Garrettson Blight, a 13-year Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, has been named vice president for global government at the McLean, Virginia-based information technology consulting company.
He announced his new post Friday on LinkedIn and will be responsible for Booz Allen’s national security support and growth activities across four continents.
Blight held various roles of increasing responsibility during his more-than-a-decade career at Booz Allen, including managing director for global cyber, director of national cyber solutions and director of the company’s cyber research and development group DarkLabs.
He has over 20 years of experience in supporting both the public and private sectors, focusing on work with the Department of Defense and intelligence community.
Before joining Booz Allen, Blight served as a program manager and leadership instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and as a technical operations lead and operations and engineering manager at the U.S. Navy.
Blight serves as chairman of the board of advisers at SnapAttack and adviser for the Mitre Engenuity Center for Threat Informed Defense Advisory Council.
