Executive Moves

Brian Young, a more than two-decade aerospace engineering professional, has been promoted to vice president of space control programs at Chantilly, Va.-based government contractor Centauri.

Randy Tharp, a former account management lead at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed vice president of Veterans Affairs programs at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT). "I’m honored to continue to serve our veterans in this new role, and look forward to working with our VA and Industry partners to deliver on our promise to care for those who shall have borne the battle," Tharp said.

Rod Phillips, formerly vice president of operations at McLean, Va.-based By Light Professional IT Services, has been promoted to chief learning officer.

Kevin Scott, chief technology officer of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), will assume additional duties as executive vice president of artificial intelligence and research in early 2020, CNBC reported Wednesday.

Mark Fabian, former strategic account executive at CA Technologies' federal business, has joined The Ambit Group as vice president of growth, G2Xchange ETC reported Wednesday. He brings more than 20 years of information technology capture and sales experience in the federal market.

Geoff Vaughan, a more than 19-year information technology industry veteran, has been appointed vice president of operations for Steampunk’s federal civilian sector.

Dan Azmon, vice president, controller and principal accounting officer at L3 Technologies, has been appointed chief financial officer of CPI Aerostructures.

Chris Hiltbrand, a veteran human resources executive, will serve as vice president of people at General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business starting Nov. 18.

Alex Morrow, an 18-year veteran of nonprofit research and development organization Battelle, has joined counter-drone technology developer Dedrone as vice president of defense solutions.

Sharon Hays, a senior fellow of LMI, has been named chief technology and strategy officer of the nonprofit consulting firm. She will lead the development of service offerings for the government sector, LMI said Tuesday.