Space, finance and talent leadership leadership moves across the market

Comtech

Daniel Gizinski has moved into the role of president for the company’s satellite and space communications segment amid an ongoing pivot there.

In October, Comtech announced its plans to evolve into a “pure-play satellite and space communications company” and shed noncore assets.

A 15-year satellite market veteran, Gizinski first joined Comtech in 2019 and most recently worked as the company’s chief strategy officer. His career also includes roles at General Electric, Sierra Nevada Corp. and L3Harris Technologies.

DecisionPoint Corp.

Daniel Yuly has joined the IT services provider as chief financial officer and brings two decades of federal market experience to the role.

Yuly most recently worked in the CFO role at Agile Defense, where he helped manage four of that company’s acquisitions.

DecisionPoint is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that started in 2012 and is looking to move further up the market’s middle tier.

ICF

Kevin Bearden has joined the technology and consulting services company as senior vice president and division leader for transformation, security and social services.

The 25-year market veteran will oversee ICF’s work for federal agencies in the national security and social services community, as well as state and local government clients.

His career prior to ICF includes roles at Cherokee Federal, The Providencia Group, SOS International, General Dynamics IT and Booz Allen Hamilton.

SkyePoint Decisions

A pair of new hires are joining the senior leadership team at this cybersecurity provider that is pushing what it calls a “structural expansion” effort into business divisions aligned with major clients.

Manohar Kumar is now senior vice president of operations and portfolio director, a role that sees him responsible for SkyePoint’s delivery and performance functions. He also supports growth initiatives across the company and customer engagement efforts.

The two-decade veteran most recently worked as vice president of operations at VMD.

In addition, Durriya Badani was hired as vice president of strategic accounts and brings two decades of experience to that role. She most recently worked as chief strategy officer at ClearAvenue.

SOS International

Lisa Wilkinson has joined the global government services company as chief human resources officer after 17 years in the aerospace and defense industry.

Wilkinson most recently worked as vice president of people and culture at SES Space & Defense, where she helped lead the integration of the DRS GES satellite services business.

Her areas of responsibility at SOSi will include workforce planning and development, talent acquisition and retention, learning and development, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, performance management, diversity and inclusion programs, and compliance.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Debra Dial will become the 12th member of Booz Allen’s board of directors on Jan. 2 and join the panel’s audit committee.

She retired from AT&T in mid-2023 after a 28-year career there, including her most recent role as chief accounting officer and controller. Dial spent 10 years at KPMG’s audit practice prior to AT&T.

Booz Allen cited Dial’s background in long-term financial and business planning, reporting and digital transformation.

Science Applications International Corp.

John Tien, a former deputy homeland security secretary, will become the 12th member of SAIC’s board of directors on Dec. 2 and join the panel’s committee for nominating and corporate governance.

Tien served as the Homeland Security Department’s second-highest position from June 2021 to July 2023. Prior to that, he was a senior executive at Citigroup for 10 years.

He also served in three other presidential administrations in leadership roles as an Army officer in seven different U.S. states, three countries and three combat tours.