Executive Moves

Fearless has named two new executives to its leadership team to help enhance the company’s expertise in cybersecurity, national security and artificial intelligence and support growth efforts to achieve its 2023 vision. Joe Paiva, former regional vice president of global go to market at Salesforce, was named chief operating officer of Fearless, while Jacob Hsu, […] More

Kevin O’Buckley, a more than 25-year semiconductor industry veteran, has joined Intel’s executive leadership team to succeed the retiring Stuart Pann as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Foundry Services business segment. The company said Monday that Pann, a 35-year Intel veteran, will leave by the end of May but will stay […] More

SixGen has appointed to its board of directors Andrew Boyd, former director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, and Charles Moore, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who most recently served as deputy commander of Cyber Command. The Annapolis, Maryland-based cybersecurity company said Monday Boyd and Moore will provide SixGen with federal market […] More

Joshua Thiel has taken on the role of vice president of growth and business development at systems engineering and integration firm Chartis Federal. Thiel said on LinkedIn that his new position entails overseeing efforts to grow Chartis Federal’s client base and introduce new offerings. Thiel’s prior employers include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Booz Allen Hamilton and, […] More

Jeremy Wensinger, a defense and government services industry executive who has been serving as chief operating officer of Peraton since 2017, will succeed Chuck Prow, CEO of V2X and a 10-time Wash100 Award recipient, as president and chief executive of the Virginia-headquartered aerospace and defense company. The executive leadership transition will take effect on June […] More

Retired Colonel Elvert “El” Gardner has been named vice president of space operations at decision-making technology provider Aperio Global. In this position, Col. Gardner will work to intensify Aperio Global’s presence in the space market. He is primed to enable new developments and a strategic alignment with American national security goals, the Reston, Virginia-based company said Friday. […] More

Lorin Hattrup, former executive general manager of L3Harris Technologies‘ strategic missions unit, has been named president and general manager of LightRidge Solutions‘ Trident Systems business unit. LightRidge said Thursday that Hattrup will lead efforts to bolster Trident’s infrastructure, facilities, workforce, leadership and capabilities to address the growing demand in the space and defense sectors. Bill Gattle, CEO of […] More

HighPoint Digital, a provider of IT support and customer service offerings for the federal government, has named Sid Dhir as its new chief strategy and technology officer. HighPoint said in a recent press release that Dhir brings almost two decades of IT leadership and strategic planning experience to the new role, in which capacity he […] More

Hector Collazo, former Sev1Tech and Agile Defense executive, has assumed the newly created chief technology officer post at IPTA, a federal information technology and professional services firm. “As CTO, Hector will lead our innovation strategy, ensuring we remain ahead of the curve and continuously deliver on IPTA’s mission to serve our federal customers with transformative […] More

Shawn Baerlocher, an executive leader with over three decades of experience, was appointed CEO of EOS’ U.S.-based defense systems business, responsible for expanding company footprint in the North American defense markets. EOS said Baerlocher will also focus on boosting EOS Defense Systems USA’s production of remote weapon systems and counter unmanned aerial systems to support […] More

John Lucio, formerly senior vice president at Ervin Graves Strategy Group, has been named senior director for government relations at BWX Technologies. In his new role, Lucio will focus on strengthening BWXT’s relationships with defense and civilian agencies and advancing support for various Department of Defense programs, including the production of naval nuclear reactors for […] More

Kristen Summers, former operating unit chief technology officer at Microsoft‘s federal business, has joined ManTech to serve as vice president and artificial intelligence technical fellow. ManTech said Tuesday Summers will drive the creation of a team of advanced technical practitioners tasked to support customer mission requirements through their deep experience in analytics and AI areas. […] More