Weekly Roundup February 6 – February 10 2017: How to ‘Like’ This Year’s Wash100 Class & more

Jim Garrettson February 10, 2017 News, Weekly Round-up

Weekly Roundup

February 6 – February 10 2017

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A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson

We are two weeks into the rollout of Executive Mosaic’s fourth annual Wash100 class of inductees and this year’s edition has been our highest-profile yet with increased reader participation and feedback.

As detailed both in our initial launch and this space, the Wash100 is a cavalcade of leaders Executive Mosaic’s editorial and organizational leadership deemed to be Government Contracting’s Most Influential Voices.

This esteemed group of executives at the intersection of government and business has trended on Twitter via posts with the #Wash100 hashtag by companies with leaders on this year’s list and sometimes the inductees themselves.

Our Wash100.com landing page includes our full list of selections, links to the individual articles our media team has published to date and “Coming Soon” messages over those profiles to come.

To make our site interactive, we also have an extra thumbs-up button on each inductee’s headshot for users to “Like” the 10 executives of their choice.

As of Thursday our top 10 most “Liked” inductees were (pictured left-to-right):

Jill Singer, national security VP at AT&T Global Business – Public Sector Solutions
Larry Prior, CEO of CSRA
Tim Conway, public sector president at NTT DATA
James Mattis, defense secretary
Peter Smith, president and CEO of AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Vern Saunders, GM of federal networks at Jacobs
Mark Warner, U.S. senator from Virginia
Navy Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency
Michael Flynn, White House national security adviser
Teresa Carlson, worldwide public sector VP at Amazon Web Services

Visit the Wash100 site now to see our full list, “Like” your favorite GovCon leader and check periodically to see how the votes tally.

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 GOVCON STORIES

Leidos to Help DTRA Counter Biological Threats Under Potential $170M Award
Tim Reardon, Leidos’ defense and intelligence leader, said the contract also supports international assistance efforts.

Vencore Lands Potential $113M Contract to Support NOAA Satellite Operations
Mac Curtis, Vencore’s CEO, said the company will support efforts to manage space assets used in environmental resource management.

Army Awards 8 Spots on $3B Space, Missile Defense Tech R&D Contract
Companies will vie for task orders to help design, build, integrate and demonstrate hardware and software platforms.

Mike Basla on CACI’s ‘Solutions-Based’ Market Focus & Industry’s Role in US Air Superiority Effort
Basla details his transition from L-3 to CACI as part of the NSS transaction in this interview.

Kirk Dye on Engility’s Key Civilian Bookings in 2016 & GovCon HR Strategies
Dye also overviews the company’s emphasis on pursuing larger, highly-technical programs in this conversation.

SC3 Promotes Chuck Hicks to Strategy EVP, Adds CTO Role for Chad Wagner
Hicks will oversee programs in key growth areas for SC3 and Wagner now holds responsibility for cross-company technology projects.

Raytheon, Utilidata Forge Strategic Alliance to Help Boost Power Grid Security
Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence segment, highlighted the partnership as a component of the company’s infrastructure market strategy.

Mark Testoni: AI Could Help Prevent Cyber Attacks Through Threat Classification
SAP NS2’s CEO describes techniques hackers use to identify potential vulnerabilities in devices.

CSRA to Migrate Workload to Microsoft Azure Government Cloud
John Dancy, CSRA’s CIO, points to this partnership as an aspect of his company’s approach to being “Customer Zero” for federal agencies.