Executive Moves

Kevin Samuelson, formerly chief financial officer of Infor, has succeeded Charles Phillips as CEO of the business cloud software provider. Phillips has held the CEO post over the past nine years and will transition to a new role as chairman of the firm's board of directors, Infor said Wednesday.

Bruce Larson, former partner at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), will assume the role of chief human resources officer at global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) on Nov. 4.

Kelly Demaitre, a strategic human resources leader, has joined technology platforms provider Dovel Technologies as chief HR officer.

Margaret Dean, a 26-year U.S. Navy veteran and formerly strategic adviser for the asymmetric operations sector at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has assumed new roles as chief government relations officer and secretary of the board of managers at APL.

Laddie Irion, a more than three-decade aviation consulting industry veteran, has joined Parsons (NYSE: PSN) as aviation practice leader.

Sylvester Cotton, a more than two-decade veteran of the U.S. Army and government contracting industry, has been appointed vice president of growth for Calibre Systems’ defense market. He will oversee digital transformation and management consulting offerings in his new position, Calibre said Friday.

Josh Salmanson, a former NCI vice president, has been named chief architect and vice president of the business development and operations business at ECS. He will support ECS' efforts to transform platforms for the government and commercial sectors and brings 25 years of business leadership, sales and technology experience to his new position, the company said Thursday.

CAE (NYSE: CAE) announced the election of 10 directors to the company’s board during the annual meeting of shareholders.

Sean DuGuay, a three-decade information technology industry veteran, has joined ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) as vice president of business development, G2Xchange ETC reported Wednesday.

Sarah Abdow, formerly a vice president of Insignia Technology Services, has been appointed director of federal civilian health at General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday.