John Hillen has stepped down as CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions after five years at the helm and will serve as vice chairman of the company’s advisory board. William Cave and Laurie Villano will serve as interim co-chief executives and will continue to lead defense and intelligence solutions and cyber systems and solutions business lines, Sotera... 

SaraSuperfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986 Mathew SaraSuperfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986 Mathew, chairman and CEO at D&B Inc. since 2010, will retire from the commercial data and solutions provider byBudget Year May 2014. The company has hired executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart to help the company appoint Mathew’s... 

Brian Krzanich Brian Krzanich, a 31-year veteran of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and current chief operating officer, has been elected to succeed the retiring Paul Otellini as CEO on May 16. Krzanich was a unanimous choice byBudget Year the board of directors and becomes the sixth chief executive in the company’s history, Intel said Thursday. The board... 

Kelly Ortberg Kelly Ortberg, president of Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), has been appointed to succeed Clay Jones as chief executive, effective July 31. Jones has told the board of directors he plans to retire as CEO on that date but will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of the board, Rockwell Collins said Friday. “This decision was made as... 

Troy Clarke, formerly president and chief operating officer at Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), has been promoted to president and CEO and will also join the board of directors. The promotion is effective April 15 and he will succeed Lewis Campbell, executive chairman and interim CEO since August 2012, the company said Thursday. Clarke, a former... 

Ken Asbury Ken Asbury, former president and CEO at ASRC Federal and a 27-year Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) veteran, has joined CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as president and CEO, effective Wednesday. CACI’s corporate business development organization will report directly to Asbury as part of an organizational restructuring, the company said Wednesday. Asbury... 

Duane Andrews Duane Andrews will retire as chief executive of QinetiQ North America and be succeeded byBudget Year J.D. Crouch, president of the company’s technology solutions group, after the company’s fiscal year ends March 31. Andrews has held the reins at QinetiQ NA since 2006, when he left Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI)... 

Dave Herr BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has appointed Dave Herr, president of the support solutions sector, to serve as executive vice president of the service sectors, effective immediately. Herr will lead the support solutions sector until the company names a successor, BAE said Thursday. He will also join Linda Hudson, president and CEO, and Tom... 

Rob Strain Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has promoted Chief Operating Officer Rob Strain to succeed David Taylor as CEO, effective at the end of March. Taylor will retire from the company at that time after a 29-year career there, Ball Aerospace said Monday. Strain joined the company in March 2012 as COO after serving four years as director of... 

William Boyle Cubic Corp.’s (NYSE: CUB) board of directors has promoted Chief Financial Officer William Boyle to president and CEO in a series of executive moves, Cubic announced Friday. John Thomas Boyle, who also held the executive vice president title, has served as interim president and CEO of the San Diego-based firm since the death of founder...