Executive Moves

Amanda Axsom, executive vice president of business development at Halfaker and Associates over the past three years, has elevated to the chief development officer role at the Arlington, Va.-based technology services provider.

Chuck Thompson, formerly executive vice president of operations at DirectViz Solutions, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based information technology engineering and professional services company.

The National Security Space Association has named eight new members to its board of directors. The appointments came a month after NSSA added Lester Lyles, a retired Air Force general, and Stephanie O'Sullivan, former principal deputy director of national intelligence, to the board, the association said Tuesday.

Charles Peter Leroy, former chief of staff for military and veterans health business operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named vice president of integration and operations within Mitre's public sector unit, the nonprofit company announced Tuesday.

Pamela Rothka, a more than two-decade corporate finance leader, has been appointed chief financial officer of ECS. She will lead the company’s accounting, strategic finance, contracts, business operations, pricing, facilities, mergers and acquisitions and divisional reporting, ECS said Tuesday.

Kim Weaver, a mortgage industry veteran, has been appointed vice president of financial technology solutions at Fairfax, Va.-based government technology services provider Pyramid Systems. She will support the company's financial technology and new client acquisition efforts in her new position, the company said July 27.

Rick Schult, former senior vice president of the defense division at E3/Sentinel, has taken a new role as executive VP for business development to help drive the McLean, Va.-based government contractor's organic growth strategies.

Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) has appointed Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries Software, to its board of directors, the company announced Tuesday. 

Daniel Gelston, a two-decade intelligence and defense industry leader, will begin serving as president of defense and security group at CAE (NYSE: CAE) on Aug. 24.

Criterion Systems has promoted senior vice presidents Charlie Doyle and Marcie Cheney to take on the respective roles of chief operating officer and chief strategy officer.