Executive Moves

Cloud security provider Ermetic has picked Ben McGucken, regional vice president of sales for US Federal and Latin America, to lead the company’s efforts to secure certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Ermetic has started the process to achieve a FedRAMP Authority to Operate status and has tapped engineering and advisory services […] More

William Tedeschi, a former senior scientist in the Department of Energy’s intelligence and counterintelligence office, has been named as the newest technical fellow at non-profit corporation Mitre. In a Linkedin post on Thursday, Mitre said it will lean on Tedeschi’s expertise in nuclear weapons, threat assessments and high-altitude electromagnetic pulse disturbances to provide technical guidance […] More

Danya Trent, vice president of F-16 Programs at Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business, was tapped to take on an additional role as site lead for the defense contractor’s aircraft manufacturing facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Under Trent’s leadership, Lockheed said Monday the Greenville facility will seek to grow its F-16 production and maintain support for warfighter […] More

Kate Johnson, a veteran technology executive, will join Lumen Technologies to serve as president, CEO and a board member, effective Nov. 7. She will succeed the retiring Jeff Storey, who will stay with the company through the end of December to facilitate the transition process, Lumen said Tuesday. Johnson spent four years at Microsoft, where […] More

Chris Cummiskey, CEO of consulting firm Cummiskey Strategic Solutions and former acting under secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was added to the board of advisers of Millennium Corp., a contractor that offers cyber Red Team capabilities in both defense and federal civilian markets. “It is a privilege to join such an accomplished group […] More

Luis Lara, a nearly three-decade U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed director of business development at CGI’s federal subsidiary. The retired colonel shared the news of his appointment at CGI Federal in a LinkedIn post. Lara served as program manager for training systems at Marine Corps Systems Command from June 2018 until his retirement […] More

Maria Roat, former deputy federal chief information officer and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to the advisory board of Baltimore, Maryland-based digital experience platform vendor Aquia. The company said Wednesday that Roat is the third member of Aquia’s board tasked with advising executive staff and shareholders on matters related to growth strategy […] More

Scott Pitcher, formerly a contract manager and technology protection engineering subject matter leader at System High, has been promoted to lead the security engineering firm’s analytical research hub as technical director. He will oversee the development and deployment of protection technology offerings for the national security sector through the System High Analytical Research Center, the […] More

AE Industrial Partners has made four promotions including that of Tyler Rowe‘s from vice president to principal, effective immediately. The private equity firm said Thursday it also elevated Eugene Kim, Graham Kantor and Austen Dixon from senior associates to VP roles in recognition of their contributions to AE Industrial. Rowe, who is focused on early-stage investing, joined […] More

Sarah Kim, chief marketing officer of Iron Bow Technologies, was added to the Federal Partner Advisory Board of Dell Technologies. The Herndon, Virginia-based technology company said Thursday Kim takes on the role at Dell with close to 20 years of government technology-focused experience across federal, state, local, education and health care markets. Federal PAB works […] More

Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, a previous Wash100 Award winner, has joined the board of directors of Phase Four, a developer of radio frequency thrusters for satellite propulsion. Bridenstine, former congressman from Oklahoma, will bring to the role his leadership experience at NASA and help the company advance space sustainability through its electric propulsion systems […] More

Greg Harris, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who most recently worked as a Boeing vice president, has joined CoAspire to serve as a VP at the Fairfax, Virginia-based consulting and government relations services provider. Harris brings with him a 32-year experience and over 4,300 flight hours in the Navy, including serving as director of […] More