Career Progressions

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.

Jean-Bernard Lévy has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Thales, Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex. France.

Elissa Slotkin has been appointed as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), Washington, D.C.

MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, named Lillian Zarrelli Ryals as director, senior vice president and general manager of the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development.

iGATE Government Solutions, McLean, Virginia, has appointed Bonita White as group manager for pre-sales.

Dynetics, Chantilly, Virginia, has named Dr. Scott Goldstein as chief technologist and manager of the Advanced Missions Solutions Group.

Retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. P. Stephen Stanley has been named as vice president of Cybersecurity/C4, Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, Virginia.