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Ballhaus Takes Over At SRA International

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, July 25th, 2011

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Immediately on the heels of Providence Equity Partners’ acquisition of SRA International last week, the federal information technology services firm is getting a new chief, William Ballhaus, effective July 25. Ballhaus, who was president and CEO of DynCorp International for two years until August 2010, when it was acquired by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, takes SRA from Stan Sloane, who became CEO of the company in 2007. SRA said that Sloane is leaving to pursue other opportunities.…

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