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Danny Polidi Joins Galorath as Practice Principal for Hardware & Systems Engineering; Matt McDonald Quoted

Danny Polidi, a digital engineering executive with government contracting experience, has joined cost estimation and analysis company Galorath as a practice principal for hardware and systems engineering. In this role, he will oversee the development and implementation of transformational engineering tools designed to support the workforce development and cost optimization goals of commercial and public sector clients, Galorath said Tuesday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 6, 2024, 11:26 am
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Former AWS Exec Sam Choi Appointed Sales VP at Vibrint

Sam Choi, former senior manager/principal sales executive at Amazon Web Services, has joined Vibrint to serve as vice president of sales at the Hanover, Maryland-based provider of information technology services and IT consulting. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience and over five years of which were spent at AWS in senior management roles.

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by Christine Thropp March 6, 2024, 9:49 am
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Agnes Soeder Joins L3Harris as Contracts VP for IMS

Agnes Soeder, formerly vice president and chief of staff at RTX’s subsidiary Raytheon, has been appointed as VP of contracts for integrated maritime solutions at L3Harris Technologies, she announced on LinkedIn Monday. Soeder brings two decades of contracting experience from her tenure at Raytheon to her new role at L3Harris’ IMS division, which is responsible for developing new concepts and technologies that could help enhance naval operations.

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by Kacey Roberts March 5, 2024, 10:34 am
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Bob Hughes to Succeed Mike Corkery as Deltek President & CEO

Bob Hughes, chief customer and strategy officer at UKG, will succeed Mike Corkery as president and CEO of Deltek as part of a company leadership succession plan. Corkery, after having led Deltek for over a decade, will move to its parent company, Roper Technologies, and serve a full-time operating group executive role, the enterprise software provider said Tuesday.

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by Christine Thropp March 5, 2024, 10:30 am
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Mac Thornberry to Join Booz Allen’s Board in April; Ralph Shrader Quoted

Booz Allen Hamilton has named Mac Thornberry, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to its board of directors, effective April 1. He brings to Booz Allen his expertise and experience in defense technology, policymaking and national security and will serve on the board's nominating and corporate governance committee and compensation, culture and people panel, the company said Monday.

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by Jane Edwards March 5, 2024, 9:01 am
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Ravi Raghava Named Chief Technology Officer at SAIC’s Civilian Business Group

Ravi Raghava was promoted from vice president of cloud and digital solutions to chief technology officer of the civilian business group at Science Applications International Corp., he announced in a LinkedIn post on Saturday. He joined SAIC in 2022 from General Dynamics' information technology business, having served as CTO for the company's federal civilian Cloud Center of Excellence.

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by Jamie Bennet March 5, 2024, 8:26 am
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Siraaj Hasan Promoted to Booz Allen National Cyber VP

Siraaj Hasan, a 25-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton, has assumed the position of vice president of national cyber with oversight of the McLean, Virginia-based consulting firm’s U.S. Cyber Command business. He announced his promotion in a LinkedIn post published Friday.

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by Jane Edwards March 4, 2024, 10:41 am
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Tara Martin Assumes VP of Business Development for Maritime Role at L3Harris

Tara Martin, formerly vice president of business development for the electro-optical sector at L3Harris Technologies, has transitioned to become VP of BD for the maritime sector at the company, she announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Martin has been with L3Harris for over three years, initially joining as senior director of BD for the reconnaissance mission systems sector in October 2020.

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by Kacey Roberts February 29, 2024, 9:54 am
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Christine Halvorsen Joins Okta as Public Sector CTO

Christine Halvorsen, a more than 20-year federal government veteran, has joined San Francisco-based cloud-based identity management platforms provider Okta as the company’s first chief technology officer for public sector. In this capacity, she will help federal, state and local agency customers modernize their services to streamline processes and advance zero trust adoption to secure their information technology infrastructure in support of their missions, Okta said Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards February 29, 2024, 8:46 am
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Dedrone Stands Up New Advisory Board, Makes Multiple Appointments

Airspace security company Dedrone has established its new Defense Advisory Board. The first cohort of advisors includes retired Army Gen. Richard Clarke, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and James Smith, former USSOCOM acquisition executive.

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by Ireland Degges February 28, 2024, 11:24 am
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Altamira Technologies Chief Executive Jane Chappell Joins Spirit AeroSystems Board

Spirit AeroSystems has named Jane Chappell to its board of directors, where she will serve on the corporate governance and nominating committee and the risk committee. Chappell brings to her new role a wealth of experience from the aerospace, defense and intelligence sectors, the aerospace company said Monday.

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by Aidan Daly February 27, 2024, 11:10 am
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Jonathan Moak Assumes VP of Federal Business Role at UiPath

Jonathan Moak, formerly senior vice president and head of sales at Inkit, has joined New York-based software company UiPath as vice president of federal business. He announced on LinkedIn Friday that he would be taking on the responsibility of leading UiPath's defense sales division.

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by Kacey Roberts February 27, 2024, 9:54 am