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Photo courtesy Leidos" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-257x386.jpg 257w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-107x160.jpg 107w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-177x265.jpg 177w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-83x125.jpg 83w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-95x142.jpg 95w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-100x150.jpg 100w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-73x110.jpg 73w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-33x50.jpg 33w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese-67x100.jpg 67w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/IMG-Jason-Albanese.jpg 533w" sizes="(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px" /></div> <div class="title"><h2 class="rc-img-title">Leidos names new chief growth officer</h2></div> <div class="desc"><p class="news-description"> Reston-headquartered Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos announced Wednesday that it’s promoting Jason Albanese to corporate executive vice president and chief growth officer, effective March 3. Currently senior vice president of growth for the company’s National Security sector, Albanese is succeeding Gerry Fasano, who is retiring as planned on April 4. Albanese joined Leidos in 2017 […] </p></div> </a> </div> <div class="content-box"> <a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/peraton-taps-new-senior-vice-president-of-talent-acquisition/"> <div class="featured-image"><img decoding="async" width="304" height="386" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2025/02/Peraton_DanaPittman-304x386.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Peraton has selected Dana Pittman to be its new senior vice president of talent acquisition. 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