Executive Moves

Castellum, a cybersecurity, electronic warfare and software engineering services company catering to the federal government, announced the promotion of Andrew Merriman to chief operating officer from deputy COO effective Sept. 1. Drew succeeds Glen Ives, who was elevated to CEO in July, Castellum said Monday. Commenting on Merriman’s appointment, Ives said, “Drew is an exceptionally […] More

Gary Camper, who previously served as BWX Technologies Nuclear Operations Group’s chief operating officer, has been named president of the BWXT subsidiary. In his new role, Camper will use his prior manufacturing experience with BWXT to support NOG’s goal of producing nuclear reactor components and fuel for U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers, the Lynchburg, Virginia-based company […] More

Gary Chase, former senior vice president of operational finance at Delta Air Lines, has joined Viasat as the company’s chief financial officer. In the new role, Chase aims to leverage his experience working with “scaled operational financial systems” to drive monetary and manufacturing growth throughout Viasat, the global communications company announced Wednesday. Mark Dankberg, chairman and […] More

TD SYNNEX, an IT distribution company, has named Alicia Lynch as its chief information security officer. Lynch, who shared her appointment in a LinkedIn post, brings to the Fremont, California-based company more than 25 years of cybersecurity experience across the private industry and government sector, including the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Before […] More

Stephen Tyndall has been appointed vice president of pricing at Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Saturday. In his new role, Tyndall will serve as a strategic pricing leader, managing the team tasked with developing and implementing pricing strategies to boost the company’s growth and profitability. Tyndall brings […] More

Aquia, a cloud and cybersecurity digital services firm, has realigned its leadership team to accelerate its growth trajectory and scale its operations more efficiently. Chris Hughes, Aquia co-founder and current president, has taken on additional responsibility as the new CEO, the position previously held by David Maskeroni, who is now the chief revenue officer, Aquia […] More

Global defense contractor BlueHalo has appointed John Hogan as vice president for advanced research and development. A team “working on inspiring technologies” has been entrusted to him by Johnathan Jones, BlueHalo senior vice president, Hogan said in a LinkedIn post. Immediately before joining BlueHalo, Hogan worked for over a year as chief engineer and group […] More