Executive Moves at NSA, DISA, ARPA-H, Auria, OpenAI, CFTC, DOD, BigBear.ai, Exostar, Space Force, State Department and Tyto Athene
Kristina Walter, formerly director of the National Security Agency's Future Ready Workforce Initiative, has been named director of NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, a.k.a. CCC. Walter's appointment marks her return to the center, having previously served as a strategist for the CCC and chief of defense industrial base cybersecurity responsible for shaping cyber standards for the sector. Read More
Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general of the ?U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to become the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. The nomination also covers Stanton's appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and as commander of the Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network. Read More
Chris Pashley, formerly deputy chief information security officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has been appointed CISO at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. Pashley will help ARPA-H develop and launch an agency-wide initiative to implement cybersecurity measures. Read More
Damian DiPippa, formerly CEO of Aretum, has taken on the chief executive role at Auria, a space domain awareness provider backed by Enlightenment Capital. DiPippa brings over three decades of industry experience in missile defense, satellite operations, systems engineering and mission and intelligence. Read More
Paul Nakasone, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of Cyber Command, has joined the board of directors of San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research company OpenAI. The seven-time Wash100 awardee will serve on the board's newly created safety and security committee and advise the company on how AI technologies can be used to improve cyberthreat detection and response. Read More
President Joe Biden has nominated Christy Goldsmith Romero of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to succeed Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Goldsmith Romero has served as a CFTC commissioner since 2022, where she oversaw various CFTC-registered entities. Read More
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Harris Quddos, chief information officer at the Department of Defense's Office of Inspector General, has expanded his role at DOD OIG to include chief artificial intelligence officer. The appointment is in accordance with Executive Order 14110 on the safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of AI. Read More
Jason Layman, the managing director and founder of DigiSpark Advisory, announced on LinkedIn Thursday that he has taken an additional role as?senior vice president for federal technology strategy at?BigBear.ai. He will oversee BigBear.ai's long-term growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnerships as well as help develop its technology and future business lines. Read More
Derrick Reig, formerly the CRO of CB Insights, has joined Exostar as?chief revenue officer. In his new role he will be responsible for managing the customer journey and implementing revenue-generating strategies, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced Wednesday. Read More
Lisa Costa has retired from government service after serving as the U.S. Space Force's first chief technology and innovation officer for nearly three years. Col. Nathan Iven, most recently Costa's deputy, will serve as acting CTIO. Read More
Paula Osborn, formerly chief data officer of the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs, has been appointed deputy chief data and artificial intelligence officer at the department's Center for Analytics, or CfA. Osborn's appointment marks her return to CfA, having previously served as senior data scientist at the data-focused center. Read More
Tyto Athene has appointed John Coleman, former President of Peraton’s citizen security and public services sector, as chief operating officer, and named Michael Polmar, formerly chief growth officer at Bart & Associates, as CGO. Coleman will oversee Tyto's business operations and guide strategic initiatives across the enterprise, while Polmar will implement business strategies to drive organic growth for the company. Read More