TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 8, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been named by Victory Media as the 2018 Military Friendly Employer of the Year in recognition of the company’s military veteran hiring and training efforts, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it aims to add 2,000 more veterans to its workforce over the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 8, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has unveiled a new collaboration hub where employees, clients and partners in Canberra, Australia, can explore information technology, communications, cyber, geospatial analytics, simulation and other technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ARN reported Dec. 1 the Leidos CONNECT fac...
Weekly Roundup December 4 – December 8 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson In recent weeks the GovCon industry has experienced multiple significant executive shifts that are sure to leave an impact on the industry as a whole. Recent executive moves include:...
QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS) has appointed five government and information technology industry executives to its federal board of advisers. David McOmber, executive vice president for public sector and federal segment at QTS, said in a statement published Thursday QTS expects the new advisory board members to provide guidance as the company pursues ...
The General Services Administration has awarded 80 companies positions on the small business track of a potential 10-year, $15 billion governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle for information technology platforms and services. GSA listed the œapparent winners on the Alliant 2 Small Business GWAC in a pre-award notice posted Thursday on FedBi...
David Ray, a 15-year Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) veteran, will join FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) to serve as president of the government and defense business unit starting Jan. 8. He will directly report to Jim Cannon, president and CEO of FLIR, and oversee the business unit™s research and development ,strategy, marketing and business development opera...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2017 ” Peraton will help the Defense Department prepare the availability of the electromagnetic spectrum for commercial use under two task orders from the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Defense Spectrum Organization valued at a combined $12.5 million, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 30. The company said No...
Neill Blue, formerly consulting chief financial officer and chief operating officer of power equipment supplier Capitol Power Group, has assumed the CFO role at Herndon, Virginia-based government information technology contractor ViON. He is a tenured financial officer and operations executive with an extensive track record of supporting growin...
Kevin Greer, former managing director of federal shared services at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has joined CGI‘s (NYSE: GIB) federal arm as vice president of strategic business consulting and shared services. CGI said Wednesday Greer will establish and lead the company’s new Strategic Business Consulting Center of Excellence in...
John Owens, formerly chief information officer at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined CGI™s (NYSE: GIB) federal business as vice president of solution development group within the emerging technologies practice. Owens will help lead the development of novel technology platforms that work to help federal agencies implement their str...
