Executive Moves

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brent Starr, a senior executive with over two decades of experience within the Department of Defense and industry, has been promoted to chief growth officer at TDI Technologies, a Pennsylvania-based research and development and engineering services contractor. He disclosed his promotion in a LinkedIn post published Saturday.

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Tony Frazier, former executive vice president and general manager of public sector earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, has joined LeoLabs as CEO, succeeding company co-founder Dan Ceperley, who is transitioning to chief operating officer position. Frazier will be responsible for leading LeoLabs as it works to provide U.S. and global customers with integrated products and services enabling space safety and security, the company said Monday.

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John McCabe, an industry executive, has joined Maximus as senior vice president of business development and sales. In this capacity, he leads the business development, capture and proposal teams while strengthening partnerships with state and local government agencies and improving the delivery of services to the public as part of the U.S. services segment at Maximus.

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Impulse Space has welcomed retired U.S. Space Force General John Raymond to its board of directors. Raymond was the first chief of space operation for the USSF, holding the position from 2019 to 2022, Impulse said Wednesday.

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