By Ross Wilkers
Apr 21, 2021
This week has been busy when it comes to executive hires announced by companies in the government market, including the launch of a new brand with a familiar name at the helm.
One of the main trade groups representing contractors also added a new executive to succeed one that is retiring.
Here is a roundup of some key appointments that came to our attention.
Amyx
The systems integration and cyber services provider brought onboard two-decade large business veteran John Selman to be its chief operating officer.
Selman will help lead Reston, Virginia-headquartered Amyx’s push for continued growth after a period of expansion over the last five years, the company said.
Space relay network developer
SpaceLink has hired three new senior executives to is leadership team. The company named Alan Khalili as its new CFO, along with Jim Schwenke as its new vice president of Intelligence Community Business, and Erik Levine as its vice president of Space Segment Program Management.
Khalili comes to SpaceLink from mobile satellite services provider
Iridium, where he helped found the operator’s Aireon hosted payload business for global air traffic surveillance. Schwenke previously held senior leadership positions at
BAE Systems, Leidos and
U.S. Air Force. Levine spent much of his previous career at satellite manufacturer
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MCLEAN, Va., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ SpaceLink, a company that is building an information superhighway for the space economy, today announced that it added three top space industry executives to its team. They bring deep expertise in finance, program management, and the U.S. government intelligence community, to drive forward the relay service that provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.