Gibbs & Cox, Inc., an independent naval architecture and marine engineering firms, announced the appointment of Frank DeMasi to Deputy Director of its Government Services Group. In this role, DeMasi will carry out initiatives to expand the group's core expertise to provide life cycle design and engineering support services that meet the evolving needs of U.S. naval and maritime defense customers. DeMasi, a former Naval Captain, served in the U.S. Navy for 29 years, and has also worked for ten years as SAIC's Vice President and Deputy Operations Manager of the Defense Engineering and Management Solutions operation.