Intelligence Community Veteran Joins SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), an engineering and technology applications company, announced that Robert Zitz has joined the company's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Group as SVP and Chief Systems Architect. Prior to SAIC, Zitz was the Deputy Director of Mission Support for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). In the past, he has served as the Deputy Associate Director for the U.S. Secret Service and as the Deputy Undersecretary of Preparedness for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

MAM Software Group Hires Sales Execs

MAM Software, a business management solutions firm, has appointed Michael Moothart as National Sales Manager. Before joining MAM, Moothart served as an account executive at Crown Partners and as a business development manager at Hansen Information Technologies (now Infor). Earlier in his career, he worked as an aerospace engineer and in the sports car racing industry.

New Board Members at Unisys & CIBER

Unisys announced that Alison Davis, 48, has been elected to its Board of Directors and its Finance Committee. Most recently, Davis was a Managing Partner at Belvedere Capital Partners, a private equity firm serving the financial services sector. Prior to joining Belvedere, she served as CFO and Director of Corporate Development for Barclays Global Investors and was a Senior Partner at A.T. Kearney. She began her career at McKinsey & Company.

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CEO Succession Planning at Communications Products Company

Harris Corporation announced that it is implementing a CEO succession plan after Howard Lance, 55, its Chairman, President and CEO, advised the Board of Directors that he plans to retire at the end of the next fiscal year. Lance joined Harris in 2003 as President and CEO and was appointed Chairman of the board later that year.

New CEO, CTO & President at GSI Commerce’s Subsidiaries

GSI Commerce subsidiary MBS Insight has named John Healy, 51, as CEO. He reports to Chris Saridakis, 42, CEO of GSI’s GMS division. Healy earlier served as CEO of Dydacomp. Healy began his career at Pepsi and then expanded his focus to marketing services when he joined ADVO, a direct mail organization. He has also held senior leadership positions with marketing services companies, including R.L. Polk, Equifax, DoubleClick, and PRIMIS Marketing Group.

General Manager Placements

Computer Services announced that R. Stanley Eckenberg was named President and COO of CSI. Mr. Eckenberg joined CSI in 1992 as Director of Special Projects. Before joining CSI, he was Senior Account Executive for Xerox Corporation and also served as Branch Manager for Unisys Corporation.

GSI Commerce announced the appointment of John Healy as CEO of MBS Insight. Healy began his career in consumer packaged goods at Pepsi and then expanded his focus to marketing services when he joined ADVO, the nation's largest direct mail organization. He also held senior leadership positions with well established marketing services companies, including R.L. Polk, Equifax, DoubleClick and PRIMIS Marketing Group.