Capt. Ben Van Buskirk, director of NavalX, will join the “Next Digital Domain- Driving UX, Data and Platform Success” panel at an upcoming Potomac Officers Club event. Van Buskirk assumed his current role on March 19 and lead the organization that aims to scale non-traditional agility approaches across the Department of the Navy workforce. Previ...
Tom Afferton, president of the cyber mission sector at Peraton, will provide a keynote speaker introduction at GovCon Wire’s Defense Cybersecurity Forum on May 12. He will introduce Morgan Adamski, chief of the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, during the virtual event. Afferton joined Peraton, a portfolio compan...
Andrew Underhill, formerly chief technology officer at GovernmentCIO, has joined B3 Group as chief technologist for initiatives under the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Digital Transformation Center contract. He brings two decades of business and technology development and professional services experience in the U.S. and European markets, B3 ...
Following months of anticipation and a record-shattering turnout of votes and participation from the government contracting (GovCon) community, Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Dr. Stacey Dixon, deputy director of the National Geospatial Agency (NGA), has secured first place in the 2021 Wash100 Vote Standings. After the selection of the...
General Motors has appointed Steve duMont, a former executive at the intelligence and space segment of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), as president of its defense business arm, replacing Tim Herrick, who has been holding the post on an interim basis. duMont brings two decades of experience in working with big defense industry players, having serv...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has closed its acquisition of Telerob, a Germany-based ground robotics vehicle developer. “Our acquisition of Telerob marks a significant expansion to our portfolio of intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, from small and medium unmanned aircraft systems, to tactical missile systems and now, unmanned ground vehicle...
Bill Marion, managing director of growth and strategy in Accenture Federal Services‘ defense and intelligence practice, will lead a panel discussion on the digital transformation landscape at an upcoming Potomac Officers Club forum. Marion will serve as the moderator of “The Next Digital Domain- Driving UX, Data, and Platform Success Pan...
Bob Renko, director of digital forensics at Peraton, will lead a panel discussion on cyber defense initiatives across the public and private sectors at an upcoming GovCon Wire forum. Renko has more than 35 years of professional experience with a focus on cyber investigations and security programs. His government career includes prior roles as direct...
Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), and private equity partner Silver Lake Partners will own approximately 52 percent of VMware (NYSE: VMW) once the latter’s spinoff is completed, CRN reported Monday. In mid-April, Dell Technologies announced plans to spin off its 81 percent ownership of VMware as part of efforts to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2021 — Gabe Camarillo, senior vice president of the Army business unit at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), said a potential $830 million contract won by the company to support the military service’s software, simulation, systems engineering and integration directorate reinforces its position as...
