Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has received a potential six-year, $729 million contract from the U.S. Army to consolidate enterprise resource planning systems into a single model to improve readiness and efficiency. Accenture Federal Services will provide the Army Shared Services Center with Agile development, organizational change m...
Larry Prior, an operating executive for global investment firm The Carlyle Group and five-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named to the board of directors of cybersecurity and data collection company Shift5. He joins the board as the Rosslyn, Virginia-based security technology provider aims to strengthen its foothold in the defense and commerc...
Last week, ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview featuring both John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates, who are both recent 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, following the news that AFS will be acquiring Novetta. Gates and Goodman discussed the background behind the ac...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has agreed to acquire analytics company Novetta from global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber capabilities in support of missions of defense, intelligence and law enforcement agency clients. Acc...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm a potential $453 million contract to help modernize VA’s GI Bill claims processing for military retirees, service members and their dependents. Accenture Federal Services will lead a team of 12 subcontractors as they work to help VA transform the processi...
John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, was presented his fourth consecutive Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on Monday. This year, Goodman received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) for advancing technology solutions, securing valuable contracts and partnering with industry...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for advancing technology solutions, securing valuable contracts and partnering with industry and federal leaders to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks Goodman’s fourth consecutive W...
Nilanjan Sengupta, a managing director at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been promoted as chief technology officer of the applied intelligence practice within the company’s federal services subsidiary, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. He will be responsible for Accenture Federal Services’ convergence efforts in cloud computing, analytics, a...
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Christopher Copeland, managing director and chief technology officer (CTO) of Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Kyle Michl, chief innovation officer (CINO) and the defense technology account lead with AFS, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding their new roles with the company, as well as where AFS will expand its offerings moving forward. ...
