Tech, operations and finance leadership moves across the market

DecisionPoint

Adam Norris has moved up to chief technology officer at this company looking to move further up the market’s middle tier.

The three-decade public sector tech veteran is a former Army Signal Corps non-commissioned officer and information systems operator/analyst, who spent more than a decade on active duty.

His career also includes leadership roles at companies such as Riva Solutions, VariQ, Securiport and Blue Canopy Group.

Eutelsat America Corp. & One Web Technologies

Travis Knutson has moved up to the senior vice president ranks for this newly-integrated leadership team and will focus on operations.

Knutson first joined the OWT business in 2016 following stops at Spectrum Engineering and TeleCommunication Systems.

He is a retired Air Force officer whose assignments included superintendent of the 726 Air Control Squadron and a senior IT manager post at Special Operations Command.

Guidehouse

Amy Howland has joined the consulting and professional services provider as chief information security officer to oversee its overall cyber strategy and operations.

The 25-year cyber veteran will lead corporate initiatives aimed at ensuring Guidehouse designs, builds and operates secure environments and client offerings.

Howland most recently worked as CISO at Maxar Technologies and before that held the same role at CSRA.

ITC Federal

Josh Montgomery has joined the national security- and law enforcement-focused IT solutions provider as chief financial officer following its receipt of new investment earlier in the fall.

The two-decade market veteran most recently worked as CFO at MAXISIQ. His career also includes senior finance roles at Peraton, Altamira and Oceus Networks.

Blue Delta Capital Partners invested $25 million in ITC, which was founded in 2006.

Koniag Government Services

Jack Wise has joined this Alaska Native Corporation as senior vice president for its business development lifecycle function following almost three decades at the General Services Administration.

KGS has tasked Wise to lead its team responsible for identifying and qualifying opportunities, capturing and closing contracts, and pre- and post-award contract negotiations.

Wise is a former director of the GSA’s Assisted Acquisition Service’s mid-Atlantic region.

Leidos

Leslie Fautsch has moved up to the chief human resources officer position and will lead the development of workforce strategies for the 48,000-employee company.

The 14-year company veteran most recently worked as senior vice president of HR operations, a role that included responsibility for enhancing Leidos’ total rewards programs and redefining its overall human capital strategy.

Prior to Leidos, she worked in HR management roles at companies such as Science Applications International Corp. and Northrop Grumman.

Mattermost

Matthew Heideman has joined the online chat service provider as vice president of its public sector team to help steer the unit through the complexities of government and commercial environments.

Mattermost designs its flagship offering on an open source model and to enable collaboration across teams. The company touts a government user base that includes the Air Force, Space Force and NASA.

Heideman most recently worked as president and general manager for Xage Security’s government business. His career also includes roles at Lockheed Martin, Deloitte and Red Hat.

Raft

Mark Proaccini and Danielle McCoy have moved up to C-level titles at the defense technology startup that Washington Harbour Partners is an investor in as of the spring.

Proaccini is now chief operating officer following close to two years as a senior vice president, while McCoy was named chief people officer. Both are newly-created positions for Raft.

Check out this episode of our WT 360 podcast from August featuring Raft’s founder and chief executive Shubhi Mishra, where she outlined where Raft wants to go next with Washington Harbour Partners’ support.

Tyto Athene

Rick Johnson has joined as chief financial officer amid what has been a busy year for the digital transformation and network solutions provider, which is owned by Arlington Capital Partners.

Johnson is Tyto Athene’s fourth C-level move over the course of this year that saw CEO Dennis Kelly join in March, which was followed by the appointments of John Coleman and Michael Polmar as chief operating officer and chief growth officer.

Tyto Athene has also acquired two companies this year, including Microtel in April and MindPoint Group in July. Johnson’s 25-year industry career includes a decade at Novetta and more recently as CFO at IntelliBridge.

Kelly joined WT 360 in August to take us through Tyto Athene’s vision and his own blueprint for growth.

C3 AI

John Hyten, a retired Air Force lieutenant general and former vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has started his term on this artificial intelligence software company’s board of directors.

C3 AI sought Hyten for assistance in helping shape the company’s strategy for delivering its products across the federal landscape.

Hyten’s 40 years of service in the military also includes assignments such as commander of the Air Force Space Command and before that as leader of Strategic Command.

TurbineOne

The board of directors at this machine learning software startup has added a new member in Dr. Ray Johnson, the former Lockheed Martin chief technology officer.

Johnson joins TurbineOne’s board roughly five months after the company announced its capture of $15 million in Series A capital from investors to back its push for growth in the defense market.

Founded in 2022, TurbineOne designs its flagship Frontline Perception System product to help operators get a better handle on data from sensor feeds.