Executive Spotlight

U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Space and Missile Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves visited Northrop Grumman‘s Space Park facility in California to observe manufacturing and research and development operations. Northrop said Thursday the Air Force officials received briefings on the company’s work for the service’s Low Cost Terminal, Advanced Extremely …

Wayne Lewandowski serves as vice president of sales for U.S. federal clients at Vormetric since January 2013, with responsibility in overseeing the company’s effort to expand cybersecurity platform offerings. He previously served as regional manager of the Defense Department for the Plan B government systems, with partners such as Citrix, …

Sherry Dold serves as the chief human resources officer at Modern Technology Solutions Inc., an employee-owned technology company based in Alexandria, Virginia. She is in charge of strategic planning, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruitment and retention, organizational performance and other related programs and functions. She also oversees policy and …

Harish Luthra serves as the consulting lead at SAP National Security Services — or SAP NS2 — and holds responsibility for program oversight, North American staff development and business development. He previously served as the national vice president of SAP Public Services, where he oversaw professional services sales and delivery for government clients, aerospace and …

Mark A. Simione serves as senior vice president, chief financial and administrative officer and treasurer at Noblis. He oversees all administrative and financial operations at the non-profit science and technology organization. Prior to Noblis, Simione worked for more than a decade at Mitretek Systems as VP, chief financial officer and …

Scott Scheimreif oversees Iridium‘s government programs in his executive vice president role at the McLean, Va.-based communications services contractor. He also manages the company’s work under a five-year, $400 million contract awarded to Iridium in October 2013 for airtime services to the Defense Department through the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services program with the Defense Information …

Curt Nothstine serves as vice president and chief financial officer of the network and space systems unit within Boeing‘s defense, space and security segment. In this capacity, Nothstine oversees all aspects of the organization’s financial operations. He also served as director of accounting at the aerospace company’s defense, space and …

Bill Pastro serves as vice president of federal government services at Dun & Bradstreet. He leads a team of government professionals that works to assist federal agencies in their risk management, trade transparency and business verification operations through D&B’s business data platforms. The certified public accountant has been with the company for …

Michelle Hertz serves as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at CGI Federal, the U.S. government subsidiary of information technology consulting firm CGI Group. The two-decade GovCon veteran advises CGI Federal on corporate governance, compliance, government relations and other legal issues. Hertz also oversees compliance and security programs under the company’s contracts …

Vernon Butler serves as defense and intelligence business unit lead at Grant Thornton, with responsibility for that organization’s business development activities. He previously served as a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and led that firm’s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps strategy and organization business. Butler’s career includes roles such as Deloitte Federal Optimization …

Kevin Ramundo serves as vice president of communications for Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business segment. He previously served as VP of communications at Network Centric Systems with responsibility over media relations, internal communications, marketing communications, advertising, digital media, corporate citizenship and community relations. He held officer-level communication roles at Goodrich and …

Lauren McGinley serves as vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief ethics and compliance officer at Noblis. She oversees corporate governance, tax compliance, litigation management, real estate, employment, intellectual property and other legal matters at the nonprofit science and technology organization. Before she joined Noblis in 2012, McGinley spent …

Jeff Handy serves as president and CEO of Fulcrum, where he has responsibility for the company’s performance and profitability, works to drive its overall vision and establishes its long-term initiatives. The more than 20-year technology leader with oversaw Fulcrum’s transition from a commercial products reseller into a federal IT engineering technical services contractor that …

Herb VanHook serves as a vice president and deputy chief technology officer at BMC Software, where he also provides strategic and portfolio support to the automation and cloud business unit. He specializes in digital transformation strategies, business planning and corporate development and has 30 years of experience in the information technology …

Shira Harrington is the founder and president of Purposeful Hire, an executive recruiting and career consulting company that serves the job market in the Washington metropolitan area and nearby locations. She specializes in career coaching, generational diversity and recruitment and is an active member of the human resources community in Washington. …