Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Vice Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named corporate vice president of program integration and assessment. He will report directly to Mitchell B. Waldman, executive vice president of government and customer relations. Tofalo will be responsible for working with federal entities, academic institutions and industry associations that are engaged in shaping future architectures and capabilities. He will also support corporate consideration of strategic initiatives and opportunities. Most recently, he served as director, undersea warfare, where he was responsible for submarine force warfighting requirements and the budgets to achieve them, and as commander, submarine forces, responsible for the submarine force’s vision, policies and operations. Tofalo will succeed Jay Donnelly, who is transitioning to a new position within HII, corporate vice president of advanced technologies. Donnelly will continue to report to Waldman, and be responsible for strengthening the company’s ability to translate innovative ideas and technologies more quickly into operational capabilities for HII’s customers. In this new role, he will lead the Advanced Technology Group, which supports experimentation, exercises and analytic efforts through IRAD across the company and cooperative agreements with government organizations and academia.