Appointments

Marie O’Brien was named president of Robbins-Gioia LLC’s newly combined defense and intelligence divisions. She most recently led the Alexandria, Va., company’s intelligence division. The chief strategy officer of the new division is Robert Floyd II, a former Army general and most recently business development director at Robbins-Gioia’s Army, Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency strategic programs.

Paul Saleh was named to replace Sprint Nextel Corp. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee. Saleh was chief financial officer of the Reston, Va., company. Board member James Hance Jr. was named acting nonexecutive chairman.

Christopher Hansen joined Washington-based high-tech trade association AeA, formerly the American Electronics Association, as president and CEO, replacing William Archey. Hansen most recently was the group executive president of the AARP.

Mary Wall joined Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, Md., as director of business development with the company’s enterprise solutions and services unit. Wall most recently was area sales director of federal civilian business at Unisys Corp.

Robert May Jr. joined Battelle Memorial Institute, of Columbus, Ohio, as vice president of the Air Force market sector. May most recently was executive director of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Judy Phruksaraj joined Goodman Solutions LLC, of Vienna, Va., as a senior consultant. The accounting and advisory firm is a division of Goodman and Company LLP.

The Government Electronics and Information Technology Association, of Arlington, Va., elected to its 2007- 2008 executive committee: Chairman Randall Lucas, Verizon Communications Inc. vice president of business development; Vice Chairman Gene Glazar, BAE Systems Inc. vice president of business development; Treasurer William Russ, Raytheon Co. intelligence and information systems vice president; and members: Desiree Campbell, Cigital Inc. sales and marketing vice president; Lynne Corddry, Red Hat Inc. business development vice president; Jerry Harrison, General Dynamics Corp. C4 Systems business development and sales vice president; Pam McCarthy, IBM Corp. vice president and client director; Larry Reagan, Price Systems Inc. consulting division vice president; Gerry Robbins, Northrop Grumman Corp. business development vice president; Donald Scott, EDS Corp. vice president; and Paul Strasser, Pragmatics Inc. chief operating officer.

J. Kevin Moran, a former Navy vice admiral, was named to the board of directors for Unitech Corp., of Centreville, Va.

Promoted

At Acumen Solutions Inc. of Vienna, Va.: Donita Prakash to chief marketing officer at the business and technology consultancy, including marketing strategy and execution at Alteritech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acumen Solutions that provides managed technology services.

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