- Klein retires Dec. 31 after joining CTC in 1993
- O’Saben and Bleehash take over Jan. 4 in a realigned structure
- The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2027 Defense R&D Summit on Feb. 4
Concurrent Technologies Corp. is dividing its chief financial officer’s responsibilities in two as John Klein retires at the end of the year. CTC told GovCon Wire on Thursday that Jo O’Saben will take the vice president and CFO title and Jay Bleehash will move into a newly created vice president and chief administrative officer post.
Both appointments will take effect Jan. 4. Klein will maintain his full-time executive duties through Dec. 31, after which he will serve in a part-time advisory capacity through the conclusion of CTC’s fiscal year — or beyond, if required — to support an orderly leadership transition. He joined the organization in 1993 as a business and financial analyst and has spent 38 years in corporate and financial management.
CTC President and CEO Christopher Hamilton described Klein as a cornerstone of the organization’s success for more than three decades.
“His steady leadership, financial expertise, and unwavering integrity have helped guide the company through significant growth and change,” he added.
CTC is among the sponsors backing the Potomac Officers Club’s 2027 Defense R&D Summit, convening Feb. 4 in Virginia, where Department of War and national security technology officials will take up unmanned systems, trusted AI and advanced space technologies. Save your seat now.
Who Is CTC’s New CFO, Jo O’Saben?
O’Saben will lead finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, and risk management. She currently serves as executive director, controller and treasurer, and has spent more than 30 years at CTC.
She joined in 1996 as a senior accountant, handling general ledger closings and fixed-asset tracking, then moved into budget and cost proposal work as a business analyst. She ran payroll, disbursements and general ledger operations beginning in 2003, became assistant controller and ethics specialist in 2016, and took over as controller in 2020. Before CTC, she was a trust accountant at USBANCORP Trust Company and spent more than two years as an assistant chief accountant with the CIA.
O’Saben holds a master’s degree from Geneva College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.
What Will CTC’s Chief Administrative Officer Do?
The chief administrative officer role was created to consolidate enterprise support functions under a single executive. As CAO, Bleehash will oversee talent strategy, corporate communications and brand strategy, information technology, contracts and acquisitions, and facilities and security.
Bleehash first worked at CTC as human resources manager from 1993 to 2008, then spent more than 16 years at Bayer, most recently as senior director and human resources talent lead for its radiology business. He returned to CTC in October 2024 as senior director of talent and brand strategy and became executive director of talent and brand strategy and chief ethics officer this August.
He holds a master’s degree from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of Pittsburgh.
What Other Leadership Changes Has CTC Made?
The transition is the latest in a year of turnover under Hamilton, who became president and CEO in June, succeeding Ed Sheehan.
CTC elected former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Tonya Wilkerson and retired Navy Capt. Errol Campbell to its board in October, as retired Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Yakovac stepped down at the end of his term. The organization named Marion Kennedy vice president of digital mission solutions earlier that month, Hans DeViso vice president of its engineering and advanced manufacturing division in May, and David Partsch chief data and information officer.
CTC competes for task orders under a Marine Corps Installations Command professional support services contract alongside Booz Allen Hamilton and KPMG. The Navy awarded contract modifications to the three companies in August, increasing their shared maximum ordering value by $96.7 million and bringing the estimated aggregate ceiling to $198.1 million.
