KeyW Appoints Kirk Herdman as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development
16 September 2017 - 6:20AM
The KeyW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW) announced today that it
has appointed Kirk Herdman as executive vice president (EVP) of
Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Herdman joined
KeyW in April this year through the company’s acquisition of Sotera
Defense Solutions. He most recently served as the company’s EVP of
Corporate Strategy.
“As part of the integration of Sotera, we believe that combining
the Corporate Strategy and Business Development roles into a
single, executive function is the right next step for our continued
growth–they are inextricably tied to our progress going forward,”
said Bill Weber, KeyW’s president and chief executive officer.
“Kirk’s operational knowledge of both KeyW and the legacy Sotera
business—along with his proven track record of winning many large
prime contracts in our industry—made him the right fit for this
expanded role.”
KeyW also announced that with this appointment, the current EVP
of Business Development, Michele Cook, will depart the company to
pursue other opportunities.
“I am proud of the hard work put in by
the KeyW Business Development team to get to this
point,” said Ms. Cook. “As I’ve gotten to know Kirk and this
combined team during the integration, I am comfortable the time is
right for me to transition to other career goals—and confident they
will continue to deliver great results for the company.”
"I cannot thank Michele enough for partnering with us on this
initial leg of the transformation of KeyW. Because of her
leadership, we are able to consider growth on a level that was not
possible before her arrival," said Mr. Weber. "On behalf of
the executive team and everyone at KeyW, we wish Michele all the
best on the next chapter of her career."
About Kirk HerdmanKirk joined KeyW in April
2017 as part of the Sotera acquisition to lead the company’s
corporate strategy. He has more than 28 years of experience in
operational and business development leadership positions creating,
leading and growing organizations in the national security sector
of the federal government contracting market.
Before joining KeyW, Kirk was EVP and chief strategy officer for
Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. He joined Sotera as the senior vice
president for business development and operations to create a
centralized business development organization and to integrate
legacy components of an emerging, mission-focused, national
security company. He played a critical role in developing and
driving the strategies that captured many of Sotera’s prime
contracts.
Earlier in his career, Kirk held leadership positions with Wyle
Information Systems, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
and ManTech International.
Kirk holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics
from Virginia Tech and is a graduate of the University of
Virginia’s Darden School of Business Executive Training Program on
Leadership Change.
About KeyWKeyW is a pure-play national security
solutions provider for the Intelligence, Cyber and Counterterrorism
Communities' toughest challenges. We support the collection,
processing, analysis and dissemination of information across the
full spectrum of their missions. We employ and challenge more than
2,000 of the most talented professionals in the industry with
solving such complex problems as preventing cyber threats,
transforming data into intelligence and combating global
terrorism.
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respect to our prospectus, dated December 22, 2016 included in our
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Contacts:Heather WilliamsCorporate Media
Relations
443.733.1613Communications@KeyWcorp.com
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