Joseph Cubba, formerly senior partner and vice president for defense and intelligence at IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been named chief growth officer of ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT). He will report directly to ManTech Chief Operating Officer Matt Tait and be responsible for strategic growth efforts across the federal civilian, defense …

Quincy Allen, a 35-year technology services industry veteran and former chief marketing officer of IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) cloud business, has been appointed to the board of directors of Lumen Technologies. Lumen said Thursday that Allen met independent director qualifications under the New York Stock Exchange listing policies and his addition …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) will further develop its digital health tool designed to help address the COVID-19 pandemic under the second phase of a contract awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The company said Thursday it will deploy its IBM Digital Health Pass to employees of the water and wastewater …

The U.S. Army has awarded a five-year renewal contract to IBM (NYSE: IBM) for continued information technology management services in support of a military logistics facility that provides large data sets for Army decision support. The company said Wednesday it will continue to support the IT needs of Army Materiel Command's Logistics Data Analysis Center under the third Langley IT Enhanced Services contract.

Steve LaFleche, a more than 33-year IBM (NYSE: IBM) veteran, has been promoted to general manager for the company’s U.S. public and federal market. He will oversee the public sector business spanning defense and intelligence, government and education and health care and life sciences industries and will help U.S. federal, local and state government clients advance their digital transformation efforts, IBM said Wednesday.

Andras Szakal, formerly an executive at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and a more than three-decade industry veteran, has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer of The Open Group. He will lead the consortium’s technical strategy and strategic vision for evolving standards in his new role, The Open Group said …

Martin Schroeter, former senior vice president for global markets at IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been named CEO of NewCo, an independent company that will be formed once IBM spins off its managed infrastructure services business by the end of 2021. Effective Jan. 15, Schroeter will oversee the new company that will focus on information technology infrastructure modernization and management.

Gary Cohn, formerly top White House economic adviser, has joined IBM (NYSE: IBM) as vice chairman and an executive leadership team member. He will support the technology company's business and external engagement initiatives in his new position, IBM said Tuesday.

Arvind Krishna, CEO and a board member of IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of the technology company, effective Jan. 1. He will succeed Virginia “Ginni” Rometty, who will retire by the end of December after a nearly 40-year career with IBM.

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