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Reston firm names chief security officer
Reston-based professional services company Caliburn International LLC announced Thursday it has hired James Mehta as its chief security officer. With more than 27 years of experience as a commissioned officer and special agent, Mehta most recently served as the director of strategic programs and requirements for the Air Force Of[...]
Reston federal contractor names COO
Reston-based federal contractor Preferred Systems Solutions Inc. announced Thursday it has hired Cynthia Barreda as its chief operating officer. Barreda most recently served as CEO of Herndon-based tech company NetCentrics Corp., where she had been since 2002. In her new role, she will work on strategy and vision for the compa[...]
The Breeden Co. names multifamily, CRE director
Virginia Beach-based real estate developer The Breeden Co. announced Wednesday that Bonnie Moore has been promoted to director of operations for the company’s multifamily and commercial real estate divisions. Moore has been The Breeden Co.’s director of multifamily operations for more than 20 years. In her new role, she will[...]
Herndon contractor employee receives Intelligence and National Security Alliance award
Herndon-based satellite company HawkEye 360 Inc. announced Wednesday that Darek Kawamoto, its principal engineer for algorithms, has been honored with the Edwin H. Land Industry Award by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). Of the six honorees receiving INSA Achievement Awards this year, Kawamoto is the only V[...]
Averett University hires VP for philanthropy
Averett University announced Wednesday it has hired Melissa Wohlstein as vice president for philanthropy, effective Tuesday. Wohlstein has nearly 20 years of experience in higher education settings. She most recently served as the associate vice president of development at Hollins University. “With her existing connections to [...]
Herndon satellite company names chief strategy officer
Herndon-based satellite company HawkEye 360 Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Kari A. Bingen, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, as its chief strategy officer. Bingen held her role with the Department of Defense from May 2017 through January 2020. In her new role, she will focus on space[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]
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 ser[...]
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[...]
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 biologi[...]
