GovConWire had the chance to interview longtime industry veteran Hon. John Hillen, CEO of EverWatch Solutions and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, about the upcoming presidential election and the government contracting (GovCon) industry. Dr. Hillen is a former Assistant Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Professional Services Council....
GovConWire Events will host the Winning Business and FY21 Opportunities Virtual Forum featuring keynote speaker Brian Barnes, Associate Administrator of the Office of Small Business Utilization with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), on October 20th. To register for the Winning Business and FY21 Opportunities Forum, as well as view futu...
Michele Flournoy, co-founder and managing partner of WestExec Advisors, will speak during Potomac Officers Club’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Maneuver Virtual Event on Oct. 29. To Register for the Artificial Intelligence for Maneuver Virtual Event, and view other upcoming opportunities, visit Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page!...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Air Force Adds 15 Companies to $950M Joint All Domain C2 Support IDIQ The U.S. Air Force has selected 15 additional companies as awardees on a potential $950M contract to build and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains as pa...
Jay Smilyk, a more than two-decade industry professional and former eastern regional director of sales at Vectra Networks, has joined Rockville, Maryland-based hardware visibility technology maker Sepio Systems as chief revenue officer....
James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition (ASN (RD&A)) at the U.S. Navy, will be featured as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Navy Forum on September 30th. Click here to register for the 2020 Navy Forum. Potomac Officers Club’s forum will also feature an expert panel....
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Amentum CEO John Vollmer with his fifth Wash100 Award on Thursday. This marks the fifth-time Vollmer has received the award in the last six years. Vollmer’s commitment and leadership led to substantial growth for Amentum by securing major contract wins across the government contractin...
Jose Arrieta, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) chief information officer (CIO), has resigned from his position with the agency, after spearheading the launch White House COVID-19 decisions system, FedScoop on reported Monday. Arrieta was appointed to the role in May 2019. In the role, Arrieta provided leadership and oversight of the De...
Liz Porter, acting president of Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) health group since March, has been promoted to the position on a permanent basis. She will report directly to Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient....
Jennifer Swindell, formerly an executive at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been appointed senior vice president and general manager of Perspecta's (NYSE: PRSP) risk decision group....
