Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet™s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, has been elected to AFCEA International™s board of directors as vice chairman.
Fortna will assist the board chairman in overseeing AFCEA™s affairs and serve on the nonprofit organization™s budget and finance committee as vice chairman, AFCEA said Thursday.
The announcement of his appointment came a week after DeEtte Gray, president of U.S. operations at CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, was named chair of AFCEA™s board.
Bob Shea, AFCEA president and CEO, said Fortna has provided insight and helped improve the organization™s fiscal posture as a member of the audit panel.
œAs a long-standing member of AFCEA, it™s an honor to join the leadership team and help foster communication among these groups on matters of national security, said Fortna, who also serves on Fortinet Federal‘s board.
Fortna, a more than 15-year AFCEA member, has served as chairman of the organization™s audit panel and member of the executive committee and board.
He started his career at IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) federal division and previously held senior leadership roles at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), Enterasys Networks, Nortel Networks and Government Industry Consulting.
