John Fraser, formerly an executive vice president of ASM Research, has been promoted to president of the Fairfax, Va.-based subsidiary of Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm. He succeeds the retiring Eric Warden, a 25-year ASM Research veteran who assumed the role of president in September 2016, Accenture Federal Services said. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 14, 2018 — The federal services business of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has secured a potential $27.3 million contract to design and develop a new data center for the Library of Congress and U.S. Copyright Office, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 1. The company said Aug. 1 the contract also …

Bryan Rich, formerly senior vice president of analytics strategy at Novetta Solutions, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business as managing director of analytics and artificial intelligence solutions. Rich will collaborate with Accenture Federal Services’ technology and data science teams to develop project management, architecture and design capabilities in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 17, 2018 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has collaborated with Thales to demonstrate a blockchain-based supply chain security system at the Farnborough Air Show that runs through July 22 in England, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The platform, which is based on Linux‘s Hyperledger Fabric project, is designed to detect, …

George Batsakis, formerly an executive vice president at CSRA, has been appointed head of the defense and intelligence practice at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business. He will oversee the development and delivery of technology platforms to government clients that include the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, Accenture announced last week. John …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2018 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has found in a study that 86 percent of aerospace and defense companies intend to apply blockchain technologies into their corporate systems over the next three years, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the “Launchpad to Relevance: Aerospace & …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) federal services business executive Mary Legere has been honored with Women in Technology’s Women in Defense Technology Leadership Award in recognition of her work in the defense sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said the retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2018 — Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services unit has been named with the “Above and Beyond” award by a Defense Department support group for providing non-mandated benefits to employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Mark Hild, senior manager at …

The U.S. Navy has selected Accenture Federal Services (NYSE: ACN) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) as additional awardees on a potential five-year, $980 million contract to support the Department of the Navy‘s Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness program. Eight offers were submitted to the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 16, 2018 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named Venkata Renduchintala, currently chief engineering officer and president of the client and internet-of-things businesses and systems architecture at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), to the audit committee of the former’s board of directors, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Renduchintala’s addition brings the number of the consulting firm’s …