AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a government IT solutions provider and one of the top 100 employee-owned companies in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Peter Pflugrath as vice president of Custom Business Applications (CBA). In this role, Pflugrath will oversee the CBA directorate’s work developing unique IT and systems integration solutions for government customers.

AMERICAN SYSTEMS today announced the promotion of Peter Smith to Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective January 1, 2010. In this role, Smith will continue his operational responsibilities as executive vice president as well as assume new duties overseeing the execution of the company’s organic growth strategy and business development.