Executive Moves

Tom Kennedy, formerly vice president of public sector at Rubrik, has joined Axonius to serve as VP at the software company’s government-focused subsidiary. As VP of Axonius Federal Systems, Kennedy will be tasked to continue scaling the business following a 152 percent year-over-year growth in 2021 and to expand its federal marketplace footprint, the company […] More

Matt Ofilos, formerly executive vice president of Parsons, has been elevated to the chief financial officer post at the information technology company, effective July 25. Parsons has also appointed George Ball — who Ofilos is succeeding as CFO — and defense industry veteran Ellen Lord to its board of directors, the Centreville, Virginia-headquartered company said Monday. Carey Smith, chair, […] More

Debanjan Saha, president and chief operating officer of DataRobot, has been appointed to serve as CEO of the artificial intelligence-powered cloud platform developer on an acting basis. The interim chief executive will take over Dan Wright, who is stepping down more than a year after taking on the position and will continue to serve in […] More

Robert Morse, an information technology leader with more than 30 years of government and industry experience, has been appointed senior solutions architect at General Dynamics’ IT segment. In his new role, Morse will provide U.S. federal judiciary customers with IT services in support of their missions, GDIT said Tuesday. He most recently served as the […] More

Timothy Rumford, formerly an operating unit director within Northrop Grumman‘s tactical space systems division, has been appointed vice president of operations at Leesburg, Virginia-based aerospace technical services provider Optimum Technologies. Rumford comes to OpTech with three decades of aerospace industry experience across business, program management and engineering areas, the company said Monday. In his previous […] More

Defense contractor ADS have promoted two of its vice presidents to join the executive team and support growth opportunity pursuits. Julie Cooke will transition from VP of vertical sales to the role of chief growth officer at ADS and Mark Libonate will move from VP of market sales to chief sales officer post, the Virginia Beach, Virginia-based company […] More

Jay Cohen, a 38-year U.S. Navy veteran, has been appointed an advanced technical solutions consultant at asset protection company Mistras Group. The retired Navy rear admiral will offer advice to Mistras’ leadership team on opportunities to expand its presence across the defense and naval infrastructure sector, the company said Wednesday. Cohen is a principal of […] More

Steve Cover, a more than 20-year technology industry veteran, has joined public sector software provider CentralSquare Technologies as chief technology officer. Cover will lead the company’s strategy to maintain an agile software development process and create value for its government customers, CentralSquare said Tuesday. He most recently served as Ultimate Kronos Group’s vice president of human […] More

Tom Watson, senior vice president of defense services business group at Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary, has been selected to succeed the retiring Dave Dacquino as CEO, effective Sept. 1. Dacquino, a two-time Wash100 awardee who has been serving as Serco Inc.’s chairman and CEO since 2017, will continue to serve as chair of the […] More

Susan Repo, chief financial officer of synthetic aperture radar satellite operator ICEYE, has joined the board of directors of 3D data platform developer Matterport. The executive will contribute leadership experience gained from previously working at MariaDB, Tesla, Juniper Networks and Agilent Technologies to the Matterport board, where she will serve as chair of its audit committee, the spatial […] More

Cloud security company Redacted has appointed Jim Hansen, former chief operating officer and co-founder of Mandiant, to serve as CEO. Hansen will replace Max Kelly, who will transition to the executive chairman role after serving as chief executive for the past seven years, Redacted said Monday. “As a customer-obsessed leader with an extreme bias towards […] More

Dependable Health Services has received funding from M33 Growth and, in connection, John Sanders, operational adviser at the investment firm, has joined the San Antonio-based staffing agency as CEO. Sanders brings to his new role experience in working with the Customs and Border Protection and other Department of Homeland Security offices as well as with […] More