LMI names new leaders following CEO change

Following Josh Wilson’s appointment as CEO at the start of the year, LMI, a Tysons-based provider of commercial-grade technology to federal agencies, promoted several executives last week.

Christen Smith has been named chief revenue officer, Zaki Saleh has been appointed senior vice president of growth operations, and Christine Cocrane is now senior vice president of the health and civilian market.

Smith worked at LMI for nearly a decade, before leaving in 2022 to work as senior vice president of the U.S. domestic market of consulting and research firm Abt Global, according to her LinkedIn page.

In 2023, Smith returned to LMI as president of the company’s solutions division. In her new role as chief revenue officer, Smith leads the company’s market and growth strategy. She has a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University.

“With 15+ years of experience across public policy, data analytics and organizational leadership, she brings a customer-first approach to turning complex federal objectives into durable partnerships and measurable impact,” LMI wrote about Smith on a company LinkedIn post.

In his new role, Saleh will drive growth execution across the company and scale business opportunities across markets, LMI announced in a LinkedIn post.

Saleh joined LMI in 2022 as senior vice president of the company’s health and civilian market. He previously worked at federal contractor Peraton as vice president and general manager for the global health business unit, according to his LinkedIn page. He also worked for more than a decade at Falls Church-based Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman. He has a degree in business and economics from Wittenberg University in Ohio.

Stepping into Saleh’s former position, Cocrane will lead growth, execution and customer alignment at LMI, according to the company.

Cocrane joined LMI as a project manager in 2010, according to her LinkedIn page. After receiving a series of promotions, she served as senior vice president of management and transformation solutions from 2020 until last summer, when she was named senior vice president of enterprise digital transformation. Cocrane has a master’s in public administration from George Mason University.

Chartered under the Kennedy administration in 1961, LMI was originally formed to support logistics management for the Department of Defense. Doug Wagoner joined LMI as its president and CEO in 2020 and oversaw the 2022 sale of LMI’s for-profit subsidiary to investment firms Declaration Partners, Capitol Meridian Partners and 22 C Capital. The for-profit subsidiary retained the LMI name and the remaining nonprofit entity was rebranded as NobleReach Foundation.

In October 2025, LMI announced Wagoner would retire as CEO at the end of the year and transition to the chairman role.

In 2020, LMI’s revenue was $397 million, according to news reports. In October 2025, LMI announced the company had seen a 74% increase in revenue over the past five years and 40% workforce growth.

Wilson will speak at the 2026 NASA Core Flight System Symposium at LMI’s Tysons headquarters. It runs from Jan. 27-29.