LMI adds chief technology officer position to senior leadership team

Government consulting firm LMI today announced it had realigned its senior leadership structure "to better position the company to serve its government clients in a rapidly changing, increasingly digital landscape," adding the position of chief technology officer.

The company added the new CTO position "to lead the revitalization of the LMI Research Institute (LRI), drive innovation throughout the business in service to customer priorities, and create interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving," and hired Sanjay Parthasarathy to assume the CTO role.

The restructuring more closely aligns LMI with three strategic markets: defense, national security and health, according to a company statement. "This new structure cross-cuts with core service lines -- advanced analytics, digital services, logistics, and management advisory services -- to provide innovative solutions to [the] federal government."

The realignment is "a direct result of the feedback from our consultants gathered during my first 90 days at LMI," company President and CEO Dave Zolet said in the statement, adding: "LMI needs to focus on our core capabilities, while innovating to lead our customers on their digital government journey. Organizing this way will help us create future-oriented capabilities while simplifying our operations to deliver quicker solutions to government and the military. At the end of the day, it is about putting all our efforts behind our people and their clients."

LMI's reorganization "streamlines service delivery with the goal of meeting customer needs by becoming more responsive and innovative," according to the statement.

Parthasarathy joins LMI after holding "several executive leadership positions at major defense contractors," which the company did not name in the statement. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.