TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 22, 2020 — Vince Vlasho, a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services, told ExecutiveBiz in an interview that AFS' previous work with the U.S. Air Force on the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System has helped position the business to assist USAF in building a cloud-based common enterprise resource planning system.

The federal business of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has helped the U.S. Air Force implement a cloud risk-reduction approach at six installations as part of the service branch’s efforts to modernize its enterprise information technology infrastructure.

A new report from Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal services business has found that most federal executives cite reengineered customer experience and human-machine teaming as key factors to driving innovation.

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Tom Jennrich, senior manager of competitive intelligence at Accenture Federal Services, told ArchIntel in a recent interview that he considers the CI process as essential in the company's analysis of market dynamics and pursuit of bidding opportunities. In the conversation with ArchIntel, Jennrich also discusses how AFS established its CI function and purpose built team. This is the 24th in a series of interviews with Competitive Intelligence and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 23, 2020 — The federal business of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) received a contract to help the U.S. Air Force consolidate enterprise resource planning functions into a common cloud computing infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 9.

Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has appointed company veterans Christopher Copeland and Kyle Michl as chief technology officer and chief innovation officer, respectively. John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published Tuesday Copeland and Michl will help federal agencies advance their missions as they work to modernize their information technology systems.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 4, 2020 — An Accenture (NYSE: ACN) subsidiary holds a position on a five-year, $990M contract for enterprise-wide transformation support services to U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 19.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 17, 2020 —  Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm will work with the U.S. Air Force to update a battle management system as part of the service branch's Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative under a $950M multiple-award contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 3.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 12, 2020 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) awarded the Merivis nonprofit organization $100K to expand a Salesforce administration training program to San Antonio, Texas, and prepare 75 military veterans for cloud technology careers, ExecutiveBiz reported July 29.