
After serving for nearly two months as the interim chief of Mercury Systems [MRCY], the board of the defense electronics company on Tuesday named Bill Ballhaus as president and CEO, with the charge to execute on the company’s strategic plan. Ballhaus, who has served on Mercury’s board for more than a year, was named to the interim leadership roles on June 24 following the resignation of Mark Aslett. Aslett’s resignation followed a strategic review of alternatives that failed to find…