SAIC shakes up leadership further after CEO’s departure

Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) is consolidating its five business groups into three, and three of its executives are leaving, the company announced Thursday.

Following on the heels of former CEO Toni Townes-Whitley’s departure in October, SAIC’s executive vice presidents of its Army sector and its Space and Intelligence group, Josh Jackson and David Ray, as well as Chief Innovation Officer Lauren Knausenberger, will leave “to pursue other opportunities,” the company announced.

Effective Jan. 31, 2026, the current Army and Navy business groups will be combined as ANG, and the Air Force and Space and Intelligence (AFSI) business groups will be consolidated. Current Executive Vice President Barbara Supplee will lead the Army Navy group, while Executive Vice President Vinnie DeFronzo will lead AFSI. The civilian business group will stay the same, and Executive Vice President Srini Attili will remain its leader.

“We’re making these changes to ensure that we are well positioned to capitalize on opportunities for growth and value creation, and to align our investments more closely with those opportunities,” interim CEO Jim Reagan said in a statement. “By optimizing our organization for speed, flexibility and efficiency, we expect that we will be able to better serve our customers and accelerate growth.”

He thanked Jackson, Knausenberger and Ray for their work. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday, Ray will step down immediately from his post and depart from SAIC on Jan. 30, 2026. He will receive severance compensation, along with a two-year non-compete agreement.

Townes-Whitley’s departure was announced in October, after she joined the company in 2023 as its CEO. Before leaving, she was one of only two current Fortune 500 CEOs who are Black women. Reagan, Leidos’ former chief financial officer and an SAIC board member since 2023, was immediately installed as interim CEO.

Jackson, who led SAIC’s Army business group, which employs 3,500 people, joined SAIC in 2002 as a program manager. Before leading the Army group, he led SAIC’s Navy business, according to his company bio.

The Space and Intelligence group leader, Ray joined SAIC in 2021 after serving as president of thermal imaging systems manufacturer FLIR Systems’ government and defense business, as well as multiple roles in management and business development at Raytheon. CIO Knausenberger, also an executive vice president, was previously chief information officer of the U.S. Department of the Air Force before joining SAIC in 2023.

The company has annual revenues of $7.4 billion and about 24,000 employees.