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has joined of San Francisco as counsel in the firm's Washington office and will focus on work in its national communications practice. Hane was founder, president and CEO of Highcast Network Inc. has joined as vice president and chief accounting officer, responsible for the company's global accounting and financial reporting. Wood most recently was an audit partner at KPMG LLC. have joined of New York. Steffens, who is the new director of investor relations, was most recently a risk consultant and project manager for the Shaw Group. As senior analysts, French and Rubin will support acquisition transactions. French was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group at Wachovia Securities, and Rubin was a member of the Consumer Investment Banking Group at RBC Capital Markets. has joined the in Washington as manager of information security policy. Journoud most recently was manager of government and industry affairs for BSA member company RSA Inc., the security division of EMC Corp. has joined , Arlington, Va., as vice president and program manager of global governmentwide acquisition contracts, as well as serving on the executive leadership team. has joined , Chantilly, Va., as program manager of the national security sector. Savoie retired in August from the Coast Guard as a captain. He was commanding officer of the operations center in Martinsburg, W. Va., vice president of payloads and sensors at .'s space technology sector, was named to the board of directors of the national MathCounts Foundation, which works to interest elementary and middle school students in mathematics. resigned Oct. 31 as assistant secretary for the . joined , the IT end user division of Datamonitor Plc of London, as software infrastructure practice director. Hailstone most recently was director of European service-oriented architecture and application platforms service at International Data Group Inc. has joined , Chantilly, Va., as general manager of the commercial sector. Muller most recently was co-founder and managing partner of Geotechs Services LLC. was named as a vice president of , Falls Church, Va., and president of the European land-combat systems business unit in Vienna, Austria. Ulrich succeeds H. Michael Malzacher, who is retiring. Ulrich most recently was senior vice president of General Dynamics Land Systems in Canada., president of , Cape Canaveral, Fla., was appointed to the , an advisory committee that provides leadership with independent technical advice on national security issues., president of MSM security services practice, was named to the federal advisory board of data warehousing provider , Herndon, Va. has joined of San Diego as chief engineering and technology officer for the space and geospatial intelligence business unit in Chantilly, Va. Latiff previously was a major general in the Air Force and deputy director for systems engineering, National Reconnaissance Office. has joined , McLean, Va., as vice president of business development, responsible for General Services Administration contracts. Barbee most recently managed Answer and GSA Schedules at CACI International Inc. has joined , Vienna, Va., as its first chief financial officer. Samuels most recently was a financial officer for GTSI Corp. has joined Innovative , Exton, Pa., as senior vice president of business development and operations. Long most recently was general manger of Parker Aerospace Group. was named to the board of directors of , Chantilly, Va. Johnson also will chair the human resources committee and be a member of the audit and finance committee. Johnson most recently was president of U.S. operations at CACI International Inc., , the U.S. subsidiary of France Telecom SA of Paris, was named to represent the Americas on the board of directors for global satellite communications trade group ., president of and formerly managing director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, was elected to the board of directors for , Fairfax, Va. Bush has been a member of ManTech's advisory board for four years., formerly FBI executive assistant director for intelligence, was elected to the board of directors for , Reston, Va., president of , Silver Spring, Md., has been named CEO. Lynch, who will remain president, replaces Mary Frances leMat, an SSS founder, as CEO. LeMat will continue on the board of directors. has joined worldwide public sector government industry team as managing director. Cortez recently retired from the Marine Corps as a major general, leading the Marine Corps Recruiting Command. has joined , NASA Ames Research Park, Moffett Field, Calif., as vice president of services, charged with building wireless engineering and management services. has joined , Vienna, Va., replacing Terri Allen as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Allen was named senior vice president of business development. Coticchia most recently was president and CEO of service-oriented architecture developer LogicLibrary Inc.At subsidiary Tenix America, McLean, Va.: to vice president of sales, charged with driving North American business for the Australian parent company.At , Silver Spring, Md.: to recruitment director of the IT services firm. He will oversee all corporate and client recruiting efforts.At , Los Angeles: to vice president of programs and technology; and to vice president of market development for the company's electronic systems sector in Baltimore.Send personnel announcements to whosonfirst@postnewsweektech.com.