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David Young, senior vice president for strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, has been named SVP of the company’s newly established public sector group, GovCon Wire has learned.

Information technology distribution company Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) has agreed to acquire software and cloud technology aggregator DLT Solutions in a move to expand products portfolio and create opportunities for public sector channel partners.

Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has been promoted to senior VP of the company’s U.S. public sector organization.

Linda Zecher, who previously served as corporate vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined the board of directors at cybersecurity firm Tenable. “Linda’s expertise in strategic technology investments and business operations, especially in untapped and emerging markets, make her an exceptional addition to Tenable’s board,” said Amit Yoran, chairman and CEO of Tenable and former Wash100 Award recipient.

Dan Kent, a 28-year information technology industry veteran, has joined augmented identity and biometric systems provider IDEMIA as senior vice president and chief technology officer for identity and security business in North America.

W.B. "Mitch" Mitchell, a more than 25-year health care industry veteran, has been appointed group vice president of government solutions at Boston-based telehealth technology provider American Well.

Information technology industry veterans Steven Picot and Richard Breakiron have been named to sales leadership positions for the U.S. public sector at Commvault (Nasdaq: CVLT).

Rob Smith, a more than 25-year sales, marketing and management consulting veteran in the technology industry, has joined Pegasystems as vice president of U.S. public sector sales, GovConWire has learned.

Mike Daniels, an executive from Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has joined Google as vice president for global public sector cloud sales, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Mike Canning, a principal with Deloitte Consulting, has been named head of the company’s government and public services practice. He succeeds Dan Helfrich, who assumed this month the role of chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and will oversee a 15K-person team delivering consulting, financial and risk advisory services to federal and state government agencies, higher education and nonprofit organizations.