Executive Moves

NorthStar Earth & Space announced securing funding from an investor group led by Telesystem Space, a joint venture between Telesystem and the Rogers Private Companies. NorthStar said Monday the shareholder financing will enable the acceleration of its product development activities, especially its patented space-based space situational awareness concept of operations, which works to locate, identify […] More

Kevin McCombs announced on LinkedIn Sunday his promotion to vice president and general manager of strategic systems at Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company. He joined Aerojet in April 2023 as senior director. Before that, he was a senior program director at BAE Systems.  McCombs also previously served as vice president and senior director of mission systems at Teledyne Brown […] More

Kevin Schoonover has assumed the role of vice president for defense programs at Karman Space and Defense. He confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post. Schoonover is an experienced aerospace and defense industry leader.  Prior to his new position, he served as senior director at the California-based space and defense technologies manufacturing company. He […] More

Josh Rose was appointed national market lead – Air Force at Michael Baker International, where he most recently served as regional practice lead – federal. Rose will be responsible for the development, execution and support of National Federal Air Force accounts and will also help grow the firm’s federal portfolio, Michael Baker said Thursday. Commenting […] More

Vertosoft has established an advisory board responsible for enhancing company growth strategies and providing supplier and partner networks with market knowledge. The company said it welcomed Brian Strosser, former president of Optiv + ClearShark, as the founding member of Vertosoft’s advisory board. The inaugural Vertosoft advisory board member brings to Vertosoft previous leadership experience at […] More

MITRE has named Dr. Stephen Ondra as vice president of Center for Transforming Health and director of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Health Care to drive efforts aimed at advancing data-powered innovation and accelerating health care resilience. Ondra formerly served as acting managing director of the Health FFRDC, MITRE said Tuesday. In his new posts, […] More

Angel Davis, a former contracts manager at Presidio, was named director of federal strategy and capture at the government-focused business of the information technology service management company. Davis announced via LinkedIn her move at Presidio Federal, where she most recently served as director of enterprise program management office. She has more than a decade of […] More

Gary Merrill, an 18-year Commvault mainstay and current chief financial officer, has been appointed the company’s first chief commercial officer. In light of the move, Jennifer DiRico has been selected to fill the position of CFO beginning Aug. 12, the Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based company announced Monday. As CCO, Merrill will use his knowledge of financial operations to […] More

Datadog, the developer of a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, has appointed David Galloreese as its new chief people officer, who brings to the role years of human resources experience gained while working with Figma, Wells Fargo, Walmart, Medallia and Caesars Entertainment. In a statement released Wednesday, Galloreese said he will continue to […] More

Kayla Huthoefer, former director at BAE Systems, has joined software company Clarity as director of strategic capture and disruptive growth. In a LinkedIn post, Clarity said Huthoefer brings to the role “an impactful collection of career experiences… that have directly shaped her into who she is and how she approaches work each and every day.” […] More

Kent Selby announced on LinkedIn on Tuesday that he has been appointed vice president for the Air Force, Marine Corps and strategic programs at KBR. Selby previously served as a director at the company, overseeing operations for KBR’s government solutions division for more than three years. He initially joined KBR’s government services arm in 2017 […] More

The board of directors of GE Aerospace has approved an agreement that lets Chairman and CEO Lawrence Culp continue leading the company through the end of 2027, extending his contract that was set to end on Aug. 17. The employment agreement includes an option to extend Culp’s contract through 2028 if both parties agree, the […] More