The U.S. Army has started soliciting information from stakeholders to help inform its acquisition approach for the planned Army Contracting Command Enterprise for Sourcing Services procurement program, also known as ACCESS. ACCESS will be the successor to the multiple-award Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu...
Information technology is a top priority for the Department of Defense, and the organization is currently working to update its software modernization strategy, according to DOD Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Leslie Beavers. The existing plan operates around three tenets: accelerating cloud adoption, establishing a software factory eco...
As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and...
Now a hot topic among both experts and casual users alike, generative artificial intelligence has made its mark on the world. Its recent explosion in popularity came along with the rise of ChatGPT, an OpenAI-developed chatbot that can generate text and images based on user prompts. Though the federal government has been experimenting with automation...
Van Gurley’s successful career in government contracting might appear largely happenstance. “I typically said yes and would walk through that door even when I wasn’t sure what was on the other side of it,” Gurley told us about opportunities he encountered that proved invaluable later in his career. He began his working life as a...
For the past 20-plus years, Jason Adolf has helped government agencies identify and implement technologies that help them modernize for the present and the future. As vice president for global public sector at Appian, he works closely with defense and civilian agencies as well as state and local government and education institutions to help them...
Dan Smith, formerly senior vice president of the federal sector at ZeroFox, has been appointed VP and general manager of the homeland security sector at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit, according to his LinkedIn post. In his new role at General Dynamics Information Technology, Smith will partner with teams acr...
Norm Laudermilch, former chief operating officer at BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), has joined Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) to serve as chief information security officer of the Westminster, Colorado-headquartered space technology company, he announced via LinkedIn. According to him, he will be responsible for all aspects of Maxar’s cybersecurity,...
Executive Mosaic is excited to celebrate the impacts of the work of QinetiQ US CEO and President Shawn Purvis with the 2024 Wash100 Award. Purvis earns this designation due to her tireless efforts to bring innovative technology into the hands of American warfighters. Cast 10 votes today in the Wash100 popular contest! The competition closes on Ap...
Executive Mosaic could not be more thrilled to bestow the 2024 Wash100 Award on DeEtte Gray, president of business and information technology solutions at CACI International. Following on seven previous recognitions, Gray is awarded her eighth trophy for her instrumental defense sector technology modernization efforts. The Wash100 Award is a mark...
