Executive Moves

Mac Thornberry, former representative for Texas’ 13th congressional district and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has joined the advisory board of defense and space technology manufacturing company CesiumAstro. He will serve as a strategic adviser and provide guidance on national security matters as the company expands its services to the intelligence community and Department of […] More

Hawkeye 360 has named to its advisory board class of 2023 John Abizaid, a retired U.S. Army general; Kari Bingen, former deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence; Jim Cooper, former representative for Tennessee; and M. Sanjayan; CEO of Conservation International. The four new appointees will join Hawkeye 360’s 18-member board to contribute diverse expertise, […] More

Christopher Wood, formerly an independent consultant at Sparksoft, was tapped to serve as vice president of capture at the Maryland-based information technology consulting firm. He brings to his new role over two decades of industry experience and is now in charge of business development, capture and strategy across the firm’s core and emerging strategic accounts, Sparksoft said Friday. […] More

NASA veteran Davis Hackenberg has been appointed as vice president of government partnerships at Reliable Robotics. With a track record of promoting NASA-industry collaboration, Hackenberg’s experience aligns with Reliable’s mission to work with research organizations, civil government stakeholders and regulators both globally and internationally, the Mountain View, California-based company said Tuesday. Reliable Robotics Co-founder and Chief Technology […] More

Erin Macaluso, a two-decade finance professional in the aerospace and defense industries, has joined Capewell as chief financial officer. She will oversee Capewell’s strategic planning, investment, revenue forecasting and financial operations throughout the U.S. and Europe, the aviation combat equipment supplier said Monday. The certified public accountant previously held similar positions at Pursuit Aerospace and Pratt […] More

NetImpact Strategies has appointed Matt Spencer, former public sector account executive at software developer Elastic, as director of product sales. He will be responsible for sales operations and growth initiatives related to Digital Transformation 360, a product line of tools, playbooks and blueprints to aid federal government customers in their digital modernization projects, NetImpact said […] More

Carla Provost, a retired federal servant with 25 years of experience working at the U.S. Border Patrol, has been appointed as adviser at risk management company Constellis. Her time at USBP included serving as chief of the agency from August 2018 to January 2020, the Washington, D.C.-based company said Thursday. Terry Ryan, CEO of Constellis, said […] More

Jeremy Feinberg, a 15-year finance professional in the technology sector, has joined cybersecurity software and service provider SpiderOak as chief financial officer. His role will encompass financial reporting, budgeting, planning and forecasting functions, SpiderOak said Thursday. Feinberg was vice president of finance at ClearShark, an information technology provider to the federal sector, for the past […] More

Adam Overstreet, former senior counsel at HII, has been named vice president of legal affairs and chief compliance officer at Austal USA. His new responsibilities include overseeing legal issues in employment, labor and commercial transactions, as well as leading continuous implementation and enhancement of Austal USA’s compliance activities, the company said Tuesday. Overstreet’s law background […] More

Michael Brown, a previous Wash100 awardee who used to lead the Department of Defense’s innovation arm, was appointed as full-time partner at Shield Capital after serving as venture partner at the private equity firm since October 2022. He brings to the role his deep understanding of the firm’s artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity and space investments and his […] More

Brian Sutterfield, former systems engineering director at Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business, has been named as CEO of Lockheed subsidiary ForwardEdge ASIC, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Friday. ForwardEdge was established in a bid to fortify Lockheed’s design capabilities in application-specific integrated circuit and microelectronics, Sutterfield said. He spent most of his career at […] More

Phil Thiel, executive vice president at Dewberry and principal-in-charge of the company’s geospatial contracts, has been named as one of the new members of a committee responsible for making geospatial policy and management recommendations to the federal government. “The National Geospatial Advisory Committee plays a vital role in advancing the nation’s adoption and implementation of geospatial […] More