Executive Moves

Trinity Cyber appointed John Fraser, former federal civilian sales head of Securonix, as director of its government-focused business. The move is part of the technology company’s expansion to cater to federal customers, with Fraser bringing over almost two decades of technical sales, business development and strategic consulting experience, Trinity Cyber said Tuesday.  The James Madison […] More

Rory Read, senior vice president and head of business area global communications platform at Ericsson, has joined the board of directors of Booz Allen Hamilton. Read brings over 30 years of global technology leadership experience to the board, where he will serve on the audit committee, Booz Allen said Monday. He joined Ericsson as part of the company’s […] More

Blake Larson, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined the board of directors of Innovative Rocket Technologies. Asad Malik, CEO of iRocket, said in a statement published Friday Larson’s four-decade leadership experience across the aerospace business will help the board advance strategy and growth initiatives in the launch sector. In February 2022, Larson retired as corporate […] More

David Joyce, a four-decade veteran of General Electric, has been appointed chairman of AE Industrial Partners’ venture capital investment platform HorizonX. He will also serve as a strategic adviser to the private equity firm across its investment portfolio, AEI said Wednesday. AEI HorizonX invests in startups operating in aerospace, defense, enterprise and industrial markets.  “I […] More

Mark Miklos, a vice president at the defense and space business of Spirit AeroSystems, has been promoted to senior VP in a move slated to take effect April 1. He will assume his new position after Duane Hawkins, the unit’s president, retires at the end of March, the aerostructure manufacturing company said Wednesday. The 25-year […] More

Patrick Zeitouni has been appointed chief strategy officer of space-based radio frequency data and analytics provider HawkEye 360. In this role, Zeitouni will direct the organization’s efforts amid the changing space and national security landscape to drive company expansion and product strategy within the growing RF data and analytics market, HawkEye 360 announced from Herndon, Virginia on […] More

Alan Lynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined the advisory board of defense-oriented technology company Castellum. Lynn, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, was previously the vice president of engineering for Cisco System‘s emerging technology and incubations group, where he was responsible for the creation of new inventions in software and hardware, Castellum said […] More

Kyle Robinson, principal of business development at LMI, has been named to the board of directors of the National Defense University Foundation. The U.S. Air Force veteran with three decades of military service will be part of the corporate relations committee and assist in increasing the foundation’s involvement with its public and private sector partners, the […] More

Keith Masback, former president and CEO of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, has joined Cognitive Space as an independent member of its board of directors. The company said Tuesday he brings over 30 years experience, including as director of the Source Operations Group at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Masback has been an adviser to the […] More

Satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company Capella Space raised $60 million in fresh capital from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund as it seeks to meet the growing demand for high-quality synthetic aperture radar imagery and analytics services.  Capella Space said Tuesday the additional equity will support the San Francisco-based company in expanding its satellite imaging […] More

L. Neil Thurgood, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general with almost four decades of military service, has joined the board of advisers of the defense and space-focused company BlueHalo. As a member, Thurgood will be responsible for advising an array of strategic efforts to expand BlueHalo’s presence in the defense and national security markets, the company said Wednesday. […] More

Stan McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army four-star general, has joined the advisory board of artificial intelligence company Accrete.  The 34-year Army veteran previously led the U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan, as well as the Joint Special Operations Command, New York-based Accrete said Thursday.  McChrystal also served on the boards of Navistar International Corp., […] More