Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has appointed finance and technology leader David Farnsworth as chief financial officer and added Roger Krone, former chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and a 10-time Wash100 awardee, to the board as an independent director. Farnsworth will officially assume the CFO role at Mercury Systems on July 17, and will...
Shea Ferring was elevated to the role of chief technology officer at Firefly Aerospace, where he recently served as senior vice president of engineering responsible for leading its four key launch vehicle product activities. In a LinkedIn post Wednesday, the AE Industrial Partners portfolio company highlighted Ferring’s contribution to the Fir...
SkillStorm has proposed three steps public and private organizations should take to address the potential “technical skills shortage tsunami” by 2030 and one of the measures is allowing for more knowledge and skills-based professions that do not require a college degree. Organizations should recognize and accept potential candidates’ years of ...
Tanya Pemberton, senior vice president of the national systems group at The Aerospace Corporation since September 2019, has been appointed executive vice president in a move that will take effect at the start of 2024. Aerospace said Thursday she will succeed Wayne Goodman, who is set to retire in December after a 36-year career at...
It’s a cliché at this point to say the government moves slowly in terms of technology modernization and procurement of new tools and services. However, sometimes societal occurrences and world events come knocking and shake bureaucracy out of its glacial processes, forcing the federal sector to act sooner and faster. The combined effects of major...
When Leidos Vice President and Tech Fellow John Mears was trying to log in to his Internal Revenue Service account, he failed, because their knowledge-based authentication system didn’t provide the proper options, mistaking him for another John Mears in a neighboring state. Aware President and CEO Robert Eckel had a similar exp...
Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, and Bruce Crawford, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, have joined the board of directors of Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL). Lord and Crawford bring to Comtech’s board their government and industry experience in the field of capability development, bud...
Leigh Barnhill, a finance executive with nearly a decade of experience with General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and its information technology business, has joined Omni Federal to serve as chief financial officer and support the digital transformation firm’s growth efforts. According to a LinkedIn post, Barnhill is a senior leader with extensive finan...
Neil Thurgood, a 37-year U.S. Army veteran, has been appointed to a senior vice president role at defense technology provider Anduril Industries. Anduril said Tuesday the retired Army lieutenant general will lead the company’s strategy for addressing capability priorities related to counter-unmanned air systems, air and missile defense, tactic...
Amy Davis, former deputy chief of the National Security Agency’s Office of Security and Counterintelligence, has been named senior vice president and chief security officer at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). She will oversee companywide security operations and national security standard compliance efforts in her new position, Leidos said Monday. Davis wo...
