Everfox hires Wajsgras as chief executive
Everfox's new CEO Dave Wajsgras has some familiarity with this business, dating back to when it was part of Raytheon. Intelsat photo.
By
Ross Wilkers
Dave Wajsgras more recently led Intelsat through its transition to becoming a managed services provider and subsequent sale to fellow satellite network operator SES.
Everfox has hired a new chief executive in Dave Wajsgras, the 25-year veteran of defense and commercial industries who most recently led Intelsat as CEO.
Wajsgras has also been appointed chairman of Everfox’s board of directors and succeeds Sean Berg, who has stepped down after having led the business for eight years including the past two as CEO. Berg is transitioning to an advisory role, the cybersecurity company said Monday.
During Wajsgras’ three-year tenure as CEO, Intelsat transitioned from its longstanding identity as a wholesale broadband capacity provider to being more of an end-to-end managed services communications company. SES acquired Intelsat in the summer of 2025 for $3.1 billion to create a larger multi-orbit satellite operator.
Global investment firm TPG acquired the Everfox business in 2023 for $2.45 billion as a carveout from Forcepoint, which private equity firm Francisco Partners bought from RTX in 2021 for $1.1 billion. Everfox housed the bulk of Forcepoint’s portfolio in government and critical infrastructure markets.
Berg joined our WT 360 podcast in the wake of Everfox’s launch as an independent business in early 2024.
Wajsgras' appointment to lead Everfox brings him back to a business he has some familiarity with. RTX (formerly Raytheon) acquired the majority ownership of Forcepoint in 2015, when he was working as the defense giant’s chief financial officer, then took full control of the business in 2017.
Wajsgras also sat on Forcepoint’s board of directors as part of his latter role as president of Raytheon’s then-intelligence, information and services business unit.
He spent 15 years at Raytheon altogether and is a member of the boards at Parsons Corp., Martin Marietta Materials and Wesco International.