Executive Moves

Robert Moore, a more than 25-year defense and aerospace industry veteran, has been named president of the federal services group at Alexandria, Va.-based contractor VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC).

Jake Sauer, senior director of of the survivability and strike business area at Ball Aerospace, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the company's tactical solutions unit.

David Cox, former senior director at General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has been named leader of Perspecta’s (NYSE: PRSP) health promoter segment, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday.

Brian Shackley, a vice president and controller at AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV), will serve as the company’s chief financial officer on an acting basis starting Oct. 18.

Jeff Kunins, formerly vice president of Alexa Entertainment at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) Alexa Entertainment, has joined public safety technology provider Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN) as chief product officer and executive VP of software.

Patricia Obermaier, founder and former CEO of consulting firm Resigility, has joined Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as vice president for U.S. health and life sciences, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday.

Michael Hoskin, a retired Army brigadier general, has joined management consulting services firm Guidehouse as a director and senior adviser to the defense sector.

Mark Burge, formerly a scientist at Noblis and Mitre, has joined IDEMIA's national security solutions business as chief artificial intelligence officer.

Tyler Evans, a more than 25-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been promoted to senior vice president of the defense business unit at Aerojet Rocketdyne.

William Conley, most recently director of electronic warfare at the Department of Defense, has joined Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) as chief technology officer, C4ISRNET reported Monday.