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Thomas Moore, a 39-year U.S. Navy veteran and former head of Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) nuclear and environmental services business as vice president of nuclear operations. The retired Navy vice admiral will oversee nuclear programs for the Department of Energy portfolio within HII's technical solutions division, led by Andy Green, the company said Wednesday.

David Goldfein, former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named a senior adviser at New York-based investment company Blackstone (NYSE: BX). Goldfein retired from the Air Force in October with the rank of general after 37 years of service and will provide advice to the Blackstone leadership on investment and strategic matters, the company said Thursday.

William Conley, chief technology officer of Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), has been named to the board of directors for the National Defense Industrial Association's Central Georgia chapter. He will serve as a board member for a term of up to six years, Mercury Systems said Thursday.

Kent Wilcher, former vice president of growth and sales at Jacobs (NYSE: J), has been named senior vice president and chief growth officer at Los Angeles-based space systems technology provider LinQuest.

Sehlke Consulting, an Arlington, Virginia-based management consulting and professional services firm, has promoted 30 employees in line with its leadership initiatives like the Sehlke Mentorship Program.

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated William Burns, a 33-year U.S. Foreign Service veteran and current president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to be the CIA's next director. Sen. Mark Werner, D-Va., the Senate Intelligence Committee's incoming chairman, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., welcomed the nomination of Burns to the CIA leadership position.

Andras Szakal, formerly an executive at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and a more than three-decade industry veteran, has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer of The Open Group. He will lead the consortium's technical strategy and strategic vision for evolving standards in his new role, The Open Group said Monday.

Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) has appointed Robert Carey, a public sector cybersecurity veteran, as president of the company's government solutions business and a vice president within its public sector unit, according to G2Xchange FedCiv. Carey brings more than three decades of federal work experience to the Palo Alto-based enterprise data management software provider.

Fluor (NYSE: FLR) has announced a new organizational structure that will see the company operating in three business segments – mission solutions, energy solutions and urban solutions - starting in the first quarter of the year.

President-elect Joe Biden plans to appoint Anne Neuberger, director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, as deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity within the National Security Council, Politico reported Wednesday.