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Kay Kapoor, former president of AT&T's (NYSE: T) global public sector organization and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been recommended by a committee of COMSovereign Holding's board of directors for appointment as an independent director.

Christen Smith, former vice president of management advisory services at LMI, has taken a new role as VP of the nonprofit company's federal health and civilian market. Smith said in a LinkedIn post published Friday that she aims to continue LMI's efforts to help government customers manage health care delivery and federal work environments as well as drive scientific and space innovation efforts.

Samantha Young, former strategic initiatives lead for safety and citizen services portfolio at Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal arm, has joined Steampunk as vice president of sales. She brings two decades of sales and business development experience to the information technology services provider.

Ken Asbury and Sid Ashworth, respectively former executives at CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), have been appointed to serve on Geospace Technologies' board of directors starting Dec. 1. Asbury and Ashworth are past recipients of the Wash100 Award.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 13, 2020 — nLight has expanded its board of directors with the appointment of Camille Nichols, executive vice president for project services at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army major general who brings expertise on military procurement, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 6.

Dennis Via, an executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and a retired U.S. Army general, has been appointed to the board of directors at San Francisco-based data analytics company Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK).

Bryan Ware, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will step down from his post at DHS on Friday, Nov. 13, to join the private sector, CyberScoop reported Thursday. Ware, who served as assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, told the publication he is looking to establish a new technology company. 

Ken Sharp, a veteran finance leader, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer at DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) on Nov. 30.

Christopher Young, former CEO of computer security software provider McAfee (Nasdaq: MCFE), has joined Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as executive vice president of business development. He will report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and oversee the technology firm's global BD strategies that include strategic alliances, joint ventures and venture investments.

Theodore Zobel, former director of business development at Leonardo DRS, has joined McKean Defense Group as a vice president and manager for the Naval Sea Systems Command account.