Executive Moves

Paradyme Management has appointed Roger Miller as senior director of growth for justice markets, responsible for further building relationships with federal agencies that serve the homeland security mission. “Roger has a vast amount of experience in the justice community and has been right in the middle of dealing with the complex technical issues it faces," said Jack Ginsburg, chief operating officer of Paradyme. 

Kelly Horton, enterprise account executive for the State Department at cloud computing software provider ServiceNow, has been promoted to director of federal civilian sales. Her industry career also includes time at Salesforce, Oracle and Ellucian.

Octo has appointed Letitia “Tish” Long, a former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, to the company's board of directors. Long's appointment will place greater focus on the Intelligence Community (IC) as Octo's core customer. “Having Long on our Board of Directors is a massive boon to our ability to understand and support the Intelligence Community,” said Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo. 

Russell Bartlett, former president and CEO of Textron's airborne solutions business, has joined Kaman as the aerospace company's chief operating officer, responsible for business development and operational initiatives.

Quantum has appointed Rick Valentine as senior vice president and chief customer officer. In his new role, Valentine will work to advance Quantum’s customer experience throughout the company’s transformation into an as-a-service provider for unstructured data management, analytics and storage. "Rick's deep expertise in SaaS transformation and customer experience will ensure that the Quantum customer experience remains second to none,” said Jamie Lerner, president and CEO at Quantum.

Christopher Ziniti, a former U.S. Army soldier, and Roman Dzialo, a former lead for Defense Logistics Agency programs at Amyx, have been named vice presidents at the Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity, program management and enterprise technology services provider.

Timothy McBride, global government relations lead at Raytheon Technologies, and Joe Purcell, vice chairman of the financial sponsors coverage group at Morgan Stanley, have been appointed to the board of advisers of the Center for a New American Security.

Kevin Martin, chief information officer at Cadence Aerospace, has been appointed to serve in an additional role as CEO of the engines systems business starting Jan. 1, 2021.

Unissant has promoted Stephen Gehring from his program manager and relationship partner role to the position of vice president at the company's health information technology and federal civilian business arm, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday.

Parsons has appointed Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer (COO) at Parsons, to the company’s board of directors. As president and COO, Smith leads Parsons’ global operations and drives growth strategy through technology innovation. “Carey has been central to our growth and success since joining Parsons,” said Chuck Harrington, chairman and CEO of Parsons and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. 

Lloyd Howell, chief financial officer and treasurer of Booz Allen Hamilton, has been appointed to serve on the board of Moody’s, beginning March 15, 2021.

Peter Tao, a former IBM executive, has joined information technology company Digital Management Inc. to serve as vice president for federal civilian, G2Xchange reported Friday. Tao formerly served as IBM's account manager for the State Department and industry-related projects.

Joan Dempsey, senior executive adviser to the Booz Allen Hamilton CEO, has been named an independent director on QTS Realty Trust's board. QTS said Thursday the addition of Dempsey brings the number of board members at the Overland Park, Kansas-based data center services provider to 11, including 10 independent directors.

Thomas Boone, formerly a senior director at Spin Memory, has been named the memory technology company's vice president for defense and aerospace. Boone will engage with military and aerospace government agencies, including the Department of Defense, to address their needs for modern memory technologies, the company said Monday.

AAR has established a committee tasked with assisting the company's board of directors in ensuring safety across employee training programs and aviation services. AAR said Tuesday that Duncan McNabb, a retired U.S. Air Force general and former head of U.S. Transportation Command, will serve as chair of the Aviation Safety and Training Committee.