Executive Moves

Dawn Meyerriecks, former deputy director of the CIA’s directorate of science and technology, has joined Mitre as a senior visiting fellow to provide advice and help the nonprofit company address national security issues. “[Meyerriecks’] work and breadth of knowledge in harnessing technology for national security will enhance work across the company and contribute to our […] More

Jon Taglieri, former Booz Allen Hamilton executive, has joined ASRC Federal as its chief financial officer. In his new role, Taglieri will take the helm of ASRC Federal’s financial planning and reporting activities, as well as its corporate accounting, compliance and cash delivery efforts, the Beltsville, Maryland-based company said Tuesday. Taglieri is also expected to oversee program […] More

Security imaging company RaySecur has added Mike Howard, former chief security officer at Microsoft, and Mark Sullivan, former director of the U.S. Secret Service, to its advisory board. Alex Sappok, CEO of RaySecur, said in a statement published Friday the two new advisers bring to the board first-hand experience in working in the corporate security […] More

Brandon Nelson, an over 10-year executive in the federal contracting space, has taken over leadership of FalconTek as the new president of the Herndon, Virginia-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business. FalconTek said Friday the newly appointed executive will head efforts to grow the company through the delivery of technical, professional and health care services offerings to […] More

Robert Ashley Jr., a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been selected as chair of information technology company NextgenID‘s board of advisors. NextgenID CEO Mohab Murrar said in a statement published Monday agencies have a need for modernized identity, credential and access management infrastructures and the appointment of the […] More

Caitlin Waldie, formerly director of finance at Assured Consulting Solutions, has been elevated to the role of chief financial officer of the company. Waldie managed ACS’ fiscal planning and financial operations and oversaw the implementation of the company’s financial strategy as head of finance, ACS said Thursday. Prior to ACS, she was director of development […] More

Peter Pace, retired U.S. Marine Corps general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of quantum computing company Rigetti Computing. Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Computing, said in a statement published Thursday Pace brings to his new role experience in leading national […] More

Lance Alsheimer has been promoted to serve as executive vice president and manager of the air-sea forces support sector at DCS, where he previously worked as VP. He now leads a team focused on naval and air weapons research and development, and succeeds Larry Egbert who is now the president and chief operating officer of […] More

Sintavia, a manufacturer of propulsion and thermodynamic systems, has tapped leaders from the aerospace, defense and space sectors and the additive manufacturing industry to join its newly established an advisory board and help company executives develop growth strategies. The company said Wednesday its new board consists of five executives who will also be responsible for […] More

Jay Malave, a former L3Harris Technologies executive who is an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named chief financial officer at Lockheed Martin. Malave’s career spans three decades and multiple senior-level financial roles in public and private sector organizations. Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said Tuesday the new […] More

Kathryn Sullivan and Steve Smith, two top U.S. science officials and former astronauts, have joined the advisory board of weather and climate security technology developer Tomorrow.io. The Boston, Massachusetts-based company said Friday the two advisers will work to support its business strategy that includes going public on Nasdaq and launching radar-equipped satellites in 2022. Sullivan […] More

Candace Givens, a more than 20-year defense industry leader and spaceflight engineering executive, has joined Virgin Orbit as vice president of engineering. She will work closely with Kevin Sagis, chief engineer and senior vice president of technology at Virgin Orbit, as the company continues to scale up its space launch operations to meet the increasing demand […] More