Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has appointed Collin Lee as its space business development vice president, announced via LinkedIn on Tuesday. Lee, who previously worked as VP of intelligence systems at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business, has had a 23-year career that has spanned business consulting, defense, and intelligence.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in public administration at James Madison University, Lee started his career as a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later moved to Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) in 2003.

Lee served as legislative liaison at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from May 2007 to May 2011. He was then appointed as director of legislative affairs at the National Security Council before joining General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) as director of strategy and business development in July 2014. Additionally, he was named director of the company’s Frontiers space technology incubator in August 2015.