Mark Serway Interim President and CEO, Hitachi Vantara Federal

Hitachi Vantara Federal, a FOCI-mitigated subsidiary of Hitachi Vantara, announced that Mark Serway, CFO, has been appointed by the board of directors to serve in the additional role of interim president and CEO, effective immediately, following David Turner’s resignation, who held the position for the last 5 years.

“Mark has been a valuable member of the Hitachi Vantara Federal team since he joined in 2017, and we are fortunate to have his leadership and experience as interim president and CEO while the board conducts its search process,” said Darryl Garrett, COB of directors. “Mark has a deep understanding of our business, operations and strategy. We are confident Mark is ideally suited to lead the company through this interim period, and we, the board, and the Hitachi Vantara executive team appreciate his willingness to take on this expanded role.“

The board will initiate a formal search process to identify a permanent CEO. It will engage an executive search firm and will consider both internal and external candidates.

Serway has served as CFO and member of the board of directors and Government Security Committee (GSC) for Hitachi Vantara Federal since 2017. Prior to that, he served as CFO at Govplace from 2013 to 2017, a private enterprise solutions provider to the federal government. Prior to this position, he served as SVP, CFO of Akima from 2008 to 2013. During his tenure, the business grew from $300 million to over $1.2 billion with 5,800 employees in 46 states and 6 countries. He has held progressive financial leadership roles with Employment Enterprises, Paradigm Solutions, Lockheed Martin IT, Getronics Government Solutions, Babcock & Wilcox and Boeing Computer Services.

He earned his Master’s degree in Finance from Averett University and his Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from James Madison University.