Executive Moves

Barry Broadus, former chief financial officer of nonprofit research organization SRI International, has been appointed to service in the same position at McLean, Va.-based information technology services provider Dovel Technologies.

Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has been promoted to senior VP of the company’s U.S. public sector organization.

Lisa Disbrow, who served as the 25th undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force from January 2015 to June 2017, has been appointed to serve on the audit and risk management committee of BlackBerry's (NYSE: BB) board of directors.

Mark Forman, former head of the global public sector business at Unisys (NYSE: UIS), has been appointed as vice president of digital government within the company's federal arm. He will lead innovation efforts meant to help customer agencies manage mission outcomes through digital transformation and cloud computing approaches, Unisys said Monday.

Stephen Prosser, a veteran intelligence community leader, has joined the IC team of Annapolis, Md.-based federal management consulting firm Deep Water Point.

Richard Harkey, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Whitney, Bradley & Brown, has joined the board of directors at technical services contractor Cornerstone Defense. He joined WBB in January 2018 and oversees  financial, operational, contracting, information technology and facility-related activities there, Cornerstone said Thursday.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Gilday formally succeeded Adm. John Richardson, two-time Wash100 Award recipient, as chief of naval operations during a ceremony that took place Thursday in Washington. "Gilday is a true cutting edge warfighter, a surface warrior who, by virtue of his leadership at 10th Fleet, fully appreciates the challenges we face in the cyber warfare arena and the increasing pace of competition in new domains,” Richardson said.

Anne Hughes, a more than 30-year health care industry veteran, has been named vice president of business development at Cognosante's civilian health unit, FedHealthIT reported Thursday. Cognosante is headquartered in Falls Church, Va., and offers technology and business process outsourcing services to government health organizations.

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.