Hawkeye 360 announces new CFO

Herndon-based geospatial analytics company HawkEye 360 announced Wednesday that it has promoted the company’s chief business officer, Craig Searle, to chief financial officer.

According to Searle’s LinkedIn profile, he was a member of HawkEye 360’s board of directors and audit committee from 2019 to 2023 before joining the company as vice president of strategic finance. He became chief business officer earlier this year.

“Craig’s appointment as chief financial officer marks another important milestone in HawkEye 360’s evolution as a defense technology leader,” HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini said in a statement. “He brings proven financial expertise and business acumen that will strengthen our foundation as we scale to meet growing demand. Craig’s leadership will guide the financial strategy necessary to support customer mission success and advance HawkEye’s position as the premier provider of signals intelligence.”

Searle has over 20 years of finance experience, including 10 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions and capital market transactions. Before joining HawkEye 360, Searle worked as a director on the strategic investments and acquisitions team at Advance, owner of Condé Nast and other media companies.

Founded in 2015, HawkEye 360 collects radio frequency data from its satellite constellations to identify and track activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients.

In June, the company launched its Cluster 12 group of satellites from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. India also agreed to pay the company $131 million in May for SeaVision software to counter illegal maritime activity.