Tag Archives: Executive moves

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gens. Samuel Cox, Samuel Greaves and Steven Shepro to serve in new leadership positions within the defense and space business, GovCon Wire has learned.

J.D. Kuhn, formerly chief financial officer and controller of Salient CRGT, has joined national security services provider EverWatch as CFO, the company announced Thursday. “J.D. is an experienced executive in building mid-sized national security prime contractors,” said Dr. John Hillen, CEO of EverWatch. “Our aggressive organic and inorganic build requires …

Urs Kiener, chief financial officer of RUAG International, will serve as acting CEO of the newly formed technology company, succeeding Urs Breitmeier after Switzerland-based defense and aerospace contractor RUAG separated into two new subholding entities.

Luis Visoso, former chief financial officer of Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) worldwide consumer segment, has assumed the CFO role at Amazon Web Services, Business Insider reported Tuesday.

Danny Deep, chief operating officer of General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) land systems business, has been promoted to succeed Gary Whited as president of the same unit.

Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has named Angela James, formerly senior account executive for the Department of Defense at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), as a business development executive. Lauren Ingram, who previously worked at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in Veterans Affairs business development role, has taken the position of health client executive at Perspecta.

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.