Peraton hires chief human resources officer

Reston-based federal contractor Peraton has named Bridget Coulon chief human resources officer, it announced Friday.

Coulon, who joins Peraton from Northrop Grumman, succeeds Rebecca McHale, who took a senior vice president position with General Dynamics Information Technology.

At Peraton, Coulon will create and execute the company’s talent and organization strategies.

“Bridget is a talent cultivator who promotes advancement at all organizational levels and understands what drives the attraction and retention of our highly skilled workforce,” Peraton Chairman and CEO Steve Schorer said in a statement. “She will help make Peraton a destination where exceptional people build their careers.”

Prior to joining Peraton, Coulon spent more than a quarter-century at Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman. Most recently, she served as vice president of the company’s Total Rewards program. In that position, she led the design, strategy and execution of the company’s enterprise-wide compensation and benefits programs. Prior to that, she was vice president of human resources for Northrop Grumman’s aeronautics systems.

Coulon earned a degree in communications and media studies from Radford University and a master’s degree in human resources management from Marymount University. Additionally, she completed the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program at the University of Michigan.

Peraton is owned by Veritas Capital, which established the government contracting firm in 2017. Four years later, Peraton purchased Chantilly-based IT contractor Perspecta and Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services businesses for a total of $10.5 billion. The company has more than 17,000 employees, with 7,000 of them located in the Washington, D.C., region.