Executive Moves

AECOM had added new leadership to its board of directors to strengthen the company’s strategy and drive value. AECOM  has nominated Diane Creel and Sander van’t Noordende as new independent directors for election to its Board of Directors at the company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to take place on Feb. 24, 2021. 

Jeff Nigriny, founder and former president of CertiPath, has succeeded Shawn Hughes as CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based network security and credentialing company. Hughes will transition to a new role as chief experience officer.

Dave Bettinger, a three-decade satellite communications industry veteran, has been named CEO of Electro Optic Systems’ SpaceLink subsidiary. He will oversee the design, operations and delivery of SpaceLink's medium Earth orbit satellite relay system.

Applied Information Sciences has appointed Letitia "Tish" Long, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, to the company’s board of directors. Long is a leader in the defense and national intelligence community and will bring decades of federal experience to AIS.

Michael Garbus, former vice president of global health business development and solutions at Maximus, has been named VP of health care information technology at TurningPoint Global Solutions. He brings 35 years of industry experience to TurningPoint and will be responsible for the Rockville, Maryland-based software engineering company's federal health care IT market area.

Easy Dynamics has appointed Justin Legary, an information technology veteran who spent more than a decade at the Department of Homeland Security, to serve as senior director of delivery, operations and services at the McLean, Virginia-based IT company, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday.

Accenture has nominated Beth Mooney, former KeyCorp CEO, for election to the board of directors at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on Feb. 3, 2021. “Beth brings exceptionally deep knowledge of the financial services industry from her 40-year career in banking, as well as a valuable perspective from her service on the boards of other large, global public companies,” said Julie Sweet, Accenture’s CEO.

Cameron Hogan, former chief strategy officer at Falconwood and a more than three-decade industry veteran, has been named chief strategy and growth officer at IronArch Technology in support of the McLean, Virginia-based company's transition from a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business to an entity that competes in full and open market.

Steven Holland, logistics and property management at LMI, and Alex Barenblitt, logistics planning and optimization senior consultant at the company, have been appointed to serve leadership roles at the National Property Management Association.

William Schaefer, chief operating officer of Amyx over the past four years, has been promoted to president and CEO at the Reston, Virginia-based government services contractor. He succeeds Satya Akula, who retired from Amyx after nine years at the helm, the company said Wednesday.

Ball Corporation has appointed Daniel Fisher, senior vice president, as the company's president and member of its board of directors, effective 2021. Lisa Pauley, SVP of HR and administration, and Scott Morrison, SVP and chief financial officer, were also promoted to Ball's executive vice presidents and will retain their current responsibilities.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket venture has appointed seven government and industry veterans to its newly formed board of advisers that will counsel the firm's leadership team on space business matters.

Paul McCloskey, a nearly two-decade software industry veteran, has joined identity and access management technology provider Saviynt as vice president of federal sales. His career includes prior federal sales leadership positions at NetBrain Technologies, SolarWinds, Cenzic.

Uyen Dinh, a former Department of Homeland Security official, has joined geospatial intelligence company BlackSky to serve as vice president for government relations and strategy. Dinh will contribute over 20 years of experience in national security, cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence to BlackSky's government engagements, the company said Tuesday.

Paul Kaminski, chairman and CEO of defense consulting firm Technovation, has joined Digital Global Systems' board of directors to provide military expertise as the company looks to transition to key markets. He brings defense experience as a retired U.S. Air Force official who served as the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and technology, DGS said Monday.