Career Progressions

Brig. Gen. Mark C. Nowland, USAF, has been assigned director, strategy, policy and plans, J-5, Headquarters U.S. Southern Command, Miami.

Brig. Gen. Steven M. Shepro, USAF, has been assigned commanding general, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. James W. Hyatt, USAF, has been assigned director, air and space operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Brett T. Williams, USAF, has been assigned director, operations, J-3, Headquarters U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

William J. Tinston has been assigned program executive officer, Defense Logistics Agency information operations, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Vikram J. Singh has been assigned  deputy assistant secretary of defense for south and Southeast Asia, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Policy), Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has appointed Michael W. Locatis III assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications at the National Protection and Programs Directorate.

Visix Incorporated, Atlanta, has hired Tony Martin as chief operating officer and Lindsay Hahn as customer success manager.

QinetiQ North America, Cape Canaveral, Florida, has named Mark J. Nappi senior vice president and program manager of the Engineering Services contract at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

AT&T Government Solutions, Oakton, Virginia, has named Lt. Col. Gerry Laszakovits, USAF (Ret.), director, Air Force Division; Col. Lance H. Spencer, USAF (Ret.), director, National Security Strategic Development; and Col. David C. Geuting, USAF (Ret.), and Adam Cavazos managers for Air Force Account Development.