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Rick Simpson, formerly chief financial officer at CB Insights, has assumed the CFO position at Exostar, a Herndon, Virginia-headquartered provider of cloud-based secure business collaboration software. Simpson brings to the role three decades of experience overseeing corporate development, financial planning and analysis, human resources, corporate information technology and mergers and acquisitions for various companies, Exostar

Crystal Hair, a cloud strategist with nearly two decades of industry experience, has been named chief technology officer at A-TEK, a McLean, Virginia-headquartered provider of information technology services to government agencies. Hair will drive digital and technical strategies, oversee the implementation of the company’s digital road map and facilitate strategic partnerships with clients in her

Software developer Bluestaq has named Brandon Tripp, a previous director at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and former member of the Army special forces, as its new chief growth officer. Bluestaq announced the appointment on LinkedIn, touting Tripp’s “innovative leadership” and “extensive background in aerospace, defense, and data” — qualities that the