Integrated Data Services has appointed Charlie Kola as chief financial officer, the company announced Wednesday via LinkedIn. Kola steps into the CFO role, bringing more than two decades of financial leadership experience across the government services and defense technology sectors. Who Is Charlie Kola? The veteran entrepreneurial finance...
Travis Hite, vice president of innovation at Astrion, has assumed additional responsibilities as chief data officer at the defense and space technology company. Hite announced his new role at Astrion in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Advancing Astrion’s Unified Approach to Data & Digital Transformation “This new role builds on th...
General Dynamics Information Technology has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Lei Yu as vice president of artificial intelligence and data, and Anneke Christensen as vice president of growth for the company’s intelligence and homeland security division. Who Is Anneke Christensen? Christensen announced her new role in a recent L...
USA Rare Earth has named long-time Siemens USA executive Barbara Humpton as its new chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. The Stillwater, Oklahoma-based company said Monday Humpton, a five-time Wash100 Award winner, will join USAR’s board of directors. She will play a key role in advancing the company’s goal of establ...
Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has ordered U.S. generals and admirals from across the globe to convene for an urgent meeting on Tuesday morning at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior...
Raymond Richards has been appointed chief technology officer of RTX BBN Technologies. The executive announced his new position on LinkedIn Tuesday. Raymond Richards’ Career Achievements Before joining RTX, Richards spent nearly two years at Leidos as vice president of information and data sciences and VP of enterprise strategy ...
Tanya Pemberton, a 30-year industry veteran, has been appointed president and CEO of Aerospace Corp., effective Oct. 18. The advanced national space capabilities company said Thursday Pemberton will succeed Steve Isakowitz, who will retire after nine years of leadership. Pemberton steps into the role with extensive experience in gover...
Converged Security Solutions has appointed Gregory Garrett to the newly established role of chief operating officer. The company said Monday Garrett will lead its federal operations and oversee the implementation of its growth strategy across IT, cyber and integrated security, and digital transformation markets. “This role gives me the opportu...
Kepler Communications has appointed Beau Jarvis, a commercial space industry veteran, as chief revenue officer. In this capacity, Jarvis will oversee Kepler’s commercial strategy to advance the market adoption of its next-generation optical data relay network and drive revenue across government, commercial and international sectors. “Bea...
Rik Geiersbach, a long-time Boeing executive, has been named chief strategy officer at BWX Technologies. BWXT said Monday Geiersbach, who will report directly to President and CEO Rex Geveden, will spearhead the development, implementation and integration of the company’s enterprise strategy and merger and acquisition activ...
