Operations, tech and growth leadership moves across the market

Amyx

Jaclyn Robino has joined this IT-focused subsidiary of Tetra Tech as chief operating officer to help lead the next phase of its strategy, which is being led by newly-promoted President Richard Schult.

Robino most recently spent 15 years at the Homeland Security Department, including the past seven months as leader of its One Big Beautiful Bill Principal Executive Office.

Amyx cites her background as including leadership over enterprise operations, strategic sourcing initiatives and oversight of federal contract vehicles.

Avint

Jeff Bauerlein, a former chief information officer for the FBI, has joined the cybersecurity and digital transformation company as chief strategy officer.

The 26-year public sector veteran will help lead Avint carry out its vision and strategy that involves tech partnerships, growth initiatives and innovation.

His career at the FBI also includes service as deputy assistant director for infrastructure and operations, as well as chief enterprise architect.

Avometric

Todd Hughes has joined the security technology company as chief strategy officer, a role he brings 25 years of experience to.

Hughes will help lead Avometric’s push to grow its portfolio in areas such as assured autonomy, verifiable security and secure computing. He is a former program manager from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

He most recently worked as chief innovation officer at Scientific Systems. His career also includes tech leadership roles at BigBear.ai and CACI International.

Boeing

Bill Edmunds has joined the aerospace and defense giant as chief executive for its intelligence and analytics subsidiary, a role he brings three decades of experience to.

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics’ primary customers are agencies in the intelligence community. BI&A touts software engineering, systems integration and development, and rapid prototyping, as its core focus areas.

Edmunds most recently worked as a general manager at IntrepidGS. His career also includes executive roles at Science Applications International Corp. and CACI International.

Calibre Systems

Cassie Baxter has moved up to vice president of the defense division at the digital transformation company, which she first joined in 2012.

Baxter most recently led Calbire’s training and analytics solutions directorate, where 150 people support Army and joint training programs.

She now leads assigned projects within the defense portfolio and efforts to grow that part of the business.

Check Point Software Technologies

Damon Cabanillas has joined the cybersecurity company as vice president for the Americas public sector and global systems integrators unit, a role he brings 26 years of experience to.

Cabanillas announced his new role in a LinkedIn post that describes Check Point’s portfolio as including exposure management, threat intelligence, and managed detection and response.

He most recently was a vice president at Rapid 7 and his career before that includes stops at VMware, Juniper Networks and Cisco.

Godspeed Capital Management

Brennan Novak has joined the private equity firm as a vice president to help it source, evaluate and carry out new investments.

Novak will also work with Godspeed’s portfolio companies on their strategies and key growth initiatives.

He is a former senior associate with Arlington Capital Partners.

NEC National Security Systems

Shanna Dick has joined this subsidiary of Japan-headquartered IT and electronics company NEC as vice president of people and culture, a role she brings two decades of human resources experience to.

Dick most recently worked as head of human resources at MBL Technologies for four years and before that spent 10 years at Concert Technologies in HR leadership roles.

Her career also includes service as a training and policy program analyst at the FBI.

NorthStar Earth & Space

Kevin Benedict has joined this provider of space-based information services as vice president of business development for its U.S. operations, a role he brings two decades of industry experience to.

Benedict will help lead NorthStar’s pursuits of business opportunities in the U.S. defense and intelligence communities. His career includes senior growth leadership roles at Raytheon, Ball Aerospace, Peraton and OST.

NorthStar is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in McLean, Virginia and Luxemborg.

OceanSound Partners

Kenneth Wolff has joined the private equity firm as partner and chief legal officer to help it navigate law-related issues as they pertain to transactions, portfolio companies and other governance matters.

Wolff most recently spent 27 years at the law firm Skadden, where he was a partner and co-head of its private equity group.

His career includes work on mergers and acquisitions by public and private companies, as well as PE firms like OceanSound.

OceanSound's portfolio of companies in the government market includes DMI and SMX.

OST

Kim Hayes, who founded The Ambit Group in 2004 and led it through its sale to DMI in 2022, has joined the technology and professional services provider as chief operating officer.

Hayes announced her new role in a LinkedIn post that references OST’s push to expand its offerings in data, digital transformation, mission support and engineering.

She most recently worked as an executive vice president at DigitalNet.ai, an artificial intelligence integrator founded by serial entrepreneur Ken Bajaj and unveiled back in the fall.

Sabel Systems

Robert Epstein has joined this defense- and space-focused digital engineering services provider as chief of strategy and mission architect for its work with the Air Force.

The 24-year defense industry veteran most recently worked as a senior solution architect at Leidos, a role he stepped into following his retirement from the Air Force after 26 years of service.

His most recent military assignment was leader of the Air Force gency for Modeling and Simulation.

SMX

Frank Reyes has joined the digital transformation specialist as senior vice president of mission solutions and technology, a role he brings two decades of experience to.

Reyes will lead SMX’s portfolio of work involving command-and-control, mission IT and other systems that link operators with combatant commands and coalition partners.

He most recently worked as vice president of solutions engineering and cloud solutions leader at Maximus, where he spent four years altogether. The former Navy civilian official also served as acquisition program manager at Naval Sea Systems Command.

VetsEZ

The federal health IT solutions provider has promoted a trio of executives to new roles in its C-level leadership team to lead the next phase of the strategy.

Bill Turner is now president with responsibility over day-to-day operations and execution of the strategy. He first joined VetsEZ in 2023 and is a 15-year industry veteran.

Jeff Udell is now chief operating officer with responsibility over enterprise functions relate to scalable delivery and program execution. He first joined VetsEZ in 2017 and is a 19-year industry veteran.

Nathan Pope is now chief growth officer with responsibility over functions in business development, capture management and partnerships. He first joined VetsEZ in 2016 and is a 21-year industry veteran.

Windward

Robert “Bob” Sharp, a former leader of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and retired Navy vice admiral, has joined the artificial intelligence tech outfit as chief maritime intelligence officer.

Windward designs its software offerings to fuse vessel traffic data, remote sensing signals and AI models to help operators look at global maritime activity.

Sharp’s 34-year military career also includes service as commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence and director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office.