Ruppert has served as MANTECH’s executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2023His appointment took effect Aug. 5Charles Thomas Burbage will retire from the board at this year’s annual meeting after joining in 2013AeroVironment has appointed Michael Ruppert to its board of directors. Ruppert has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of MANTECH since 2023, where he runs financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, cash management, and acquisition strategy. “Michael brings exceptional financial leadership, strategic insight and deep aerospace and defense industry experience to AV,” Nawabi said. He spent more than eight years at Mercury Systems before joining MANTECH, five of which he spent as chief financial officer and treasurer. He came into Mercury as executive vice president for strategy and corporate development in 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.