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SAIC parts ways with CEO Toni Townes-Whitley
Board member and former Leidos CFO Jim Reagan has been named interim chief executive.
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Valiant hires former J&J exec Mattingly as CEO
Valiant has been owned by investment firm The GC Companies since 2017.
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Lentech appoints Einfalt as interim CEO, Dillahay steps down
Paul Dillahay is a senior executive at DigitalNet.ai, the new artificial intelligence company founded by serial entrepreneur Ken Bajaj that Lentech is also partnering with.
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Axiom Space hires NASA, BWXT vet as CEO
Axiom Space is one of three recipients of Space Act Agreements to vie for the International Space Station replacement.
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Rampart brings in Javaid as chief executive
Rampart holds 55 registered patents and designs its waveform technologies to secure content and metadata in networks.
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Amida promotes Srinivasan to chief executive
Co-founder Peter Levin moves into an executive director role focused on the company's artificial intelligence portfolio.
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A trio of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note as fiscal 2026 arrives
Our newest listing of key hires and promotions includes three new chief financial officers and two new chief operating officers. A former Air Force deputy chief information officer is now in industry as well.
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How Trump’s OPM director wants to attract tech talent after months of workforce cuts
OPM Director Scott Kupor wants to bring on new feds with cutting edge skills, but the government’s recent flood of layoffs and resignations could complicate that effort. With a government shutdown ongoing, too, the administration is threatening more layoffs.
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Buchanan & Edwards hires Bellios as CEO
The company cited Chris Bellios' background as including work to capture long-term contracts and stand up training programs.
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Hanwha Defense USA brings in Rear Adm. Tom Anderson to lead shipbuilding operations
A former program executive officer for ships, Tom Anderson will lead the company's push to expand its U.S. maritime presence after acquiring the Philly Shipyard.
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Senate confirms Rhodes to lead White House procurement office
Dr. Kevin Rhodes has been a senior adviser to the Office of Management and Budget since February and focused his efforts on the Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul.
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Former CISA lead Matt Hartman joins Merlin Group as chief strategy officer
Hartman most recently served as acting head of cyber at the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency. He now joins Merlin to grow its partnerships with technology companies and government agencies.
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Sabre Systems hires Quigley as CEO
The CM Equity Partners-owned company enters a new phase of its strategy to grow software engineering, cyber and other technology services for federal agencies.
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LMI promotes Wilson to chief executive
Doug Wagoner will transition to chairman of the board of directors after having led LMI for five years, including the transition from its longstanding nonprofit status to being a for-profit company.
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SecDef uses unprecedented meeting to unveil 10 personnel, due-process reviews
After summoning senior officers from around the world, Hegseth invites them to resign if they don’t agree with him.
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Connolly's successor, James Walkinshaw, looks to carry on his IT and workforce legacy
“A shutdown gives the Trump administration no new legal authority to fire federal workers or to conduct reductions in force,” Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., told Nextgov/FCW in response to the White House telling agencies to implement mass layoffs in the event of a funding lapse.
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Barbara Humpton's next role and more leadership moves across the market
Also included in this listing: an enterprise software giant's new public sector team leader, three chief financial officer appointments and a pair of chief technology officer hires.
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Redhorse moves Klemm up to CEO post
Klemm's two-decade career in the market covers national security, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and data exploitation.
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Aerospace Corp. promotes its next CEO from within
Tanya Pemberton will start in the role on Oct. 18 and lead a 4,800-employee organization that operates a federally-funded research-and-development center focused on space.
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