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Wesley Blankinship Joins SPA as Emerging Market, Advanced Tech VP; William Vantine Comments


Wesley Blankinship, formerly a senior vice president of Belcan‘s government services business, has joined Systems Planning and Analysis as vice president of emerging markets and advanced technologies at the Alexandria, Virginia-based contractor.

SPA said Blankinship brings to the company his previous experience in professional services and business capture support delivery to government clients such as the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Energy, Health and Human Services, State and the National Security Agency.

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“We are very excited to have someone of Wes™ caliber and integrity join the SPA team and help us continue to grow the company,” said SPA President and CEO William Vantine.

Blankinship previously held various positions at Schafer that included project management support specialist; senior program manager; and general manager of scientific, engineering and technical assistant support for homeland security and civil clients.

He also served as senior VP of Schafer’s national security solutions unit focused on technical advisory services.

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