Systems Planning and Analysis details chief executive transition
Nearly 25-year industry veteran Rich Sawchak will take up the CEO role at SPA later in November.
By
Ross Wilkers
SPA became a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners in the fall of 2021.
Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. is undertaking a transition to the next chief executive nearly one year after the government services company's acquisition by its private equity owner.
On Nov. 21, current CEO Dr. William Vantine will retire from that position after seven years and be succeeded by current board member Rich Sawchak. Vantine will remain on SPA's board of directors after that transition, the company said Wednesday.
Arlington Capital Partners acquired SPA in the fall of 2021 and has since supported two acquisitions by the portfolio company: first was space engineering provider Arena Technologies in the winter of that year, followed by this year's purchase of a business called ORCA that focuses on operations research and cyber analysis.
A 25-year government and technology market veteran, Sawchak was most recently the chief financial officer at the secure mobility services provider Hypori. That company stood up last year after it spun out from then-parent Intelligent Waves.
Sawchak has also held the CFO post at the companies formerly known as Novetta, Schafer Corp. and Paradigm Solutions. He helped lead those firms through their respective sales to Accenture's U.S. government subsidiary, Belcan and CACI International.