David Young, senior vice president for strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, has been named SVP of the company’s newly established public sector group, GovCon Wire has learned.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 27, 2019 — David Young, senior vice president for strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), believes the provision of “authority to operate” for companies under the General Services Administration’s $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract indicates the program is advancing further toward awarding more task orders, ExecutiveBiz …

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has secured an authority to operate on the General Services Administration’s potential 15-year, $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for telecommunications and information technology services. “We’re excited to be the first vendor to receive an ATO on EIS so we can immediately help federal agencies jumpstart their IT modernization plans and …

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink, with his second consecutive 2019 Wash100 Award on Friday.  The Wash100 award, in its sixth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful executives in the GovCon industry, as selected by …

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has made a series of leadership promotions within its strategic government business. Barbara Farnham, formerly senior director of federal programs, has been promoted to senior director and general manager for special programs at CenturyLink, the company said Wednesday. Farnham, who joined CenturyLink in 2001, will oversee sales …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2018 — David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has said the extension of the deadline for agencies to transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract makes the program more feasible when changing contractors, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 11. Young said in …

Zain Ahmed, formerly a senior director of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the company’s federal civilian and law enforcement practice. CenturyLink said Monday the 15-year telecommunications industry veteran will oversee the delivery of network, cybersecurity, cloud computing and information technology support services to …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 1, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has consolidated its position on the General Services Administration‘s $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract a year after the close of its Level 3 Communications acquisition, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 4. Nextgov reported Oct. 3 that Level 3 has been removed from the pool …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 13, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received clearance from the General Services Administration to provide federal agencies its information technology products and services via the potential $50 billion Alliant 2 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported July 31. The company said July 30 its selection for the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 30, 2018 — David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has indicated that a change in culture is essentially part of federal agencies’ preparation for the shift from the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported July 18. …