Abt Associates will lead a team of commercial, academic and nonprofit organizations to carry out an $809 million project for the United States Agency for International Development under the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. The team received a five-year contract to help USAID conduct indoor residual spray campaigns, distribute insecticide-t...
The government contracting industry witnessed a number of strategic executive movements in 2022, including appointments and promotions to C-level roles as well as leadership changes meant to spur growth in public sector-focused practices. As the year draws to a close, Executive Mosaic‘s editorial team is sharing people moves that dominated the...
David Rubal, formerly a senior technical business development manager within the worldwide public sector business of Amazon Web Services, has received a promotion to lead U.S. federal business development for AWS storage services. In a LinkedIn post published Saturday, Rubal wrote that he will lead a team of BD managers and subject matter experts re...
Wes Bush, former CEO of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been appointed a member of the board of directors and an adviser at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. Red Cell said Friday his addition to the board to extend the company’s defense sector connection and increase its ability to bring new technology to the...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Iron Bow Technologies a potential five-year, $743 million contract to provide software support services to the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate agencies. The 4th Estate Cisco Software Enterprise Agreement has three support areas and the first one is the Global Enterprise Modernization Softwar...
Nicole Piasecki Kymeta has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Nicole Piasecki to the board of directors and Fran Beaudette, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to the board of advisers. Piasecki has more than 35 years of experience at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Technologies Corp. and her appointment comes following the ret...
Michael Mestrovich, former chief information security officer of the CIA, has been named CISO at cloud data management software provider Rubrik. Mestrovich, who has more than two decades of information technology and security experience, will be responsible for overseeing Rubrik’s internal data security initiatives and policy, the company said Wed...
As the U.S. Space Force enters its third year of operation, its leaders are prioritizing acquisition reform among the key transformational shifts the organization is expected to undergo in its pursuit of innovative technologies, advanced capabilities and more interoperable systems. Gen. Nina Armagno, director of staff for the Space Force, cited ...
Boston-based J2 Ventures has secured $52.4 million for its new venture capital fund that seeks to invest in technology and health care startups with products that could be of use to customers in government, military and civilian sectors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Jonathan Bronson, managing partner at J2 and former member of Boston...
Eve, an urban air mobility platforms provider established by Embraer, has agreed to merge with blank check company Zanite Acquisition (Nasdaq: ZNTE) in a transaction that would take the former public and give the combined entity a pro forma equity value of $2.9 billion. The boards of directors of Embraer and Zanite have unanimously approved...
