Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move – Week ending April 5, 2024

Knowing who is where, both from a business intel and relationship view, is key to success in GovCon. This report highlights a number of executive-level moves that caught the attention of OS AI across Government and industry for the week ending April 5, 2024.

• CMS Office of Information Technology taps new Acting Infrastructure User Services Group Deputy Director
• Rising NRC IT lead takes helm of Data, Information Management, and Enterprise (DIME) Governance Division
• White House deputy national cyber director to step down next week
  Former DOD Chief Data Officer Michael Conlin takes role as a Presidential Innovation Fellow
• Rear Adm. Dennis Velez assigned as chief of staff, U.S. Cyber Command
• D&G Support Services taps Scott Hopper to be Vice President of Defense Programs
• Leidos recruits Heather Carr from SAIC to serve as FedCiv IT Division Growth & Strategy Lead
• Core4ce Co-Founder Mike Morehouse Named CEO
• Zscaler hiring former acting director of the cloud security program known as FedRAMP
• Steve Nickle selected as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Procurement
• Department of State names new IRM Supply Chain Management Division Chief
• Former top GSA IT Category Acquisition Operations Leader Keith Nakasone launches consultancy
• Recent HHS ACL CIO now consulting
• Former Coast Guard Administration Branch Lead Robert (Chris) Rue takes Growth Chief role with AForge
• GDIT recruits proven industry leader Dan Smith to serve as VP and GM, Homeland Security Sector  
• QinetiQ US Doubles Down on Growth with the Addition of Three Defense Industry Leaders, Faulkner, Gray and DelFavero
• Strategic Capture lead Scott Frautschi now consulting
• Yacine Allaoua to drive Federal Growth for AI player Altana
• Longtime VA Technical Acquistion Center Contract Attorney now consulting
• Former HHS/CMS/DHA Health Innovation leader and Retired CAPT exits, launches consultancy
• FDA Associate Commissioner for Minority Health | US Public Health Service Rear Admiral (Retired) exits, launches consultancy
• NIH names new Acting Director of the Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management
• Element Solutions recruits recent CDC and HHS SME Jill Newsam to be Director of Customer Success
• Tria Federal recruits industry veteran Fabian Plath to be Chief Growth Officer
• Network Designs, Inc. recruits Brian Davis to serve as VP of Business Development
• Former FEMA Deputy Administrator for Resilience Carlos Castillo now Tidal Basin Group Federal Services President
• Arch Systems recruits Jason Tracy to drive Business Development & Capture efforts
• Jennifer Dougherty joins IntelliBridge as Vice President of Strategic Growth
• QinetiQ recruits National Security, Defense Modernization and Space Growth leader Heather Gray
• Deloitte recruits Brian Bear to serve as Client Relationship Executive
• Booz Allen Hamilton taps Nirmal Agarwal as a Vice President driving Artificial Intelligence
• Seasoned and proven industry growth leader Kamran Khan goes solo
• Former Adobe Exec David Santiago takes VP of Public Sector Solutions role with Workiva
• BeyondID recruits industry vet Gary Herman to drive Public Sector Growth
• Josh Ziman takes on a new role as CEO with Global Commerce & Information (Global CI)
• Chris Graham recruited to serve as Head of Growth at Whitespace
• The Mission Essential Group Announces New COO and VP of Growth
• Cognitive Medical Systems recruits Scott Link to drive HHS Business Development
• Data Scientist Patrick Biltgen promoted to VP role with Booz Allen Hamilton
• DISA JWCC Executive Program Manager exits, takes role as Public Sector CTO with Zscaler
• Dave Dantus promoted to Vice President Sales of Appian US Public Sector
• DHS CBP taps Experienced IT Program Manager and Systems Integration lead to serve as Chief Systems Engineering
• New director takes helm at Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• National Science Foundation (NSF) taps Acting Head of Contracting Activity/Deputy Division Director
• 22nd Century Technologies recruits Mike McDermott to serve as Chief Growth Officer
• Former VA Systems Design and Core Systems Engineering Services Lead promoted to VP of Health IT Ops with Booz Allen Hamilton
• Longtime DHS and CISA Senior Advisor exits, takes Managing Partner role with Deloitte
• Amyx appoints Connie Crome as its next Vice President of Business Development
• Raytheon Subsidiary now a standalone enttity, taps John DeSimone as new CEO
• Former FEMA Regional Administrator James Joseph tapped to be Chief Growth Officer with Tidal Basin Group
• Sedgwick Government Solutions recruits recent Optum COO and longtime US Army R&D Portfolio lead to serve as COO
• Brian McElyea Joins RELI Group as Vice President of Cyber
• Edgewater Promotes Brian Carr to CFO
• Peraton appoints Tom Terjesen Chief Information Officer
• Alex Burkart named Operating Group President, Information Solutions and Security at Koniag Government Services
• Patrick Glass promoted to promoted to Growth Manager at Volanno
• And ICYMI Andrew Zeswitz, leading GovCon Technology Executive joins PBG Consulting
• HHS ACF taps new acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
• DHS OIG Fraud and Disaster Investigations lead exits
• GSA Technology Transformation Services taps new Director of Digital Strategy
• US Air Force and Space Force Chief Digital Transformation Officer exits
• Ericsson Swears in as First-Ever Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology
• Meridian Knowledge Solutions taps Sean Osborne to be President
• Colonel(R) Mark Jones tapped as new Chief Strategy Officer with D&G Support Services
• Cadence Group recruits industry vet Kelley Noone to serve as VP of Federal Services

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