Executive Moves

Cedric Sims -- senior vice president in charge of Booz Allen Hamilton's (NYSE: BAH) justice, homeland security and transportation business -- has been named chairman of the American Heart Association's Executives with Heart campaign for 2020-2021. “I am thrilled to support a critical mission to improve health and well-being across the Greater Washington Region," Sims said.

Jason Gorman, an 11-year Department of Homeland Security veteran and most recently the chief operating officer at JTEK Data Solutions, has joined NTT Data as senior director of federal sales.

William LaPlante, formerly a senior executive at Mitre, will assume the president and CEO roles at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory on Oct. 7.

Veritas Capital has scheduled Oct. 1 as the date the private equity firm expects to complete its pending $5B cash acquisition of the U.S. state and local health and human services unit from DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC).

William Phillips, vice president for Army and Special Operations Forces field marketing at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has been appointed to serve on Day & Zimmermann's board of advisers. The 38-year Army veteran brings to the D&Z advisory board his experience in areas such as defense contracting, security and aviation, the company said Wednesday.

Maximus (NYSE: MMS) has appointed Andrew Sommers, formerly a senior policy adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services, to oversee a newly formed business unit that will focus on supporting public health initiatives in the government sector.

Andrew Boyd, former senior vice president of defense services at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined Idemia as president and CEO of the biometric technology provider's national security solutions unit.

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has appointed company veterans Christopher Copeland and Kyle Michl as chief technology officer and chief innovation officer, respectively. John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published Tuesday Copeland and Michl will help federal agencies advance their missions as they work to modernize their information technology systems.

Yogesh Khanna, former senior vice president and chief technology officer at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has been named chief technology and strategy officer of Woodbridge, Virginia-based information technology services contractor Sev1Tech.

American Systems has promoted Sheri Murphy, former director of information technology governance, risk and compliance, to vice president of quality assurance and continuous improvement. The 24-year company veteran will advise the leadership team on matters related to program and risk management, quality assurance and corporate business standards.