Parsons Corporation has appointed Dana Turturro as the company’s senior vice president of talent acquisition to develop the company’s strategic transformation, Parsons announced on Thursday.

“Dana’s understanding of recruiting, coupled with her strategic mindset and metrics-based approach to talent management and acquisition will help propel Parsons into the next phase of our transformation,” said Debra Fiori, chief people officer for Parsons.

Turturro joins Parsons after 20 years leading talent acquisition and professional services efforts across industries, including for several federal defense companies. Prior to joining Parsons, she served at Peraton where she was responsible for all net headcount growth drivers including hiring, retaining and redeploying talent.

As vice president of talent at Peraton, she led global transformation initiatives and talent acquisition strategies. She discussed the changing job and talent market on a panel in Dec. 2019.

On the panel, Turturro discussed the job market, changing employee desires and a pending surge of retirements, and how these factors in the market have to force employers to reconsider how they capture, train and keep qualified workers. “Recruiting, in a lot of ways, has gone full-circle,” said Dana Turturro.

She noted that the job pendulum now is swinging back from impersonal mass recruiting to experiences with a personal touch. She compared the trend of receiving a handwritten letter via traditional mail instead of the usual deluge of emails. Job flexibility and telework options are also factors in applicants’ decisions, she said.

She noted that businesses and other organizations must keep the workers they have via training and promotions. “We need to use data to educate our managers that career progression is good for the health of the company,” Turturro said. “When we lose someone to an external competitor, it doesn’t [help] anybody.”

Prior to Peraton, Turturro held additional talent acquisition and mobility roles with CACI International and CSRA. In the roles, she has proven herself to be adept at building strong teams and processes focused on creating value for employees, shareholders and clients.

She has been instrumental in developing and streamlining the HR functions for global operations.

In addition, Turturro has adopted best in class recruiting and retention strategies and implemented metrics, SLAs and dashboards focused on improving talent acquisition, engagement, development and retention.

Throughout her career, Turturro has streamlined employee mobility functions to encourage employee retention and alignment to career pathing, workforce management and learning and development programs.

Turturro holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and economics from Randolph-Macon College, a Master of Business Administration in accounting and finance from The College of William & Mary and Master of Arts degree in executive coaching from Maryland University of Integrative Health.

“Her leadership and knowledge of growth markets, especially in cyber and space, have already made her an asset to our team,” concluded Fiori.

About Parsons

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) is a leading disruptive technology provider in the global defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets, with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, and smart cities. Please visit parsons.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook to learn how we’re making an impact.

DLT Solutions, LLC., subsidiary of Tech Data and a premier government technology solutions aggregator, has promoted Chris Wilkinson as president to lead public sector strategy, the company announced on Thursday.

“Chris is a proven leader and the right choice to steer the powerful combination of our robust public sector offerings, bolstered by our specialized domain knowledge and market-leading intellectual property,” said Marty Bauerlein, senior vice president, sales, North America, Tech Data. “Since joining the business in 2017, Chris has played a significant role in transforming DLT into a premier software and cloud solutions aggregator in the public sector market. He was instrumental in expanding DLT’s capabilities across six core technology domains, including application lifecycle, big data and analytics, business applications, cybersecurity, cloud computing, enterprise platforms and IT infrastructure.”

In his new role, Wilkinson will supervise DLT and Tech Data’s combined public sector strategy and oversee DLT’s day-to-day operations. Wilkinson joined the company in Dec. 2017 and served in a variety of senior leadership positions, where he helped the company expand its offerings and grow its revenue.

During Tech Data’s acquisition of DLT in Nov. 2019, Wilkinson played an integral role in the purchase and has since helped to spearhead the combined companies’ public sector strategy. Since the acquisition, DLT has strengthened its existing public sector business and solidified its position as the distributor and solutions aggregator of choice with the deepest specialization in the federal, state, local and education markets.

Through the combination of Tech Data and DLT Solutions, channel partners will have access to a broader portfolio of leading technologies, in-house public sector contract vehicles, dedicated channels and enablement services.

With the purchase, DLT has also bolstered Tech Data’s technology expertise across six core areas, including Application Lifecycle, Big Data and Analytics, Business Applications, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure.

Adam Robinson, CEO and founder of Govplace, said, “Chris has been the driving force in working with us to adopt many of DLT’s key differentiated partner programs, which have helped us realize significant growth. Now backed by Tech Data’s technology portfolio, global reach and ability to help accelerate time to sale and delivery, we are excited to further capitalize on all the value DLT brings to the public sector space.”

Prior to joining DLT, Wilkinson served in a variety of managerial and directorial roles with immixGroup such as senior director of market development, cybersecurity and emerging markets sales, senior account manager and team lead. He worked with immixGroup from June 2006 to Dec. 2017.

Wilkinson began his career at DHL’s Worldwide Express as an account executive, where he served between June 2005 to June 2006. He holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh.

“Since DLT joined forces with Tech Data, I have gained an even deeper appreciation for the value our customers can recognize being backed by the largest and most well-regarded IT distributor in the world. I am excited to drive our combined public sector strategy and to deliver an unmatched value proposition that redefines public sector aggregation for our channel partners, technology vendors, and public sector customers,” Wilkinson concluded.

About DLT Solutions

DLT Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tech Data, the world’s leading end-to-end distributor of technology products, services and solutions. DLT is the premier government solutions aggregator that specializes in understanding the IT needs of the federal, state, local and education markets. We help simplify the process for independent software vendors, federal systems integrators and value-added resellers doing business in the public sector.

Leveraging Tech Data’s end-to-end portfolio, an extensive array of public sector contract vehicles, and dedicated channel and enablement services, DLT provides government agencies and channel partners with the means to rapidly and cost effectively transform technology to achieve mission success.

President Donald Trump has ordered Pamela Powers, the Department of Veterans Affairs' chief of staff to serve as VA's deputy secretary on an acting basis.

Powers began duties as deputy VA secretary last Thursday and will concurrently hold both of her current roles indefinitely, the department said Tuesday.

She joined the VA after her almost three-decade career with the Department of Defense where she held various leadership roles.

The U.S. Air Force veteran formerly performed chief of staff duties for the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Her USAF work included various liaison, officer and advisory positions, as well as reserve duty as a congressional liaison.

“Pam has quarterbacked VA’s historic transformation for the better part of the last two years,” said Robert Wilkie, secretary of veterans affairs.