Executive Moves

Peter Ward, a 19-year veteran of BAE Systems, has joined ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT) as vice president of human resources and talent acquisition within the mission solutions and services group.

John Noseworthy, president and CEO emeritus at Rochester, Minn.-based nonprofit medical center Mayo Clinic, has been appointed to serve on Mitre’s board of trustees for a term of up to three years.

Ryan Smith, a defense industry veteran, has been named CEO of Fincantieri’s marine systems business for North America.

Deirdre Walsh, former chief operating officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has been appointed vice president of Washington, D.C. operations at Ball Aerospace.

The Senate voted 49-44 Thursday to confirm Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) as the new director of national intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Trace Systems has appointed Sandra Jamshidi and Joshua Gillen to lead the company’s Information Solutions Group (ISG), Coalition Interoperability and Information Sharing, the company reported on Monday.  “We are excited to have both Sandra and Josh join our Trace family. They will be a tremendous value add to the Secretary …

Luis De Leon Chardel, senior vice president of operations and deputy head of RUAG's space business, has been appointed to lead the segment on an acting basis beginning in June.

Keith Alexander, founder and co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, has become the inaugural member on the advisory board of Ashburn, Va.-based security company Telos.

Bill Weber, a more than three-decade national security and technology industry leader, has joined the board of directors of Arlington, Va.-based government services contractor Buchanan & Edwards.

Margie Graves, former deputy federal chief information officer, has joined the board of advisers of Reston, Va.-based systems engineering company Brillient. She will provide input on how to work with the federal government in technology areas such as cloud, data analytics and cybersecurity, Brillient said Monday.