CAE today announced the appointment of Andrew “Andy” Jazwick as Vice President, Washington Operations for its Defense and Security business unit.

In this newly established position for the company, Mr. Jazwick will serve as the senior executive for CAE Defense and Security in Washington, DC and have responsibility for all CAE worldwide efforts involving the greater Washington, DC area. He will work closely with senior executives across CAE, executing the company’s strategic plan in the federal market space. In this capacity, he is responsible for representing the company to the United States Congress, federal agencies, foreign governments and the industry associations in which CAE participates.

“We are delighted to have Andy join the CAE team and bring his wealth of experience in government and legislative relations, public policy and corporate business development,” said Gene Colabatistto, CAE’s Group President, Defense & Security. “Andy will help grow awareness of CAE and our training systems integration capabilities throughout the U.S. federal business sector, and support our efforts to continue promoting the use of modeling and simulation for enhanced safety, efficiency and readiness.”

Mr. Jazwick comes to CAE with over thirty years of experience in the Washington, DC political and corporate environment. Prior to joining CAE, Mr. Jazwick was the Corporate Vice President of Legislative Affairs for Cubic Corporation where he oversaw the company’s defense and transportation activities on Capitol Hill and was Chairman of the company’s Political Action Committee (PAC). Before Cubic, he was the Senior Vice President of Aviation Security at Reveal Imaging and the Vice President for Government Affairs at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). In addition, Mr. Jazwick spent eight years on Capitol Hill as a staff member to three United States Senators handling defense and national security-related issues.

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CAE is a global leader in delivery of training for the civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare markets. We design and integrate the industry’s most comprehensive training solutions, anchored by the knowledge and expertise of our 8,000 employees, our world-leading simulation technologies and a track record of service and technology innovation spanning seven decades. Our global presence is the broadest in the industry, with 160 sites and training locations in 35 countries, including our joint venture operations, and the world’s largest installed base of flight simulators. Each year, we train more than 120,000 civil and defense crewmembers, as well as thousands of healthcare professionals. www.cae.com