Executive Moves

Alexandra Guenther, formerly program vice president for the civil operation of the Antarctic support contract at Leidos, has been appointed as the company’s chief information officer. Carly Kimball, executive VP and chief performance officer at Leidos, announced the appointment on LinkedIn Sunday.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17. Click here to register for the highly anticipated event.

More

IT consulting and services provider IT Concepts has appointed Jim Stein as vice president of national defense. IT Concepts said on LinkedIn that in his new role, Stein will be responsible for leading the company's U.S. Air Force and Defense Intelligence Agency teams, and in so doing help grow the company's presence in the Department of Defense.

More

Rich Guzzardi has joined Parsons as vice president of contracts for engineered systems, concluding a career spanning over two decades at RTX subsidiary Raytheon, where he most recently served as executive director of operations strategy development and capital. Guzzardi announced his transition to Parsons via LinkedIn.

More

Bill Rubin, a nearly two-decade Northrop Grumman veteran, was named vice president of global supply chain at Booz Allen Hamilton. The executive was with Northrop for more than 19 years, joining the defense contractor in 2005 and most recently serving as senior director of global supply chain.

More

Sachin Patel, a more than two-decade AT&T veteran, has joined Comcast Business to serve as vice president of government services strategy and operations and lead its federal ops team. He will provide organizational leadership to manage federal government customer operations.

More

Brian Conrad, a cloud computing and cybersecurity expert, has joined Zscaler as director of global compliance and authorizing authority liaison. He will bring to the role his extensive experience in the military, federal government and industry to help the company's clients meet compliance priorities and advance zero trust implementation in support of their digital transformation goals, Zscaler said in a news release published April 4.

More

Edgewater Federal Solutions has announced that Shaun Poulton will be its next chief technology officer and head the company’s technology innovation organization. Edgewater said Monday that in his new position, Poulton will work to drive growth and identify and deliver IT solutions to customers.

More

William Scott, formerly deputy vice president of range systems at General Dynamics' Mission Systems business, announced on LinkedIn Friday that he has joined Ultra as vice president of programs at the company's maritime division. Scott first joined GDMS in 2007 and stayed with the company until 2016. During that period, he held multiple roles, including systems engineering technical manager, Littoral Combat Ship program manager, and later, LCS senior program manager.

More

Andrew Zeswitz, former chief technology officer at REI Systems, has assumed the same post at PBG Consulting, an 8(a) women-owned, mission-focused digital consultancy. He will be responsible for helping PBG expand its technology delivery organization and its range of capabilities in support of federal civilian customers, the McLean, Virginia-based consultant said.

More

Andrew Speirs, a cybersecurity strategist, has joined ManTech as executive director to help oversee technology management efforts and innovation excellence across the company’s federal civilian health care portfolio. He announced the move in a LinkedIn post published Saturday.

More

Neeraj Gupta, former senior vice president and general manager for space destinations at Sierra Space, has joined Voyager Space to serve as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for driving Voyager Space's strategy development and execution aimed at pursuing market expansion, technology innovation and sustainable growth, the Denver, Colorado-based aviation and aerospace company said Monday.

More

CAE has selected Jason Goodfriend to assume the role of interim group president of its Defense & Security business unit. He will succeed Daniel Gelston, who will stay with the company through May 2024 to support the transition, CAE announced from its Montreal, Quebec headquarters on Thursday.

More