Executive Moves

David Myers, a government telecommunications industry leader, will serve as president of Speedcast Government, starting Aug. 24, Monday, and eventually succeed the retiring Moe Abutaleb as CEO by early 2021.

Mark Peters, director of Idaho National Laboratory, will join Battelle as executive vice president for laboratory operations. Peters will work with INL and other national labs within Battelle’s portfolio to advance science and technology initiatives and facilitate community engagement and operations, the lab announced Thursday.

Ian Walsh, former chief operating officer at REV Group and a nearly two-decade veteran of Textron (NYSE: TXT), will join Kaman (NYSE: KAMN) to serve as president and CEO beginning Sept. 8. He will suceed Neal Keating, who is due to retire from Kaman during its 2021 shareholders meeting, the aerospace company said Thursday.

Tina Dolph, president and CEO of Siemens’ U.S. federal government subsidiary and two-time Wash100 awardee, has joined the board council at the Springfield, Va.-based nonprofit veteran service organization Hope For The Warriors.

Thomas Bossert, former chief strategy officer of Trinity Cyber, has been promoted as president of the Bowie, Md.-based managed threat prevention service provider. He took the helm a year after Trinity Cyber emerged from stealth mode to offer technology designed to help organizations defend against cyberattacks, the company said Wednesday.

Federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider will step down from his position by the end of this month after a nearly 27-year government career and move to Washington, D.C.-based law firm Venable as senior director of cybersecurity services, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.

Jose Arrieta, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) chief information officer (CIO), has resigned from his position with the agency, after spearheading the launch White House COVID-19 decisions system, FedScoop on reported Monday. Arrieta was appointed to the role in May 2019. In the role, Arrieta provided leadership and oversight of the Department’s $6.3 billion IT portfolio in support of HHS’ expansive mission to enhance the health and well-being of Americans.

Michelle Rudnicki, a two-decade industry veteran, has joined NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP) as vice president of the cloud data services provider's U.S. public sector business. She previously worked with government clients during her time at Virtustream and IBM (NYSE: IBM).

Michael House, a veteran GovCon industry leader, has been named vice president of business development of Siemens’ U.S. federal government subsidiary. He will oversee Siemens Government Technologies’ business capture planning, proposal and development operations in his new role, SGT said Thursday.

Joseph Tofalo, former vice president for program integration and assessment at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has taken on a new role at the company as VP for assessments and advanced technology.