MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DynCorp International (DI) has named Mark Kelton senior vice president of national security solutions, effective today. Kelton is a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency executive with 34 years of experience in intelligence operations, having most recently served as director of MEK & Associates.
“With his impressive background and unparalleled experience, Mark Kelton will be a great asset to DynCorp International as we continue to focus on information technology and intelligence as key areas for growth,” said DI chief executive officer, George Krivo. “I am thrilled to welcome Mr. Kelton to our team.”
Kelton has comprehensive expertise in intelligence operations, international security issues, detection of insider threats, assessment of counterintelligence risk and crisis management. His CIA career included more than 16 years of overseas service, including four assignments in key field leadership positions and service as chief of CIA’s counterintelligence center. Kelton is a recipient of the CIA Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the Director of National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the CIA Director’s Award, the 2015 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Intelligence Officer, the CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit and the CIA Directorate of Operations Donovan Award, among numerous other honors.
“I am thrilled to be joining DynCorp International,” said Kelton. “This is a team that I have long admired for their hard work and dedication to the nation’s national security, and I look forward to continuing that tradition.”
A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Kelton also holds degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the U.S. Naval War College’s College of Naval Warfare. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the security studies program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School for National Security.
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