SAIC reorganizes C-suite, with changes effective in Feb.

Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Monday that it is reorganizing its business, leading to four executives’ promotions and the departure of two others, effective Feb. 2, 2024.

SAIC’s defense and civilian sector and national security and space sector will be replaced by five new business groups: Army, Navy, Air Force and combatant commands; space and intelligence; and civilian, which will encompass civilian, health, state and local businesses.

Four current SAIC senior vice presidents will be promoted to executive vice president and answer to SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley starting Feb. 3, 2024: Josh Jackson will lead Army; Barbara Supplee, Navy; Vinnie DiFronzo, Air Force; and David Ray, space and intelligence. SAIC will conduct an external search for the civilian sector leader. Bob Genter, president of SAIC’s defense and civilian sector, and Michael LaRouche, president of the contractor’s national security and space sector, will leave by Feb. 2, 2024, the news release said.

The announcement came after Townes-Whitley, former president of Microsoft’s U.S. Regulated Industries, succeeded former SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene in October.

“SAIC has an unmatched history of partnering with our nation’s most critical mission-driven government customers and offering a best-in-class portfolio of capabilities. As we look ahead, we are becoming a more focused and growth-oriented SAIC that realizes the full potential of our differentiators, fueled by our innovation factory. This builds upon our recent decision to centralize our business development function to prioritize the quality and pace at which we execute our market opportunities,” Townes-Whitley said in a statement. “We are confident the company will continue to bring innovative solutions to market, further prioritize growth and deliver significant long-term value for our shareholders, customers and employees.”

She thanked Genter and LaRouche for their contributions; Genter joined the company in 2013 as senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s strategic growth markets customer group, and LaRouche started in 2019 as president of the national security and space business.

In September, SAIC hired a new chief innovation officer and chief of staff. SAIC employs about 24,000 people and reported $7.7 billion in fiscal 2023 revenue.