Sea Power - December 2016

will reorganize its services business es to establish a new reportable seg ment consisting of Camber and the following HII subsidiaries: AMSEC, Continental Maritime of San Diego, Newport News Industrial, SN3, Undersea Solutions Group and UniversalPegasus International. The new segment will be named

HII Technical Solutions. n Mercury Systems Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire

CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, CES is a leading provider of embed ded solutions for military and aero space missioncritical computing applications. n Saab Kockums will become its own business sector, named Nautics, effective Jan. 1. Gunnar Wieslander will be head of the business unit while remaining the chief executive officer of Saab Kockums AB.

Expansions

n HII will open an office in Canberra, Australia, and has hired Jeff McCray as vice president, busi ness development, HII Australia. He will be responsible for develop ing new business opportunities for HII to support the Royal Australian Navy and the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific. Prior to joining HII, McCray was vice president for sales for Symetrica Inc.

Collaborations

n GE’s Marine Solutions has appointed Jason Electronics Pte. Ltd. as its valueadded reseller for SeaStream dynamic positioning sys tems in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region and China.

Transitions

n HII has appointed Mary Cullen
vice president of nuclear propulsion
at the Newport News Shipbuilding
division. She will succeed Barry
Fletcher, who retired. Cullen most
recently led the inactivation of the
aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. HII
also appointed Susan Jacobs vice
president of human resources and
administration at the same division.
She will assume her new role on
Dec. 2, succeeding Bill Bell, who is
retiring. Jacobs has served as direc
tor of human resources and admin
istration for more than nine years at
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula,
Miss. HII also elected retired Army
Maj. Gen. Augustus Leon Collins
to its Board of Directors. Collins
is chief executive officer (CEO) of
MINACT Inc. and formerly served
as commanding general of the
Mississippi National Guard.
n Retired Navy Capt. Charlie
Plumb is joining the honorary advi
sory board of Boulder Crest Retreat
for Military Veteran Wellness in
Bluemont, Va. Plumb was a prison
er of war in North Vietnam during
the Vietnam War.
n Rolls-Royce has appointed
Andreas Schell CEO of Rolls
Royce Power Systems. He will take
up his new position Jan. 1, suc
ceeding Dr. Ulrich Dohle, who is
retiring. Schell previously served as
vice president, digital strategy, for
UTC Aerospace Systems.
n Paul R. Lundstrom has joined
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.
as vice president of finance and
chief financial officer. Lundstrom
most recently served as vice presi
dent of investor relations at United
Technologies Corp.
n The Boeing board of directors
has elected Robert A. Bradway as
a new member. Bradway is chair
man and CEO of Amgen, one of
the world’s leading biotechnology
companies. He will serve on the
Boeing board’s Audit and Finance
committees.
n MBDA has made several executive
committee appointments. Pasquale
Di Bartolomeo was appointed
managing director of MBDA Italia,
replacing Antonio Perfetti, who
recently left the company. Dave
Armstrong, currently Executive
Group directorTechnical, has been
appointed Executive Group director
for Sales and Business Development.
Armstrong will retain existing
responsibilities as managing director
of MBDA UK. Gianni Bongianni,
group directorWeapon System
Programs, will replace Armstrong as
Executive Group directorTechnical.
n Micael Johansson becomes new
deputy CEO and executive vice
president of SAAB effective Jan. 1.
He will replace Lennart Sindahl,
who will become senior adviser to
the CEO and will leave the Group
Management. Sebastian Carlsson,
press officer, will become new head
of Group Communication and a
member of the Group Management.
n Mark McAndrews, port director
of the Port of Pascagoula, Miss.,
was formally installed Oct. 26 as
the 2016 17 chairman of the board
for the American Association
of Port Authorities, succeeding
Jim Quinn, who is president and
CEO of Port Saint John in New
Brunswick, Canada.
n Susan Hayman, vice president
health, safety, quality and the envi
ronment, for Foss Marine, has been
nominated by President Barack
Obama to the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy’s Board of Visi
tors. Hayman is a 1980 graduate of
the academy.
n Akoustis Technologies Inc.
has selected Rohan Houlden vice
president of Engineering. Houlden
formerly was general manager of
the Connectivity Business Unit at
Qorvo Inc.
n Erik Anderson has joined
EdgeTech, a company specializing
in highresolution sonar imaging
systems and underwater technol
ogy. Andersen previously served
with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Office
of Coast Survey. n