CenturyLink, Inc. announced that Erich Sanchack will join the company as senior vice president of federal sales effective Nov. 1. He succeeds Tim Meehan, who will now serve as CenturyLink's vice president of managed services sales and support. Sanchack and Meehan will report to Dean Douglas, CenturyLink's president of sales and marketing. Sanchack joins CenturyLink with more than 20 years of industry experience and after more than 12 years with Lockheed Martin, where he served as vice president of competitive enhancements and, prior to that, as vice president of information technology services for Lockheed's Information Systems & Global Solutions defense business.