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HII names new CIO for Newport News Shipbuilding
Jun 22, 2021

HII names new CIO for Newport News Shipbuilding

Jason K. Sutton has been promoted to chief information officer for Newport News Shipbuilding, parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced last week. Sutton, who joined the company in 2018 as director of operations integration and is currently program director for steel fabrication and assembly, will be responsible for all aspects of information technology and lead […]

Toru Nishizawa. Photo courtesy Canon Virginia Inc.
Jun 7, 2021

Canon Virginia CEO retires after 41 years

Toru Nishizawa, president and CEO of Newport News-based Canon Virginia Inc. and Canon Environmental Technologies Inc., retired June 1 after 41 years with the multinational corporation known for its optical and imaging products such as lenses, cameras and scanners. Canon has tapped Shingo Shigeta as his successor. Nishizawa, who is returning home to Japan for […]

Donnie Scott. Photo courtesy IDEMIA
Jun 2, 2021

IDEMIA taps CEO for North American identity and security biz

French global tech company IDEMIA, which has its U.S. headquarters in Reston, announced Wednesday it has named Donnie Scott the new CEO for its North American identity and security business. Scott, a 20-year veteran of the public security and IT solutions industry, was promoted from his current position as senior vice president and general manager […]

Removing politics
May 26, 2021

Va. Finance Secretary Aubrey Layne to join Sentara

Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne will join Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare as the health system’s senior vice president and chief of staff, effective July 1. Layne’s responsibilities will include overseeing Sentara’s legislative affairs and corporate social responsibility teams, as well as the Sentara Foundation and the Sentara College of Health Sciences. He will repor[...]

Carrie Hunt. Photo courtesy Virginia Credit Union League
May 20, 2021

Virginia Credit Union League names new president

The Virginia Credit Union League has named Carrie Hunt as its next president, effective June 1 , the state trade association for not-for-profit, member-owned credit unions announced Thursday. Hunt replaces the league’s longtime leader, Richard Pillow, who will retire in June after 40 years with the association. Currently, Hunt serves as the executive vice president […]

May 5, 2021

Leidos names new CFO

Longtime Leidos Holdings Inc. executive Christopher Cage has been named as the Reston-based federal contractor’s new chief financial officer. Cage will begin his role July 5. He currently serves as senior vice president and chief accounting officer for the Fortune 500 company, where he’s worked since 1999. Cage was director of financial planning and analysis […]

Parsons Corp. names new CEO
Apr 20, 2021

Parsons Corp. names new CEO

Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. announced Tuesday that CEO Charles “Chuck” Harrington is retiring after nearly 40 years and will be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Carey Smith effective July 1. A member of Parsons’ board, Smith joined Parsons in 2016 as president of its federal solutions business and became COO in 2018, […]

Nancy Toscano
Apr 20, 2021

United Methodist Family Services gets new chief

Nancy Toscano has become president and CEO of United Methodist Family Services (UMFS), a 121-year-old nonprofit statewide provider of social services programs for high-risk children and parents. Promoted from chief operating officer, Toscano succeeds Greg Peters, who is retiring after more than 20 years leading the Richmond-based nonprofit. Toscano, who was named to the role […]

Eight over 80
Mar 30, 2021

Eight over 80

What keeps a person working at an age when most of us are happy to let others take care of business? These overachieving Virginians, all over age 80, have remained hard at work mostly for one or more of three reasons. The first is being able to continue work with family. Retirement is rarely mandatory […]

Mar 30, 2021

CounterFlow AI names new CEO

Charlottesville-based CounterFlow AI has named its chief product officer, Bill Cantrell, as CEO effective April 2, the network security firm announced today. Cantrell will succeed Randy Caldejon, who co-founded the company in 2017 and will continue as its executive chairman and vice president of engineering. Caldejon, whose Crozet Coffee Co. was acquired by Grit Coffee […]

Energy
Mar 23, 2021

Dominion Energy’s Tom Farrell to retire from Altria board

Dominion Energy Inc. Executive Chair Thomas F. Farrell II is retiring from Altria Group Inc.’s board of directors, which he has chaired since April 2020. Farrell has served on the Henrico County-based tobacco product manufacturer’s board of directors since 2008. He will retire from the Altria board when his term ends in May. Altria’s board […]

Federal Contractors | Technology
Mar 17, 2021

PAE Inc. president and CEO resigns

PAE Inc., a Falls Church-based government contractor, has appointed Charles Peiffer as its interim president and CEO starting Friday, March 19, following the resignation this week of John Heller, who had led the company since 2013. Peiffer is PAE’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Heller, who joined PAE from Engility Corp., resigned as […]

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