John Havermann, president and CEO of Fornax Advanced Materials, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Chicago-based developer of advanced materials for defense and aerospace applications.
The U.S. Air Force veteran has 35 years of combined military and industry experience, having held leadership roles at companies including Parsons (NYSE: PSN), RTX (NYSE: RTX), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Fornax-AM said Thursday.
He previously served as board chairman at the National Cyber Security Alliance and a technical adviser to the Maryland Cyber Investment Partnership.
Fornax-AM also expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Michael Kauffman, former vice president of legal at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), as senior VP, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary.
Kauffman founded ClearWave Strategies, a provider of support services to the aerospace, defense and original equipment manufacturer communities, and held legal positions at Proteus Technologies, and General Dynamics’ mission systems division.
Ellen Lux, a former U.S. Air Force officer and a more than 20-year RTX veteran, also joined Fornax-AM as SVP, chief operating officer and assistant corporate treasurer.
