Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Thursday said that Nazzic Keene, the corporate’s CEO since 2019 and a board member, will retire Oct. 1 and be succeeded by Tone Townes-Whitley, whose most up-to-date job was president of U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft [MSFT] and is a former president of CGI Federal.
Keene will remain as a special adviser to Townes-Whitley and SAIC through Feb. 2, 2024 to assist within the transition.
At Microsoft, Townes-Whitley led the corporate’s U.S. sales strategy for the general public sector and controlled industrial industries. She was accountable for a 5,200 worker organization with $16 billion in annual sales.
Along with her prior role leading information technology services company CGI Federal, which is an element of Canada’s
GGI [GIB], Townes-Whitley also held management roles at Unisys Corp. [UIS].
“We thank Nazzic for her tremendous contributions and dedication to SAIC, which resulted in greater opportunities for our employees, improved outcomes for our customers and increased value for our shareholders,” Donna Morea, chairwoman of SAIC’s board, said in an announcement. “The board’s choice of her successor is the results of an intensive and thoughtful CEO success planning process to discover the suitable leader to speed up the momentum built over the 4 years of Nazzic’s leadership. Toni is an progressive and collaborative leader whose success in digitial transformation and leading-edge technology integration makes her our clear alternative to steer SAIC’s next chapter.”
Townes-Whitley will join SAIC on June 12 as CEO-elect.
Keene joined SAIC in 2012.
