Chris Incardona, VP of public sector. Photo: Orbital Insight.

Orbital Insight announced it has appointed Chris Incardona as vice president of public sector and strategic program development. In his new role, Incardona will pursue clientele in the defense, intelligence, federal and civil sectors of government.

According to Orbital Insight, the first 15 years of Incardona’s career were spent in various technical capacities supporting research, imagery science, engineering and value-added production at St. Lawrence University, University of Vermont, Airbus (as SPOT Image) and Boeing. The last 10 years, he has served as a business leader at companies including OrbImage, GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, where he’s supported groups such as the Department of Defense, various federal and civil agencies, and the intelligence community. Through these roles, Incardona has worked to develop innovative web services to deliver commercial imagery to public sector customers, the company said.