Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal and vital participant in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, is a seasoned veteran of the government-serving technology space. He has nursed a fascination with engineering since he was a young child, taking after a lineage of mechanical engineers in his father and both grandfathers. H...
With only a week left in voting, there is officially no more time to procrastinate contributing to the 2023 Wash100 Award popular vote contest. When voting closes on Friday, April 28, submissions will be tabulated and the top 10 most beloved government contracting — and industry adjacent — executives will be decided. The Wash100 is a...
Artificial intelligence has exploded across the commercial and federal spaces in recent months, especially since the launch of the generative AI tool, ChatGPT. While at times controversial, the application is undoubtedly making waves across the technology industry, and it’s poised to completely revolutionize the way humans interact with AI. “No ...
David Erickson, senior director of solutions architecture at Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), said open source technologies enable government agencies to control and query their data to glean insights quickly and speed up the decision-making process. “The real power of open source technologies was revealed when they cracked the code on being highly powered, ...
Software, cloud and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding in the public sector. As federal agencies migrate to the cloud, they’re looking to industry for all-encompassing products, services and systems that can help smooth the transition and accelerate their modernization journeys. Tamara Greenspan, group v...
Don Parente, a 25-year veteran of AT&T (NYSE: T), has been named a vice president at MetTel‘s federal business where he will be responsible for driving sales to the Department of Defense and through systems integrators. In his new capacity, Parente will aim to expand MetTel’s business with defense organizations and oversee its collaborat...
QinetiQ Group’s U.S. arm has agreed to buy Avantus Federal from NewSpring Holdings for approximately $590 million to expand its U.S. footprint and establish a growth platform to address the defense and intelligence challenges facing government clients. QinetiQ US said Friday it expects the acquisition to close by the end of calendar year 2022, pen...
Christen Smith, former vice president of the federal health and civilian market at LMI, has been appointed senior VP for the U.S. domestic business at Rockville, Maryland-based consulting and research firm Abt Associates. Abt said Thursday that Smith will oversee Abt’s newly formed business organization that employs more than 500 professionals...
The federal government gives away hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts each year. In fact, government spending on contracts amounted to $682 billion in 2020, which is the highest one recorded in the last five years. However, spending data is hard to find, and it isn’t easy to get an accurate picture of where...
The Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration announced leadership changes that are set to take effect on April 24, Federal News Network reported Friday. “These adjustments will allow FAS to take procurement innovation to the next level and improve the customer and supplier experience, Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of FAS and...
