Reston, VA-based Science Applications International Corp. announced on March 11 that Tony Moraco will retire as chief executive officer effective July 31, 2019, and that its board of directors has elected Nazzic Keene, currently the corporation’s chief operating officer, to succeed him.
“I am extremely proud of how SAIC has evolved
as a leading technology integrator with strong financial performance, led by an
excellent leadership team, and I’m very confident that SAIC will deliver
sustained profitable growth into the future,” said Moraco. “I am
also excited that Nazzic will become our company’s next CEO. She has an
exceptional track-record leading the company’s operations, building great
teams, and growing business, most recently as the lead architect of the
highly-successful Engility merger and integration. Nazzic is the best person to
take the helm, accelerate SAIC’s mission-focused strategy, and continue to
deliver outstanding value for our customers, employees, and shareholders.”
“I am
humbled and honored by Tony’s and the Board’s confidence to lead this great
company. With first-hand knowledge of SAIC’s newly-strengthened scale and
breadth of capabilities and our mission-driven Ingenuity 2025 strategy, I am
excited about the opportunities for even greater success that are ready to be
realized,” said Keene. “Working with SAIC’s incredible leadership
team and deep bench of exceptional talent, we are well-positioned to lead the
way in integrated technology solutions, own the markets we choose to serve, and
make a meaningful difference for all who depend on us.”
In
announcing the transition, SAIC Board Chair Donna Morea said,
“Because of the importance the Board of Directors places on succession planning
and seamless leadership transitions, we are appreciative that Tony chose and
groomed a highly-respected, highly-qualified successor. Nazzic has a deep
understanding and proven mastery of how technology can be applied to further
the critical missions of our government and a clear strategic vision for SAIC’s
growth and future success.”
Morea
continued, “SAIC, its customers, and its shareholders have benefited greatly
from Tony’s leadership, which transformed SAIC from a spin-off to a market
leader named by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies
and positioned the company to be the leading provider of
integrated technology solutions. The Board looks forward to working with Nazzic
to build on Tony’s legacy of success and take the company to still greater
heights.”
Keene, a
widely-respected IT industry leader with more than three decades of diversified
experience in the information systems and technology services industries,
joined SAIC in 2012. Since that time, she has risen through the company’s ranks
to lead its daily operations as its chief operating officer and to oversee the
merger and integration of Engility, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SAIC on Jan. 14, 2019.
Previously Keene was president of the company’s Global Markets & Mission sector and senior vice president for Corporate Strategy and Planning, where she played an instrumental role in the spin-off of SAIC in 2013.
Source: SAIC
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