PAE Incorporated has hired former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency senior leader Jerry Blixt as an account director. In this customer-facing role, Blixt will serve as a subject matter expert focused on expanding relationships, developing service solutions and growing PAE’s business portfolio with the NGA and National Reconnaissance Office. A recognized leader in the intelligence community for 30 years, Blixt served in various roles at the National Security Agency, NGA, Defense Intelligence Agency and other intelligence organizations. He was also executive advisor to the intelligence community for Hewlett Packard Enterprise and led training and analysis operations as an executive at BAE Systems Inc. He later established a successful Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business focused on the intelligence community. Blixt served as a member of the NGA Executive Committee and Board of Directors. The agency awarded him the William F. Lackman Award for Professional Excellence in Intelligence and Exceptional Dedication to Duty and Country. He is also a recipient of the National Intelligence Gold Medallion, awarded by the Director of National Intelligence.