Leni Kaufman News

Bharat Amin has been appointed vice president and chief information officer for the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, the company announced. In his new position, Amin will oversee the shipyard's strategic direction and will have day-to-day leadership over all information systems at Newport News and the HII corporate office. Amin will assume his new position on Dec. 15 and transition into the job with the help of Leni Kaufman, who will retire from the position on Dec. 31 after 35 years of service that began with Northrop Grumman.

Two Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division employees were recognized recently at the CIO Leadership Event. Deborah Morewitz and Karen Ryan both received the annual 'Ones to Watch' Award that identifies rising stars in information technology (IT). The awards, sponsored by CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council, recognize IT professionals who have demonstrated leadership, driven innovation and delivered value to their business. "Deborah and Karen have demonstrated exemplary leadership and technical abilities in their roles in IT…

information officer. Newport News. Schievelbein, Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president of its Newport News sector. "We are very pleased to have Leni join us," said Schievelbein. Prior to this promotion, Kaufman served as a program director for the Integrated Systems sector located in Melbourne, Fla. her career with Northrop Grumman in 1979 and has held several leadership positions of increasing responsibility that include project manager of integrated solutions, manager of software engineering and technical specialist of manufacturing systems. Kaufman earned her bachelor's degree in professional studies at Barry University, Miami, Fla. Institute Level II & III certification and is a member of the American Production Inventory Control Society.