Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
Steve Shpock, formerly a vice president of Stellant Systems, has been elevated to the chief operating officer role at the defense electronics company. He has more than 35 years of radio frequency and microwave business experience and will be responsible for driving operational performance across Stellant-run manufacturing and engineering facili...
ExecutiveBiz featured Anthony Verna, chief growth officer at Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed his new responsibilities as general manager of the company’s Rugged IoT business unit, the focus areas and recent growth initiatives of Cubic as well as the efforts...
Michael Williamson, vice president and general manager of missiles and fire control at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), will assume the role of senior VP for the company’s global business development and strategy on Nov. 1. He will succeed Tim Cahill, who will transition to the role of executive VP of the company’s MFC business segment,...
Meghan Gifford has been promoted from senior director to vice president of corporate development and strategy at Reston, Virginia-headquartered government technology provider Octo. She will collaborate with Octo’s executive leadership team and board of directors on overseeing the company’s strategic planning and merger-and-acquisition in...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Heather Dallara, vice president of contracts at Amentum, to talk about the most significant ways that the company is pursuing to advance its contract bidding offerings and processes. The Q&A also tackled Amentum’s workforce-related initiatives and how industry and governmen...
Richard Montoni, who served as CEO of Maximus for 12 years beginning in 2006, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in October 2017. Maximus credited Montoni with transforming the Reston, Virginia-based health and human services provider to “a highly focused, preeminent pa...
Swami Swaminathan has been promoted to the chief executive officer role at Reli Group, where he formerly served as a chief information officer for more than five years. Swaminathan, who has also served as acting CEO since July, will be responsible for overseeing Reli’s delivery and operational areas in his full-time position, the health infor...
This October is Cybersecurity Awareness month, and the federal government is taking multiple actions to better inform, prepare and protect Americans in the face of rising cyber threats. In a Sep. 30 proclamation, President Biden encouraged not only government and industry organizations, but also American citizens to employ measures like enablin...
Jeffrey MacLauchlan, senior vice president of finance at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been appointed to succeed Thomas Mutryn as executive VP, chief financial officer and treasurer. MacLauchlan’s promotion is effective Nov. 1 while Mutryn will stay on board as EVP until he officially retires on Jan. 9, 2023, the company said Monday. â€...
