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Former DHS CIO Zangardi Joins Leidos

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 25th, 2019

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Former DHS CIO Zangardi Joins Leidos

Dr. John Zangardi, senior vice president of Business Initiatives and Strategic Partnerships, Leidos Civil Group. Photo: DHS

Leidos [LDOS] on Monday said that John Zangardi, who resigned from the Department of Homeland Security in mid-November after two years as chief information officer, has joined the company’s Civil Group as senior vice president of Business Initiatives and Strategic Partnerships. Zangardi started with Leidos on Monday. “John is a transformational IT executive and leader who has been instrumental in advancing cybersecurity and digital modernization across DHS and DoD,” Jim Moos, acting group president of Leidos Civil Group, said in…

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