In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Liz Martin, director of the Department of Defense business at Amazon Web Services, to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning could enhance decision making for the DOD. She also talked about AWS’ efforts to help organizations address cybersecurity threat...
Gabriele Masili, former chief digital and technology officer of customer experience and success at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has been named chief customer officer at citizen engagement software provider Granicus. Masili has 25 years of technology industry experience that included support to hundreds of millions of customers globally, Granicus said T...
During a recent visit to Amazon Web Services (AWS) office, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the first Wash100 Award, the most coveted and acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon) to Max Peterson, vice president of AWS’ worldwide public sector business. Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting an...
Derrick Pledger, vice president and director of the Digital Modernization Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said establishing deep strategic partnerships with other companies could help facilitate the development of new capabilities and platforms that could help address mission challenges facing federal agencies. Pledger wrote that there are three...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2022 — Cedric George, director for Department of Defense strategic business development at Amazon Web Services, has underscored the role of edge computing in helping the DOD give warfighters access to tactical edge systems across multidomain, ExecutiveBiz reported. In a recent interview, George shared how the DOD showca...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2021 — Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) was awarded Amazon Web Services’ Managed Service Provider Partner Program designation that recognized the former’s delivery of AWS cloud services to government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported April 30. “We are proud to be further recognized for our expertise in leveraging next...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — Brett McMillen, director of Amazon Web Services‘ federal business, said agencies are able to scale information technology systems to changing requirements with the help of cloud computing technology, ExecutiveBiz reported March 30. “The ability to scale both up and down is one of the benefits agencie...
Adam Selipsky, CEO of Tableau Software since 2016, will succeed Andy Jassy as CEO of Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business. Selipsky, who previously served as vice president of sales, marketing and support at Amazon Web Services from 2005 to 2016, will return to AWS on May 17 and spend a few weeks transitioning before...
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy recently discussed how cloud-based services have expanded the at-home economy in the COVID-19 era, the rapid growth of cloud and the innovation stemming from cloud services. “In the first half dozen years or so of AWS you mostly saw startups using the platform. What's happened over the last seven or eight...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 14, 2020 — Jennifer Chronis, general manager of Amazon Web Services' Department of Defense business, said the U.S. Navy can manage financial data on goods and parts in a single accessible space after moving its enterprise resource planning system to the AWS GovCloud, ExecutiveBiz reported July 6....
