Rear Adm. Peter Gumataotao, USN, has been assigned as assistant deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, and strategy, N3/N5B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, USN, (Ret.), former commanding officer of the USS Cole, has been tapped as senior vice president for military policy and strategic development at Phillip Stutts & Company, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, USAF, has been assigned as vice commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Steve Rottler has been named as vice president of Sandia National Laboratories’ California laboratory, leading the Energy, Climate, and Infrastructure Security Strategic Management Unit, Livermore, California.
MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, named Lillian Zarrelli Ryals as director, senior vice president and general manager of the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development.