// December 29, 2014//
Reston-based iGov, a provider of tactical systems and lifecycle support programs, has hired John Bowen as director of business development.
Bowen will be responsible for marketing and new business growth in combatant commands, including U.S. Special Operations Command.
Bowen retired as a colonel after serving in the U.S. Air Force for 27 years. His command tours included tactical air-control squadrons in Germany and Utah and the mission support group at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Most recently, Bowen was vice president of the Southeast division at TRI-COR Industries. Before that, he was the director of business development for L-3 Communications National Security Solutions.
Bowen earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and master's degree from Central Michigan University. He also graduated from the College of Naval Command and Staff in Newport, R.I., and the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa.