Nauticus Foundation hires CFO
Amy Owens has been named the chief financial officer of the Nauticus Foundation in Norfolk. Owens joins the Nauticus Foundation, which runs the Nauticus maritime museum in Norfolk, after serving as CFO at RDS of Virginia, a recycling and disposal company, according to her LinkedIn. Before that she was director of finance and non-academic business […]
Bowman appoints first chief revenue officer
Lance Hendrix has been named Bowman Consulting Group’s inaugural chief revenue officer, the Reston-based engineering services firm announced Wednesday. Hendrix, who will be based in Reston, has more than 30 years of engineering and construction management experience focused on the power, renewables and industrials markets. “Lance’s experience and impressive track record in the engine[...]
Wagner named CEO for Agile Defense
Reston-based Agile Defense, an IT solutions provider for national security customers and the U.S. Department of Defense, has named Rick Wagner as its new top executive. Wagner previously led Microsoft’s $5 billion federal arm until Candice Ling took over the role during the summer. Agile announced the leadership change in a news release Tuesday. Wagner […]
Reid retiring as Dominion Energy Services president
Carter Reid, executive vice president, chief of staff and corporate secretary of Dominion Energy, as well as president of Dominion Energy Services, will retire Jan. 1, 2024, the Richmond-based utility announced Monday. Carlos Brown, Dominion’s senior vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel, will be promoted to president of Dominion Energy Services and Dominion […]
Virginia Natural Gas names chief admin officer
Virginia Natural Gas has named Shannon Pierce as its vice president of strategy and chief administrative officer, the Virginia Beach-based utility announced Monday. Pierce, a native of Surry, most recently served as vice president of growth and chief external affairs officer at SouthStar Energy Services, a subsidiary of VNG’s parent company, Southern Company Gas. She […]
Bank of America names new Hampton Roads president
Tyrone Noel has been named president of the Hampton Roads region for Bank of America, the bank announced Thursday. As president, Noel will lead 500 employees and operations across the Hampton Roads market and be responsible for growing market share and driving integration across the bank’s eight business lines. He will also lead the bank’s […]
GDIT names new chief growth officer
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology has named Paul Tartaglione as its new chief growth officer, the company, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics, announced Monday. Tartaglione started in his new role Monday. He joined GDIT from McLean-based Fortune 500 management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, where he most recently served as senior vice […]
HawkEye 360 promotes COO to president
HawkEye 360’s chief operating officer has been promoted to president, the Herndon-based satellite analytics company announced Tuesday. Rob Rainhart joined HawkEye 360 as vice president of engineering in 2016, a few months after the company’s 2015 founding, and has served as its chief operating officer since 2019. His new role as president is effective immediately. […]
Groundworks promotes two execs to C-suite
Virginia Beach-based Groundworks has promoted two employees, including one to chief sales officer and another as chief revenue officer, the foundation and water management solutions company announced Thursday. Ben Flowers has been promoted from vice president of Groundworks’ southern division to chief sales officer, a new role for the company. Flowers will lead its sales […]
Virginia Housing CEO to retire
Virginia Housing CEO Susan Dewey will retire Dec. 31, after 24 years heading the Richmond-based authority. “Under Susan’s leadership, Virginia Housing made critical and timely strategic changes over the years to position us for success,” Bill Shelton, chairman of the Virginia Housing Board of Commissioners, said in a statement released Tuesday. “We thank her for […]
Mitre hires chief information officer
The Mitre Corp., a McLean-based not-for-profit organization that manages federally funded research and development centers, has hired Deborah Youmans as its new chief information officer, it announced Monday. A Virginia Tech graduate who has an MBA from the University of Maryland, Youmans joins Mitre from McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton, where she was most recently vice […]
Microsoft Federal sees leadership change
Microsoft Corp.’s federal arm has new leadership, after its former president, Rick Wagner, left the company to pursue “new opportunities.” Wagner had run Microsoft Federal, now based in Rosslyn, since 2020. Candice Ling announced in a LinkedIn post this week that she had accepted his former job. Microsoft’s federal team works with the civilian and […]