Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market

Acentra Health

Mohamed Karama and Nirav Dalal have both taken up senior vice president positions at this technology solutions and services provider.

As senior VP of growth acceleration and performance, Karama will lead Acentra’s work to strengthen its cross-function posture and contribute to accelerate revenue growth. Karama joins Acentra and is a 25-year industry veteran previously of Guidehouse, PwC and Unisys.

Dalal first joined Acentra in 2024 and has moved up to SVP of sales leadership, where he will oversee all aspects of Acentra’s business development and capture management function. His 25-year industry career includes roles at Optum, IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Ad Hoc

Sophie Myers has rejoined the digital services company as vice president of its business unit focused on the Veterans Affairs Department, a role she brings 13 years of public sector experience to.

Myers served as the VA’s director of veterans experience services from 2021 to 2025 and oversaw a large portfolio of systems for connecting customers with health care, benefits and other services.

Her prior stint at Ad Hoc was for two years, after which she joined VA. She most recently worked as a customer experience portfolio leader at Science Applications International Corp.

BigBear.ai

Jo Ann Bjornson has joined the artificial intelligence technology integrator as chief human resources officer, a role she brings nearly three decades of industry experience to.

She is a former chief HR officer for V2X. Her career in industry also includes senior HR roles at Leidos and Science Applications International Corp.

Bjornson announced her new role in a LinkedIn post.

Classiq

Chris Reid has joined the quantum computing software provider as head of public sector for the Americas region, a role he brings nearly two decades of public sector experience to.

Classiq has tasked Reid with leading the design and execution of its U.S. public sector strategy that includes work with government agencies and industry partners.

Reid most recently worked as chief of staff at Elastic and is a retired Army brigadier general.

Granicus

John Boerstler, a former chief experience officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, has joined the provider of citizen experience technologies as general manager for its U.S. federal government business.

Boerstler previously led VA’s strategies for enterprise customer acquisition and experience, including the enrollment of millions of veterans into benefits and healthcare programs.

He served in the VA CXO from 2021 to 2024, then joined Ipsos as head of public sector and worked in that role for one year.

Hanwha Defense USA

Reed Tewell has moved up to chief information officer at this subsidiary of the South Korea-headquartered conglomerate, which has prioritized U.S. shipbuilding in its growth strategy.

Tewell first joined Hanwha Defense USA in 2025 as director of IT and enterprise artificial intelligence. Now as CIO, he will lead the business’ overall tech strategy and efforts to use agentic AI in its operations.

Prior to Hanwha Defense USA, the 18-year industry veteran worked as director of IT at Leonardo DRS for five years.

iGov

Charles “Chuck” Reiche will move up to president at the IT solutions and services provider on July 1 after 16 years there, including the past nine as senior vice president of corporate business development.

Reiche will work with CEO Patrick Nevin to shape the next phase of iGov’s strategy and oversee day-to-day operations.

Reiche will succeed the retiring Mike Tyrrell, iGov’s president and COO for 20 years and chief financial officer for the past year. Tyrrell is a 35-year veteran of the industry.

Inadev

Paul Matteucci has joined the digital and business transformation provider as an equity partner and will lead efforts to expand across federal regulatory agencies.

The 25-year industry veteran most recently worked as senior vice president of federal consulting at Maximus, where he led digital transformation programs for both the IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission.

Matteucci is also a former chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Reserve Affairs. Matteucci’s new role at Inadev reunites him with former Attain colleague Manish Agarwal, who recently acquired an equity stake in the company and became chief executive.

Knox Systems

Hemant Baidwan has joined the managed federal cloud provider as executive chief information security officer following two years of service as CISO for the Homeland Security Department.

Baidwan spent 10 years altogether at DHS prior to Knox, where he will lead its cyber efforts and work with industry clients on navigating the government-wide FedRAMP program for authorizing cloud offerings.

Knox completed a $25 million Series A capital raise earlier this month.

Mattermost

Matt Mandrgoc has joined this online chat service provider as vice president of federal, a role he brings 25 years of industry experience to.

Manndrgoc will lead Mattermost’s efforts to expand its network of industry partners that help make the technology more available to government agencies.

His career includes senior roles at Zoom, Extreme Networks and Check Point Software.

Merlin Group

Robert “Bob” Costello, a former chief information officer for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, has joined this investment firm as chief digital and information officer.

He will work with Merlin Group’s affiliates and portfolio companies on efforts to build up their posture of delivering technologies to government and critical infrastructure organizations.

While at CISA, Costello led the agency’s enterprise IT strategy and overall tech modernization efforts. He is a two-decade veteran of the Homeland Security Department.

Parsons Corp.

Soo Lagasse will move up to chief human resources officer at the government technology and infrastructure company on April 1 from her current role as senior vice president of global talent acquisition and mobility.

A three-decade industry veteran, Lagasse first joined Parsons in 2021 and has since overseen efforts to expand its internship programs and overall mobility enterprise. Her career includes senior roles at CACI International, Engility Corp. and Raytheon.

Lagasse succeeds Susan Balaguer, who is retiring from Parsons and is also a three-decade industry veteran. They led an overhaul of Parsons’ overall talent function during Balaguer’s tenure as CHRO.

Precise Systems

Michael “Mike” Risik has joined the defense technology integrator as vice president of business development, a role he brings two decades of Navy and defense experience to.

Risik will help oversee Precise Systems’ efforts to expand its engineering and digital transformation offerings across defense and national security programs.

He is a retired Navy Reserve captain and former director of strategic solutions at Valkyrie Enterprises.

Qualis, InTrack and Tektonux

David Walsh has joined this space and missile defense technology integrator as chief strategy officer following its formation by Bluestone Investment Partners through a February merger of three companies.

Walsh will lead this company’s work to integrate its software, hardware and engineering offerings into ready-to-field products for the U.S. military.

The 12-year industry veteran most recently worked as chief technology officer at Parry Labs. His career prior to that includes engineering leadership roles at Collins Aerospace, Leidos and General Atomics.

SentinelOne

Jillian Swenson has joined the cybersecurity company as vice president of federal, a role she brings 26 years of industry experience to.

Swenson will lead SentinelOne’s push to expand its channel ecosystem and availability of its network protection technology for agencies, she wrote in a LinkedIn post on her new role.

She most recently spent five years at Amazon Web Services, where she led efforts to build out the cloud computing hyperscaler’s ecosystem of partners.

Unissant

Shaun Swartz has joined the digital transformation provider as vice president of its defense business, a role he brings nearly three decades of military and industry experience to.

Unissant has tasked Swartz with advancing its growth strategy for the market’s defense segment and working with agencies on moving technologies from pilot efforts to operational deployments.

Swartz most recently worked as senior vice president of growth at Red Cedar Consultancy. His career also includes leadership roles at Science Applications International Corp. and SOS International.

Tria Federal

Sean Vineyard has moved up to senior vice president of growth operations at the digital services company, which he first joined in 2022 amid its formation into Tria Federal.

The 25-year industry veteran and former vice president will oversee Tria’s enterprise business development, capture and growth strategy functions. Vineyard was a vice president at Federal Advisory Partners at the time of its acquisition by private equity firm Sagewind Capital, which used FAP as a building block to create Tria.

His career also includes roles at 11th Hour Service, Kearney, Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton.

In October, Tria's CEO Tim Borchert and president Atchut Kanthamani appeared on our WT 360 podcast to explain the company's direction and trends it is seeing across the landscape.

Xcelerate Solutions

Jeffrey Keen has joined the McNally Capital-backed secure IT services provider as senior vice president of federal civilian programs, a role he brings two decades of industry experience to.

Xcelerate has tasked Keen with overseeing program delivery and business development initiatives in support of IT infrastructure modernization efforts at civilian agencies.

Keen most recently worked as senior VP of federal civilian enterprise solutions at CACI International, which he joined in 2024 through its acquisition of Applied Insight. Before that transaction, he was an SVP and general manager at Applied Insight.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

David King, the former chief executive of Dynetics, has joined the board of directors at this defense technology maker and will be an independent member.

King led Dynetics as CEO from 2015 until 2020, when Leidos acquired the company for $1.65 billion. He then led the Dynetics subsidiary as group president until his retirement in the spring of 2022.

He has also been assigned to the board’s audit committee.

Redwire

Frank Calvelli, the former Space Force service acquisition executive, has joined the board of directors at this space and defense technology company and will be an independent member.

Calvelli holds the distinction of being the Pentagon's first-ever service acquisition executive solely focused on space programs.

He is also on the board of directors at True Anomaly and the board of trustees at Aerospace Corp.