Dede Dascalu, CEO of Applied Insight, is shifting to the Acacia Group to serve as lead technology partner. He’ll bring a technology focus to Acacia’s new investments and lend expertise to the private equity firm’s platforms as they develop new intellectual property and solutions and look to make more acquisitions.
Taking his place at Applied Insight is Amanda Brownfield, an Army veteran and former executive at larger businesses such as Science Applications International Corp., Engility Corp. and TASC. Brownfield joins Applied Insight from Geospark Analytics, the commercial geospatial technology firm she most recently led as CEO.