Executive Moves

Kelum Pinnaduwage, former discretionary investments director at Northrop Grumman‘s aeronautics sector, has transitioned to the role of strategic planning and development director at the aerospace and defense company’s mission systems business, according to a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In his previous post, the decade-long Northrop executive handled financial planning and management duties. Pinnaduwage also assumed other […] More

Susan Indermill, who has been with BIT Systems since 2004, was appointed as director for strategic national initiatives at CACI International, the executive announced via a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Indermill has been serving as the national tactical coordinator and capture executive at BIT Systems, a CACI International business unit, since 2015. She also worked […] More

Chris Emerson, former CEO and chairman of Airbus‘ U.S. space and defense business, has joined the board of directors of Firefly Aerospace to provide industry expertise as the company pursues space transportation opportunities. Emerson brings to the Firefly board more than 25 years of experience in aerospace and defense, space as well as commercial aviation, […] More

Michael Jung, former vice president for government affairs at Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, has been named the first executive director of an ICF center focused on providing climate research and insights. The executive brings to his new role at ICF Climate Center his 25-year experience in working with private and public organizations on strategies related […] More

Voyager Labs has named Courtney Bromley, a more than three-decade veteran of IBM, as CEO and announced its plan to relocate the base of its global business operations to the U.S. from Israel. Bromley, who has led the artificial intelligence-based company’s U.S.-based subsidiary since April, is credited with retaining Voyager Analytics’ customer base and achieving […] More

Vector Launch appointed Jeffrey Lane, a defense and aerospace industry veteran with 40 years of experience, as chief technology officer.  Lane will be responsible for creating and implementing technology strategies within Vector, the company said Tuesday.  The executive recently had a five-month stint as a consultant at Lane Aerospace and previously served as chief engineer […] More

Maximus has promoted Arvenita Cherry to the roles of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and president of the government services provider’s foundation. Cherry took over John Boyer, who served as Maximus Foundation‘s president for 17 years and will remain the foundation’s chairman until his retirement, Maximus said Monday. Following his retirement within the […] More

Former Central Intelligence Agency executive Susan Gordon has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board along with several other new inductees. Gordon, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, will join leaders such as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen and LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the board, to help encourage a technology pipeline […] More

Christopher Eastman, who has been with Lockheed Martin for almost two decades now, was promoted to a director role focused on command, control, communications, computers, cyber-defense and combat systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance advanced concepts, according to a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Prior to the promotion, Eastman worked as senior manager for C6ISR advanced […] More

Charles Whitaker, a U.S. Army veteran with over 30 years of military and industry experience, was named as vice president of strategy at service-disabled veteran-owned small business Barbaricum. In this role, Whitaker will steer the government contracting company’s global strategy to support warfighters, Barbaricum said Thursday. Whitaker was recently the chief operating officer at METIS […] More

Whitney Barrera, former director of talent management at defense contractor Illuminate, was appointed as vice president of talent at Intelligent Waves, where she will have oversight of its workforce expansion initiatives. The information technology integrator said Tuesday Barrera brings to her new role expertise in recruiting public sector veteran and civilian candidates and experience in […] More

Zee Hussain, an AT&T veteran of more than 20 years, has been named the new president of the company’s Public Sector business, AT&T announced on Monday. The leadership change will become official on Oct. 16th with Hussain succeeding Jason Porter, a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient who held the role for more than three years and will be […] More