Executive Moves

Amazon Web Services has appointed Christian Hoff as managing director and general manager of global civilian government. Hoff, who announced his appointment in a recent LinkedIn post, previously led AWS’ U.S. federal civilian team. Hoff’s Federal and Industry Experience Before joining AWS in 2018, Hoff served as a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton and held […] More

GE Aerospace has appointed Wesley Bush, former Northrop Grumman chairman and CEO, to its board of directors, effective Dec. 1. He will join the board’s audit committee, the company said Wednesday. Bush’s Career Track Record Bush will provide the board almost 40 years of aerospace industry experience, including other previous roles in Northrop Grumman as […] More

Quantum computing technology company IonQ has named retired U.S. Space Force Gen. John Raymond to its board of directors. Raymond, USSF’s first chief of space operations and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, brings to the company over 40 years of leadership experience across nuclear, space, air and cyber operations, IonQ said Monday. CEO’s Expectations on Raymond’s Appointment  “General […] More

Guidehouse has added two senior leaders to its defense and security segment, naming U.S. Navy technology leader Nirali Chawla and financial transformation specialist Angel Wang as partners to advance digital modernization and mission readiness. Who Is Nirali Chawla? Chawla brings more than 20 years of experience advising federal and commercial clients, including the Department of […] More

Riverside Research, an independent nonprofit focused on national security, has appointed Ralph Semmel to its board of trustees. Semmel brings to his new role extensive experience in national security, space exploration and research and development, Riverside Research said Monday. Ralph Semmel’s Career at Johns Hopkins APL Semmel served as director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory […] More

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Michael Hallinan has joined Caveonix as its new vice president of artificial intelligence. The AI-driven cyber compliance platform said Thursday Hallinan will leverage his extensive experience in cyber, AI, product and startup leadership to oversee the development of agentic AI capabilities and evolve the platform into a distributed, AI-centric, cloud-native system. “We’re absolutely […] More

The Chertoff Group has named three more executives — Mark Koumans, Phil Horvitz and James Smith — to its lineup of senior advisers. Chad Sweet, Chertoff CEO and co-founder, welcomed their addition to the company’s team, saying in a statement issued Thursday, “Each of them brings unique perspectives and proven leadership capabilities that will be […] More

Jim Haney has been selected as the new chief financial officer of Trident Solutions. The ATL Partners-backed company said Thursday Haney’s hiring is crucial to its efforts to establish itself as a focused, multi-domain defense electronics platform. Trident CEO Lorin Hattrup emphasized that Haney’s expertise in defense electronics and financial strategy will be crucial for […] More

Seekr Technologies has named Dave Myers as executive vice president of its Forward Deployed Engineering group. Seekr said Wednesday that Myers will lead a team tasked with supporting customers in integrating the company’s artificial intelligence offerings and accelerating time-to-value from the company’s AI products. Myers is based at Seekr’s Reston, Virginia, headquarters and reports directly […] More

Guidehouse has appointed Jon Burchard, Ray Hawat, Phil Nordgren and Jason Reilly as new partners in its Communities, Energy & Infrastructure, or CE&I, segment. The four appointees bring decades of experience in public sector modernization and transformation enabled by artificial intelligence, Guidehouse said Thursday. Who Are The New CE&I Partners Burchard brings to his new […] More

Matt Chong has taken on the role of senior vice president of public sector at Appian, the developer of a unified, low-code automation platform. “What drew me to Appian is the opportunity to help public sector customers and their constituents achieve actual business value with a holistic and modern AI-powered process platform,” Chong commented on […] More

Seasoned Kratos Defense & Security Solutions executive Brian Shepard, already with 20 years of service to the company, has been promoted as chief information officer. His new position covers all Kratos’ information security and compliance, as well as data communications, the company said Monday. Eric DeMarco, Kratos president and CEO, noted that Shepard has played […] More