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Penelope Prett, a senior managing director of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been promoted to chief information officer in a move that takes effect Dec. 1. She will succeed Andrew Wilson, who will continue to work with Accenture through January 2020, the company said Wednesday.

Paul Mountford, former CEO of Riverbed Technology and a more than 30-year information technology industry veteran, has joined data storage company Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) as chief operating officer.

Dave Kaufman, vice president and general manager of Ball Aerospace's national strategic defense business, has been promoted to chief operating officer of the company in a move that takes effect on Jan. 1.

Steven Smith, a retired U.S. Army major general, has joined professional services company Loch Harbour Group as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Mike Madsen, former vice president of integrated supply chain operations at Honeywell's (NYSE: HON) aerospace business, has been promoted to president and CEO of the unit. He succeeds Tim Mahoney, a 2016 Wash100 Award recipient.

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has promoted 15-year company veteran Rich Luhrs as president of its Comtech Systems subsidiary within the government solutions segment.

Ellen Pawlikowski, a retired U.S. Air Force general and former head of Air Force Materiel Command, has joined communications satellite services provider Intelsat as an independent member of its board of directors.

Acorn Growth Companies has appointed 38-year aerospace and defense industry veteran Rick Schmidt as president of the investment firm's new portfolio business, Black Sage Technologies.

Julie Sweet has begun her tenure as CEO of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) after leading the professional services firm's business in North America for the past four years.

Kevin Samuelson, formerly chief financial officer of Infor, has succeeded Charles Phillips as CEO of the business cloud software provider. Phillips has held the CEO post over the past nine years and will transition to a new role as chairman of the firm's board of directors, Infor said Wednesday.