Huntington Ingalls Industries Names Chris Kastner President, CEO
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ board of directors has elected Chief Operating Officer Chris Kastner as president and CEO, effective March 1. The board also elected current President and CEO Mike Petters to become executive vice chairman of the board for a transition period. Together, Petters and Kastner nurtured the company’s current $48 billion shipbuilding backlog. They
Huntington Ingalls Industries Names Stewart Holmes as EVP
Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Stewart Holmes executive vice president of government and customer relations, succeeding Mitch Waldman, who will retire Sept. 30. Holmes will be located in Huntington Ingalls’ Washington, D.C., office and will report to Mike Petters, company president and CEO. “Mitch has been an integral part of HII since day one and
Huntington Ingalls Industries Makes 2 Senior Exec Changes
Military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries has elevated Christopher Kastner, executive vice president and chief financial officer, to a new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Thomas Stiehle, vice president and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division CFO, has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO and will replace Kastner. Kastner and Stiehle will
Save the Date: GMU, DAU’s Annual Government Contracting Conference, Oct. 6
George Mason University and the Defense Acquisition University will host their second annual Government Contracting Conference on Oct. 6. Held over three different dates, the event will follow the theme of government contracting in a changed world, according to the conference’s website. Speakers will consider various aspects of government contracting in the era of COVID-19
Huntington Ingalls Names Chad Boudreaux EVP, Chief Legal Officer
Military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Chad Boudreaux executive vice president and chief legal officer effective April 1. Boudreaux currently serves as the corporate vice president for litigation and chief compliance and privacy officer for HII. In his new role, he will report to HII President and CEO Mike Petters, and will have
Huntington Ingalls Industries Hires Its First CIO
Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Bharat Amin as executive vice president and chief information officer, a new role for the company. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, Amin will establish the company’s IT and digital strategic direction with a focus on cybersecurity capabilities. He will lead corporate IT governance and provide functional oversight in collaboration with the business
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