citizant
Pamela Schoppert is promoted to the newly created role of chief human resources officer after 14 years at the government services company.
Mr. Schoppert has served as Vice President of Human Experience and Quality for the past five years, a role focused on increasing stakeholder interaction to support Citiszant's business performance.
In this new role, she will be responsible for evolving the company's talent acquisition and human capital functions.
cohesiveness
Dr. Craig Martell re-entered the private sector after leaving his post as the Department of Defense's first chief digital and artificial intelligence officer in April.
As Cohesity's Chief Technology Officer, Martel will now be responsible for shaping the data security company's technology vision and roadmap.
Cohesity develops software that helps IT teams back up, manage, and gain insights from data across multiple cloud environments.
Martel joined the Department of Defense in the spring of 2022 as the digital and AI leader after two years as head of machine learning at Lyft. His career also includes machine learning and AI leadership roles at Dropbox and his Linkedin.
fearless
Joe Paiva will join the digital and professional services provider as chief operating officer, returning from retirement to take on the role, according to the company's blog post about his hire.
A 30-year veteran of the public and private sectors, his career includes executive positions at Salesforce and HireVue. He is also a former chief information officer for the International Trade Association and a retired colonel in the Army Reserve.
Mr. Paiva will be responsible for implementing strategy and process structures at Fearless, which hired Alka Barbu in the fall to lead its Fearless digital business.
Fearless also announced the appointment of technology industry veteran Jacob Hsu as executive chairman of the company's board of directors. Hsu is a former CEO of companies such as Catalyte, Symbio, and Epitome Software.
General Dynamics IT
Aaron Bedrowski has joined the defense company's technology systems integration business as senior vice president of intelligence and homeland security.
Mr. Bedrowsky spent 10 years at Leidos, including most recently as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Transformation and Superior Performance. Prior to that, he worked as Senior Vice President of Solutions for Cyber ​​and Signals Intelligence.
He began his career in the Navy as a cryptographic engineer and intelligence specialist.
unified federation
Amanda Windle has joined the intelligence and national security solutions provider as chief growth officer, replacing Michelle Cook, who is retiring on June 1 to help with the transition.
Windle is a 25-year veteran of the market, most recently serving as a senior account executive at Amazon Web Services. Her career also includes business development and leadership roles at Novetta, Blackbird Technologies, and ManTech.
Integral Federal also launched a new technology division led by Ben Johnston, current senior vice president of operations.
The company has hired 30-year veteran John Humphrey to fill the position previously held by Johnston. Mr. Humphrey most recently served as vice president of federal growth and strategy at Oteemo.
IPTA
Hector Colarzo has joined the federal IT and professional services provider in the newly created role of chief technology officer.
Collarzo's 15-year career also includes stints as CTO at Agile Defense and Sev1Tech.
Now at IPTA, Collarzo is responsible for aligning technology investments with business objectives and focusing on a workplace culture that fosters innovation.
IPTA is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business officially known as Interactive Process Technology Associates.
lightridge solution
Lorin Hattrup has joined the satellite defense technology maker as president and general manager of the Trident Systems business unit.
Trident manufactures electronic equipment for various types of military space systems. Lightridge hit the market in the spring of his 2023 and acquired Trident later that summer.
Mr. Hattrup is a 23-year defense industry veteran whose career includes executive general manager of the avionics division at L3Harris Technologies, a major subcontractor for the F-35 fighter jet.
Lightridge describes its company's focus as “developing, designing, and manufacturing small, affordable, high-performance space and airborne sensors and payloads that address critical national security needs.”
Six Gene
The cybersecurity technology provider's board of directors has added two new members, Andrew Boyd and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Moore. Both men are former intelligence and military cyber leaders.
Boyd most recently served as director of the CIA Cyber ​​Excellence Center, while Moore will retire in 2022 after a 30-year career, including two years as deputy commander of Cyber ​​Command.
They joined SixGen's board about a month after new CEO Jack Wilmer, a former Pentagon chief information security officer, was appointed.
SixGen is owned by private equity firm Washington Harbor Partners, which acquired it in late 2023.
