa Major’s many successes over the past nine years and am confident in the impact that its advanced […] More