The Aspen Cybersecurity Group announced that 15 companies have expressed their commitment to implementing talent management principles meant to narrow the cybersecurity skills gap.

Ted Davies, CEO of Altamira Technologies and previous Wash100 winner, has been appointed vice chair of the Industry Advisory Council, FCW reported Monday.

Chris Sortzi, former vice president of U.S. public sector sales at software developer OpenText, has been appointed president of Informatica’s federal operations subsidiary, G2Xchange ETC reported Friday.

Debbie Granberry, former general manager of government health services at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has joined HighPoint Global as vice president of business development.

The General Services Administration has awarded 12 companies positions on a multiple-award contract for information technology services, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.

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.

Sylvester Cotton, a more than two-decade veteran of the U.S. Army and government contracting industry, has been appointed vice president of growth for Calibre Systems’ defense market. He will oversee digital transformation and management consulting offerings in his new position, Calibre said Friday.

Michael Lee, a federal information technology market veteran, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) as vice president for federal civilian business unit within the company’s mission solutions and services group, G2Xchange ETC reported Wednesday.

John Boyle, a 25-year government services market veteran, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) as senior vice president and chief growth officer at the company's mission solutions and services group.

Karoom Brown, chief global strategy, products and growth officer at OptumServe, has been promoted to the CEO position at Optum's federal health information technology services subsidiary, G2Xchange Health reported Thursday.