Executive Moves

Jeff Matthews, a founding member of Deloitte’s space sector practices, has been appointed director of strategy at orbital spaceplane builder Radian Aerospace. In his new role, Matthews will assess Radian’s competitors and the overall spaceplane industry, establish relationships with U.S. government clients and build strategic industry partnerships, the company said Wednesday. He has more than […] More

Mike Saliter, a two-decade enterprise sales and services veteran, has been named senior vice president of strategy at McLean, Virginia-based information technology services provider Steampunk. Steampunk said Tuesday Saliter joins the company from his prior role as global vice president for Splunk’s platform and cloud business. He previously led industry services, global strategic accounts and […] More

Palantir Technologies has created its first federal advisory board and selected a host of leaders with government and military experience to assist in tailoring the company’s services to meet defense, intelligence and homeland security needs. Among the newly announced members are Christine Fox, former acting deputy secretary of defense, Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air […] More

Lisa Porter and Michael Griffin, co-presidents of LogiQ, have been added to the advisory board of intelligent radio frequency company AiRANACULUS. The new advisers have worked in several government and private sector roles and will bring experience in defense and aerospace development and management, AiRANACULUS said Monday. Porter formerly led research and development efforts for […] More

Defense contractor Leidos has elevated two of its team members, Steve Cook and Paul Engola, to top positions within its Dynetics business. Cook will serve as group president of Dynetics and Engola will be deputy group president of the wholly owned Leidos subsidiary, effective April 1, the company said Tuesday. “I’m excited to see Steve and Paul grow the company’s […] More

Patricia Porter, vice president and head of global talent acquisition at insurance provider MetLife, has been added to the board of directors of Two Six Technologies. She will use her experience in talent acquisition, employer branding and other human capital management efforts to advise Two Six Technologies on strategies for an expanding employee base,  the […] More

Thomas Oh, formerly senior manager for business operations at Peraton, has been appointed to serve as a principal at information technology company Signature Federal Systems, FedHealthIT reported Friday. Oh holds experience in the areas of business operations, enterprise IT strategy and project management. His career also includes work at Trowbridge & Trowbridge, ArcSource Group and […] More

David Park, formerly director of mobile development and digital services at Peraton, has joined GovCIO to serve as senior director of digital services, FedHealthIT reported Thursday. Park will be responsible for overseeing the information technology company’s $70 million program dedicated to customers in the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, he will lead the agile […] More

Google’s government and education arm has named cloud and analytics executive Stephen Elliott as its head of artificial intelligence solutions. According to his LinkedIn profile, Elliott will collaborate with public sector customers in his new role to deliver cloud and artificial intelligence technologies, with a particular focus on leveraging the Palantir Foundry platform. Elliott began his […] More

Zachary Krevor, previously president and chief operating officer of Stratolaunch, was promoted to president and CEO of the Seattle, Washington-headquartered hypersonic flight testing provider.  Krevor is a 20-year veteran in the aerospace industry, where he supported the development of alternative aircraft and spacecraft technologies and the capture of defense, research, reconnaissance and space contracts, Stratolaunch […] More

Janet Brewer and Jim Gallagher, former executives at Perspecta, were named to the executive leadership team of Arcfield to oversee its human resources and legal operations, respectively. Brewer will lead the execution of people-related initiatives as chief people officer while Gallagher will provide advice on law, privacy, contracting, investment and compliance as chief legal officer, […] More

Timothy Ray, former chief of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, has joined digital infrastructure company SEMPRE as a strategic adviser. SEMPRE said Wednesday the retired Air Force general will draw from his strategic deterrence experience to help in the development of the company’s automated technology for providing electromagnetic pulse-resistant military communications. Ray entered […] More