HII’s Mission Technologies names new CIO

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Marc Sosa as chief information officer for its McLean-based Mission Technologies division, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Thursday.

Sosa will be responsible for all aspects of information technology, including guiding the division’s day-to-day leadership of  information systems and aligning enterprise cybersecurity and IT goals.

“I’m thrilled to have Marc join the team,” Chris Soong, HII’s executive vice president and chief information officer and who previously held the position at Mission Technologies before being promoted in January, said in a statement. “Marc’s progressive technical and leadership experience will be critical to strengthening our company’s IT efforts. He is a results-oriented leader that has achieved business goals and objectives through the delivery of enabling technologies and continuous improvement. His proven leadership in IT organizational change will be key to maturing HII’s transformation initiatives, critical to our company’s ability to provide all-domain solutions to our customers.”

Sosa has more than two decades of experience in the IT industry. He held leadership and management positions at Serco as well as at Computer Sciences Corp., which merged with the enterprise services business of Hewlett Packard to form DXC Technology.

Sosa has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in management information systems from Liberty University. He has also attended advanced leadership programs at the University of Oxford and Cornell University; and has several IT, project management and information security certifications.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is the nation’s largest military shipbuilder. The Fortune 500 company employs more than 44,000 workers and is Virginia’s largest industrial employer. Its Newport News Shipbuilding division is the United States’ only manufacturer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.