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Keene To Retire From SAIC; Former CGI Federal President Townes-Whitley To Be CEO

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 18th, 2023

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Keene To Retire From SAIC; Former CGI Federal President Townes-Whitley To Be CEO

Toni Townes-Whitley, SAIC's CEO. Photo: SAIC.

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] on Thursday said that Nazzic Keene, the company’s CEO since 2019 and a board member, will retire Oct. 1 and be succeeded by Tone Townes-Whitley, whose most recent 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 aid in the transition. At Microsoft, Townes-Whitley led the company’s U.S. sales strategy…

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