Executive Moves

Jeff Shen, a 20-year federal contracting and business development veteran, has been promoted to president of Reston, Va.-based Red Team Consulting.

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James Arden Barnett Jr., a 32-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined RigNet as senior vice president of government services at the Houston-based broadband and networking technology provider.

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EY has made a series of leadership changes as part of its transaction advisory services business’ move to merge infrastructure capabilities across practices in the Americas. The move also aims to facilitate the delivery of services to clients in public and private sectors that develop, operate and acquire transportation, power and utilities, telecommunications and other critical infrastructure, EY said Monday.

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Joe Lombardozzi, Roy Fleischer and Ellen Evans have joined the business development team of Easton, Md.-based government program quality management services contractor Qlarant. Qlarant said Friday Lombardozzi, formerly vice president of business growth at IBM‘s Truven Health Analytics subsidiary, will serve as VP for sales and business development. He spent nearly 17 years at CGI‘s federal business and eight […] More

Darron Makrokanis, formerly vice president of federal sales and field operations at Druva, has joined Mesosphere as VP of the cloud technology firm’s public sector business. Mesosphere said Thursday Makrokanis will oversee its go-to-market strategy for government accounts and maintain a holistic approach to help government clients address mission-critical requirements. At Druva, he helped expand the data management […] More

Elizabeth Robey, an 18-year veteran of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has been appointed director of Enterprise Senior Information Technology Advisors II programs at Assured Consulting Solutions. ACS said Monday Robey will lead the Reston, Va.-based company’s work with the Defense Intelligence Agency under the ESITA II contract. She previously worked as deputy program manager at […] More

Don Hirsch, a former vice president of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has joined 1901 Group as senior VP of service delivery at the Reston, Va.-based cloud computing services contractor. The three-decade federal IT market veteran will oversee 1901 Group’s delivery engagements and efforts to drive revenue and establish partnerships, the company said Wednesday. Hirsch said “federal customers […] More

Danny Pickens, a noncommissioned officer in charge of an intelligence team at U.S. Army Reserve, has been named director of Fidelis Cybersecurity‘s threat research group. He brings more than 10 years of military intelligence, cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience to Fidelis and will lead the team that incorporates data and insight into the Elevate threat detection platform, […] More

Paul Colonna, former executive vice president and chief investment officer of the fundamental equities group at State Street Global Advisors, will join Lockheed Martin on Jan. 7 as president and CIO of its investment management arm. Lockheed said Monday Colonna will succeed Chris Li and oversee the subsidiary’s portfolio, investment strategies, manager selection, risk management and retirement trust assets […] More

Craig Reed, president of transaction advisory consulting firm Growth Strategy Leaders, has been appointed one of the three senior fellows at the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business. He and the two other senior fellows will research and lead the center’s programs on GovCon policies and other related issues, the […] More

Tracy McKibben, a former official at the White House’s National Security Council, has joined the board of directors of Huntington Ingalls Industries. She is the founder investment and consulting firm MAC Energy Advisors, which she also leads as its CEO, and has worked with government and industry clients throughout her professional career, HII said Friday. McKibben previously […] More

David Albritton, formerly executive director of product development and international communications at General Motors, has been promoted to president of the automotive company’s defense business, PR Week reported Wednesday. Albritton said he will focus on efforts to assess GM Defense operations and develop a strategy for the group to engage with stakeholders at the Pentagon […] More