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Leidos Announces New Sector Chiefs

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

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Leidos Announces New Sector Chiefs

Cindy Gruensfelder will be president of Leidos' Defense Systems Sector under a new organizational alignment. LinkedIn photo

Following up on the company’s announcement earlier this week that it would realign into five sectors, Leidos [LDOS] on Thursday announced the leaders for each sector and the heads of two new executive positions. Tom Bell, who has been CEO of Leidos since May, announced the realignment on Tuesday during the company’s third quarter earnings call, saying it will improve operations and drive higher sales and earnings (Defense Daily, Oct. 31). The changes go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.…

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