A report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says the total U.S. Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2020 is roughly $205B, including $166B in “blue” funds and another $39B in “non-blue” funds. The service™s proposed FY 2020 budget seeks $46.1B in research, development, test and evaluation funds associated ...
Graham Smith, former chief financial officer at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has been named chairman of the board of directors of data management software vendor Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK). Smith has served as a board member at Splunk over the past eight years, the company said Monday. He previously held finance leadership roles at Advent Software, Vitria...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 25, 2019 ” Dan Tucker, vice president and head of the digital platform capability team at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has said third-party management tools can help government agencies manage costs as they move operations to the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported March 12. “Some of these tools are effective at help...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta, with her first Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Gates for her efforts to increase the company™s workforce by exploring cloud-based platforms, big data and information technology. We are honored to present the most co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2019 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) is putting more focus on its technology and product offerings in a shift from staff augmentation services as it seeks to build on the U.S. military’s drive to gain advantage over near-peer competitors, ExecutiveBiz reported March 10. Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2019 ” KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has tapped Spire Global to provide hosted payload services in support of the former’s efforts to demonstrate its space technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported March 12. Spire, whose space-as-a-service offering enables it to host third-party payloads on its satellite constellations, will ...
William Noon, a corporate vice president and chief accounting officer at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), has been selected by the board to serve as acting chief financial officer of the company starting April 15. Noon will assume the responsibilities of the departing Matthew Klein, a senior VP and CFO at Vectrus, and continue to serve as...
Kay Kapoor, founder and CEO of Arya Technologies, and John Johnson, a partner at government consulting firm Deep Water Point, were named to the executive advisory board of Tyto Athene. Johnson and Kapoor will help implement Tyto Athene™s strategy and provide counsel with regard to government relations, market capitalization and acquisition stra...
McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the remarks of Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, at a Defense Innovation Board meeting. Lord, a 2019 Wash100 recipient, discussed the need to bifurcate software development from hardware development and cited the Department of Defense’s...
James Lee, a 15-year veteran of Aramark Uniform Services, will become general counsel at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) on April 1. Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Maxar, said in a statement released Thursday that Lee brings “a wealth of public company and capital raising experience” as the company aims to carry out its growth strategy. Lee...
