Executive Moves

James Nowicki, formerly an account manager at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology business as an account growth director, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday. He will lead GDIT's efforts to identify and pursue new business opportunities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has promoted company veterans Lynn Bamford and Kevin Rayment to president of defense and power segments and head of commercial/industrial segment, respectively.

Nico Popp, former senior vice president for cloud and information protection at Symantec, has been named chief product officer of cybersecurity company Forcepoint.

Jennifer Rhea, a federal information technology industry professional, has been appointed senior director of growth within Octo Consulting Group’s federal civilian unit, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday.

Tara Murphy Dougherty, former president of Govini's national security business, has succeeded Chris Taylor as CEO of the government market research company.

Brandi Smith, an 18-year executive at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division.

Judi Dotson, an executive vice president responsible for Booz Allen Hamilton's (NYSE: BAH) joint combatant command business, will transition to a new role as head of the company's national security unit beginning on April 1.

Stephen Iwicki, founder of Blue Water Advisory Services, has joined Octo Consulting Group as a vice president.  Iwicki said in a LinkedIn post that he will be responsible for Octo's growth strategy in the defense and intelligence sectors.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gens. Samuel Cox, Samuel Greaves and Steven Shepro to serve in new leadership positions within the defense and space business, GovCon Wire has learned.

Todd Probert, a 10-year Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) executive, will assume the role of president of defense and security group at CAE (NYSE: CAE) on Jan. 27.