Executive Moves

Black & Veatch has appointed Steve Scott, Mohan Singh, John Somerville and Rod Staponski to vice president roles as part of the company’s federal service expansion strategy. “Based throughout the U.S., these four experts bring tremendous experience in defense-related program management,” Randy Castro, president of the federal business at Black …

Tracy Denny, a federal information technology market veteran, has joined Herndon, Va.-based Acuity Systems as chief growth officer to oversee business and corporate development and sales and marketing initiatives. He brings to the role over two decades of operational leadership experience with IT, consulting and health care services companies, the …

Amela Wilson, former vice president of sensor and fire control solutions at Elbit Systems of America (Nasdaq: ESLT), has been named vice president and general manager of the surveillance division within joined FLIR Systems‘s (Nasdaq: FLIR) government and defense business. Wilson will be based in Washington, D.C., and responsible for …

Nazzic Keene, chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and a 2019 Wash100 winner, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as the company’s CEO. She will succeed Tony Moraco, who will retire on July 31 after a 13-year career with SAIC, the company said …

Carl Buffington, former chief technology officer of ASRC Federal and a more than 20-year technology industry veteran, has been appointed chief growth officer at Koniag Government Services. He will lead the development and implementation of growth strategies related to operational collaboration, mergers and acquisitions, executive leadership and business development, Koniag …

Deloitte US has appointed Joseph Ucuzoglu as CEO and Janet Foutty as board chair in a couple of leadership changes slated to take effect on June 2. Ucuzoglu, currently the chairman and CEO at Deloitte & Touche LLP, has managed all transformation efforts for the audit and assurance practice over …

Thomas Payne, formerly senior director of operations at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, was appointed vice president of the defense and intelligence solutions business at Pragmatics. He will succeed the retiring Mike Yocom and will lead efforts to grow the unit’s service offerings for the intelligence community and defense sector, Pragmatics …

Daniel Smith, former chief financial officer at MicroPact, was appointed to the same role at  Tyto Athene, a systems integrator based in Herndon, Va. Smith brings 25 years of finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, banking and valuation consulting experience to the company, according to a statement released by Tyto …

Anna Steinberg, a 17-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), joined AbleVets, a health information technology services contractor based in Chantilly, Va., as vice president of growth. Steinberg will bring two decades of experience in the federal health market to focus on AbleVets’ growth strategy through business development, market …

Mark Lee, a senior vice president at ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), has been named head of the consulting and digital services company’s public sector group. He will succeed Ellen Glover, an executive VP who is set to retire on May 3, and oversee the delivery of services to federal, local and …