Executive Moves

Susan Lawrence, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been named the first female president and CEO of AFCEA International in a move that takes effect Jan. 1. She will succeed the retiring Robert “Bob” Shea, who will continue to serve as a permanent director on AFCEA’s board of […] More

Systems Planning and Analysis has tapped former U.S. Marine Corps engineer Edwin Stewart to serve as director of the company’s Navy and Marine Corps initiatives. Stewart will develop and execute expansion strategies for SPA’s Navy, Marine Corps, NAVSEA and Warfare Center businesses in his new role, the Alexandria, Virginia-based company said Monday. Prior to joining SPA, […] More

Aaron Seib has rejoined NewWave as senior vice president of strategy and innovation following his stint as VP of innovation at OnyxHealth, a sister company of the Elkridge, Maryland-based services provider. The industry veteran with three decades of health information technology experience will oversee NewWave’s efforts to develop products and services based on fast health […] More

Eric Axelbank, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been promoted to the role of chief growth officer at Amyx, where he previously served as vice president of growth. In his new role, Axelbank will be responsible for the company’s market expansion in cybersecurity, eDiscovery, application modernization and other areas as well as in the company’s […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has opened a new Maryland-based facility that will serve as a testing environment for 5G technologies. The new 5G laboratory in Annapolis Junction will house 5G testing activities related to artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, cybersecurity, immersive and emerging applications, the company said Wednesday. The facility employs Booz Allen’s network, cloud and security expertise, […] More

Kevin Buddelmeyer will transition from his current role as vice president of special projects at RPS Defense to executive vice president of business development, effective Jan. 1. The Dallas, Texas-based defense services provider said Tuesday the 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran was a key player in expanding its aerospace offerings and capabilities. According to Buddelmeyer, […] More

Mark Agerton, a more than 30-year veteran of the health care management industry, has joined Syft as senior vice president of federal sector, responsible for the segment’s sales and business development activities. In his new role, Agerton will manage the development and offering of platforms built to support inventory and supply chain management at military […] More

Tony Trenkle, former chief information officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has joined the advisory board of Onyx Technology, a subsidiary of NewWave. Onyx Technology said Tuesday Trenkle brings more than two decades of experience in leading health information technology initiatives for commercial companies and federal government agencies, including the HITECH electronic […] More

David Cadorette, a Seacorp senior vice president who has been with the company for more than two decades, was named as the next president of the Middletown, Rhode Island-based provider of systems engineering, software, and test and evaluation services. He will take over the president role in January from incumbent David Lussier, who will then […] More

Ty Henrichsmeyer, a cybersecurity leader, has joined NetCentrics as director of technology and solutions. He brings to the company decades of cyber protection, incident response, operations and supply chain risk management experience and will oversee cybersecurity teams supporting government agencies, military and commercial clients, NetCentrics said Monday. NetCentrics CEO Kenny Cushing said Henrichsmeyer has experience […] More

HDT Global, a Solon, Ohio-headquartered defense products manufacturer, has established an advisory board and appointed former high-ranking U.S. military leaders Peter Talleri, Alan Thompson and Stephen Twitty as its new advisers. The three retired officials bring to the newly formed HDT board of advisers experience in the military, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics sectors, Vince […] More

Rich Sawchak, former chief financial officer at Novetta, has assumed the same position at Hypori, where he will be responsible for overseeing operations across finance, business, human resources, facilities management, recruiting and legal affairs for the Austin, Texas-based Software-as-a-Service provider. Hypori said Friday Sawchak brings to the company his extensive experience in areas of financial management, […] More