Paul Puckett, chief technology officer for federal at Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL), has said the development of the U.S. Air Force’s tanker refueling application indicated that the service can deploy scalable software using lean methodologies. “That approach involves combining agile practices with pair programming, test-driven development and u...
Mike Canning, a principal with Deloitte Consulting, has been named head of the company’s government and public services practice. He succeeds Dan Helfrich, who assumed this month the role of chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and will oversee a 15K-person team delivering consulting, financial and risk advisory services to federal and state g...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2019 ” Sean Berg, senior vice president and general manager of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, believes government agencies should look into how their employees interact with data in order to advance security amid the increasing use of cloud and automation in the sector, ExecutiveBiz repo...
Randy Phillips, head of corporate development at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said the company is looking at several acquisition targets and he believes mergers and acquisitions won’t slow down for GovCon firms, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “We’re all still looking for growth. We all want to focus on organic growth,” Phillips s...
Augmented identity and biometric systems provider IDEMIA will unveil its new North American corporate headquarters on June 20 in Reston, Va., GovCon Wire has learned. Ed Casey, CEO of IDEMIA’s identity and security business in North America, and other members of the U.S. leadership team will take part in the opening and provide attendees hands-on...
This week, Jose Arrieta was confirmed as the chief information officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. Arrieta confirmed his appointment on Thursday during the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s Leadership Awards event. In Virginia news, it was also revealed that President Trump intends to nominate Ken ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2019 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) mission solutions business developed a compact, multifunction gateway module for cellular and land mobile radios with capability for unicast and multicast voice communications and direct power-over-ethernet, ExecutiveBiz reported May 22. The company said May 21 the man-portable M3-SE-M...
Brad Mascho, chief AI officer of NCI Information Systems, will be featured as a moderator during Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th. At the event, GovCon leaders from the public and private sector will discuss “Starting Your AI Journey” and the challenges that come with that process. You can...
Evaluating a contractor™s past performance is an essential element of all significant government solicitations. Such evaluations are also used by government officials to make determinations of incentives earned during contract administration. With past performance being such an essential element of federal contracting, isn™t it in the gove...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 30, 2019 ” Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said changes to organizational culture, budgeting strategy and technology will help the federal government mitigate cybersecurity incidents similar to the Office of Personnel Management data breach in 2015, ExecutiveBiz reported May 21. Gardner wrote in an ...
