Executive Moves

Dina Spivy, formerly federal capture director at Cisco, has been appointed area vice president of capture at Appian. She said on LinkedIn Friday she will “help government accelerate the creation of high impact business applications and significantly reduce costs associated with digital transformation by using Appian’s Low-Code [Artificial Intelligence] Platform.” The platform is used to design, automate and […] More

DCS Corporation, a provider of engineering, programmatic, and technical support services to the Department of Defense and other national security-focused customers, has appointed Brian Samples as vice president and manager of the ground vehicle integration & support division of the Army and Marine Corps sector. In a press release Thursday, Bill Protzman, president and chief operating officer […] More

Jacobs has appointed Mary Jackson, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, to its board of directors. Jackson’s appointment will take effect upon the completion of the spinoff of the company’s critical mission solutions and cyber and intelligence businesses or by Jan. 15, 2025, Jacobs said Thursday. In November, Jacobs announced that it agreed to spin […] More

Gary Grimes, former vice president of portfolio operations at Platinum Equity, has been appointed vice president and chief acceleration officer at ManTech. In his new role, Grimes will spearhead ManTech’s Value Creation Plan, or VCP, a strategic program to advance growth and operational excellence, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced Wednesday. Matt Tait, the CEO and president […] More

Imtiaz Uddin has been promoted to chief executive officer from chief operating officer of ND Defense – formally Navistar Defense – succeeding Ted Wright, who served as CEO for five years. In a statement Monday, Uddin said, “My commitment is to drive growth, build market share and expand into emerging markets by fostering innovation in product development […] More

Radiance Technologies announced that Mark Tillman, former senior defense intelligence analyst in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Directorate for Analysis, will join the company as vice president for simulation strategy. In addition to having extensive experience in scientific and technical intelligence analysis, Tillman is highly knowledgeable in electronic warfare and modeling and simulation, Radiance Technologies said […] More

SBG Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of health IT services provider Document Storage Systems, has named Larry Hunt as vice president of growth, bringing years of operations, management and business development experience to the post. In a LinkedIn post, Hunt announced that he has already started on the new job. In his new role, the new […] More

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