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Reston cybersecurity firm names CFO
Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced last week it has hired Dana Mariano as its chief financial officer. With more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience, Mariano has overseen acquisitions of three early-stage tech companies to public entities, including Invincea to Sophos; NetWitness to RSA Security; and CareFusion to CardinalHealth. “As we prepare for LookingGlass’[...]
Vienna tech firm names cybersecurity services VP
Vienna-based tech firm Alpha Omega Integration LLC announced last week it has named Kevin Thomas as vice president of cybersecurity services. With more than 20 years of business management and IT architecture and engineering experience, Thomas previously worked for Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and McLean-based Fortune 500 global manage[...]
SML Chamber names member relations, events manager
The Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has hired Erin Stanley as its member relations and events manager, effective March 1. Stanley has previously worked in advertising, marketing, sales and business development with The Roanoke Times, Laker Media and WSLS-10. In the chamber’s newly created role, she will oversee member […]
Va. Beach insurance company names president, VP
Virginia Beach-based insurance company Core Assurance Partners Inc. announced Tuesday that Zack Brandau has been named as president and Will Russell has been named as vice president. Brandau, a founding principal of the firm, will oversee the firm’s daily operations and growth initiatives. He succeeds Doug Russell, who had served as president since 2017. Brandau […]
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus director named to National Academy of Engineering
Virginia Tech announced Monday that Lance R. Collins, vice president and executive director of the university’s Innovation Campus, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021. The former Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell University was named as head of Tech’s Innovation Campus in February 2020. He had led Cornell’s college of […]
Virginia Tech professor named as engineering fellow
Virginia Tech announced Monday that biomedical engineering and mechanics professor Raffaella De Vita has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The institute’s membership includes more than 2,000 fellows who are recognized leaders in the medical and biological fields. De Vita has been with Virginia Tech since […]
Perspecta CEO Mac Curtis retiring; Peraton CEO Stu Shea taking reins
Mac Curtis, the president, chairman and CEO of Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta Inc., plans to retire this year and will be replaced by the head of Peraton Inc., the Herndon-based national security contractor that is acquiring Perspecta, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In an undated letter to employees, […]
Leidos CEO elected to engineering academy
Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Friday that Roger A. Krone, its chairman and CEO, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions in the field of engineering. Krone was elected to the academy for his technical leadership in industry engineering and advances in aerospace and information technology programs. […]
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital names new president
Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare announced Wednesday it has hired Liisa Ortegon as the new president of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, one of the state’s largest hospitals. She replaces Carolyn Carpenter, who left to join Johns Hopkins Health System as its capital region president. Ortegon most recently served as senior vice president of operations and chief nursing […]
Appian names chief marketing officer
Tysons-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. announced last week it has hired Denise Vu Broady as its chief marketing officer. With more than 24 years of technology experience, Broady most recently served as the global chief operating officer for SAP. In her new role, she will oversee Appian’s global marketing and communications efforts. “Denise Broady […]
Carilion Clinic to form diversity, equity, inclusion office
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic announced Monday it will establish an Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and has named Nathaniel L. Bishop, the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences president, to lead it. The office will work with community leaders to address equity and social justice as it relates to health care in the Roanoke region […]
Booz Allen names national security biz senior VP
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Friday it has hired Maisha Glover as a senior vice president and market strategy leader in the firm’s national security business. With more than 25 years of experience, Glover most recently served as a senior client development adviser in the public sector practice […]
