Craig Reed, a veteran GovCon industry leader and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been named president and chief growth officer of Altamira Technologies, GovCon Wire has learned. He will be part of the newly formed executive management committee and will work with Altamira CEO Ted Davies and Chief Operating Officer Blaine Worthington to advance growth initiatives and improve operations, the company said Tuesday.

Altamira Technologies secured $65M in task orders in June and July to support the Department of Defense and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. The task orders cover data science, all-source analysis, insider threat analysis and mission engineering support for the NGA and DoD components and most of these awards have a one-year base term and four option years, Altamira said Tuesday.

Altamira Technologies has announced the appointment of human resources executive Caroline McConnell as chief human capital officer and national security leader Jason Siminski as vice president of business development.

Dave Wajsgras, a former Raytheon executive and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, and Ron Moultrie, a former senior national security official, have joined the board of directors of Altamira Technologies. “The management team at Altamira is thrilled to be able to work directly with Dave and Ron as we continue to grow our business, attract top talent and delight current and new customers across the defense and intelligence community," Ted Davies, CEO of Altamira and a former Wash100 inductee, told GovCon Wire.

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Altamira Technologies has added Adam Omar, John Price, Clay Sherman to its leadership team as the company aims to expand work on mission-critical national security programs.

Ted Davies, CEO of Altamira Technologies and previous Wash100 winner, has been appointed vice chair of the Industry Advisory Council, FCW reported Monday.

Blaine Worthington, formerly senior vice president for the defense portfolio at Altamira Technologies, has been promoted to chief operating officer.

President Trump announced on Wednesday that he’s selected Robert O’Brien to be the new National Security Adviser for the White House. O’Brien succeeds John Bolton, who left Trump’s administration last week. In his role, O’Brien will tackle everything from immigration policy to heightened tensions with Iran. He will be responsible …

The Senate confirmed Mark Esper on Thursday to be the next U.S. Defense Secretary to end the Pentagon’s longest period without a Senate approved leader in office. The 2019 Wash100 Award winner was confirmed by a 90 to 8 vote in the Senate to officially succeed Jim Mattis in the …