Octo appoints new CFO

Octo hires a former Leidos executive and nearly two-decade market veteran Jeff Cook to be chief financial officer.

Octo has hired former Leidos executive and nearly two-decade market veteran Jeff Cook as chief financial officer, the government IT company said Tuesday.

Cook most recently was a group CFO and head of corporate financial planning and analysis for Leidos.

He also held senior financial leadership roles at Science Applications International Corp. and Accenture that included management of planning and forecasting processes, due diligence and merger-and-acquisition initiatives, and strategy development.