Rick Lober serves as vice president and general manager for the defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes Network Systems. He joined the organization in November 2008 and for over 12 years, he has been responsible for implementing the organization’s various lines of satellite communication technologies, systems and services to customers in the defense and […]
Skot Butler serves as president at Intelsat General Communications, a role he has held since April 2016. He succeeded Kay Sears, who left the company after 10 years for Lockheed Martin. In the said role, he leads the organization’s management, strategies and operations to deliver the company’s line of communications products and services to government […]
Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson is the Space and Missile Systems Center’s commander, in charge of the agency’s 6,000-strong workforce and $9B yearly budget. Since taking on the role in May 2017, he has been overseeing the acquisition, design, R&D and maintenance of satellite systems and other related command and control networks, according to his Air Force […]
Roark McDonald has been serving as vice president and general manager for GATR Technologies unit at Cubic Missions System since November 2016. He brings into the role more than 15 years of management experience in the local and overseas aerospace and defense industries, along with specialization in areas such as satellite communications, infrastructure and force protection, […]
Matt Desch serves as the chief executive officer at Iridium Communications, where he has been leading the organization’s overall strategies, management and operations since 2006. He has also been a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee for nine years and a part of the board of trustees at Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association […]
Mark Testoni serves as the chief executive officer at SAP National Security Services, a role he has held since April 2011. For over nine years, he has been overseeing the organization’s management, go-to-market strategy, consulting, product support, cloud-delivered applications and infrastructure for customers and partners, according to his Linkedin profile. The Maryland-based SAP subsidiary was […]
Dr. William LaPlante has been the senior vice president and general manager at MITRE National Security since April 2017. In his current role, he leads the operations of the company’s two R&D centers. The federally funded organizations are the National Security Engineering Center, which supports the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, and the […]
John Selman has been LMI’s vice president for national security programs for more than two years. Since being appointed to the role in 2018, he has sustained the unit’s financial growth as a result of his extensive experience in project delivery, profit and loss and client relationship management. He collaborates with other LMI senior leaders to […]
NCI Information Systems has received an appraisal that recognizes the enhancement in the company’s business processes. The Virginia-based IT service provider has been appraised at Level 3 Version 2.0 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development and Services. Reaching the said level is a major step that shows the organization’s adherence to […]
Lockheed Martin Ventures has made an equity investment in California-based startup Fiddler to help enhance a technology that allows users to understand how artificial intelligence works in the field. Under the agreement, the company will collaborate with Fiddler on the designing, balancing and testing of the technology in implementing explainable AI in the defense and […]
