Who's on first

, former CIA director, joined defense and security technology provider , Farnborough, U.K., as an independent non-executive director. joined public accounting firm , Vienna, Va., as tax partner in the firm's Northern Virginia and Washington area practice. joined asset management software developer , Birmingham, Ala., as president and CEO. He replaces former CEO Patrick McMaster, who will continue to serve on the company's board of managers. Catan most recently was director of education and government sales with Oracle Corp.'s PeopleSoft division., former two-term governor of Pennsylvania and first Secretary of the Homeland Security Department, joined of New York as a consultant. Ridge will be the senior advisor to Deloitte's U.S. state government practice and counsel its clients on issues, challenges and trends facing governors and states, including effective deployment of IT to transform government and improve education performance., American Systems Corp. president and CEO, was elected to the board of trustees of industry group , Chantilly, Va., chief operating officer of Telkonet Inc., was named to the advisory board of , Arlington, Va. joined , Fairfax, Va., as vice president of consulting services in the enterprise resource planning products services group of wholly owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. Kirk will lead the Federal ERP Product Program, CGI's Southwest Virginia development center and financial management consulting services. joined Raytheon Co.'s , Reston, Va., as vice president of business. Cooper most recently was senior vice president of business development at the Titan Group of L-3 Communications. joined , Arlington, Va., as senior vice president for strategy and business development for the company's transformation solutions business group. Silves most recently managed Defense Department and civilian agency sales and business development at Computer Sciences Corp. joined , Chantilly, Va., as vice president of government consulting services. Mendenhall most recently was as a partner at law firm Coopers and Lybrand. joined of Fairfax as account executives. Cherian most recently was an account executive at Cavalier Business Communications. Leach, who will be a senior account executive, most recently was with Strategic Communications Group Inc. While at her previous company, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, Nolte supported the Microsoft Mobile and Embedded Devices Group., vice president and division manager of information assurance for CACI International Inc. has been named to the advisory board of , Palm Harbor, Fla. Brody is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, a designation issued by (ISC)2., interim CEO of ZiLOG Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of , San Jose, Calif. has joined , Linthicum, Md., as vice president and managing director of Ciena Government Solutions Inc. Peed most recently was vice president of sales and business development for Qwest Communications International Inc.'s government services division. has joined, Annapolis, Md., as director of project management and technology integration. Franco most recently was a senior manager at BearingPoint Inc. has joined , Reston, Va., as senior vice president of sales and marketing for North America. Mericka most recently vice president of sales at Digital Harbor Inc.has joined IBM Corp.'s , Herndon, Va., as worldwide solutions architect. Baginski will focus on worldwide sales of the company's Entity Analytic Solutions. joined Acquisition Solutions Inc., Arlington, Va., as senior principals. Alfonso, formerly of Touchstone Consulting Group Inc., will help clients with strategy formulation and organizational transformation. Reisner, who will be responsible for strategic sourcing initiatives, has served in or been a consultant for more than a dozen federal agencies. Charged with consulting for civilian government agencies, Garrett most recently was chief compliance officer for U.S. federal government programs and chairman of the Project Management Center of Excellence, Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs.: to Rear Admiral (lower half). Smith, now assistant commander for Acquisition, Naval Air Systems Command, is awaiting a new assignment.At : to managing director of Boeing Australia Limited, Brisbane, Australia, replacing David Gray, who retires at the end of 2006.At , Holtsville, N.Y.: to director of business development and channel partners for the federal sales team, promoting the company's Enterprise Mobility products.At , Falls Church, Va.: to vice president of the company's Applied Technology and Engineering Division.Send personnel announcements to whosonfirst@postnewsweektech.com.