As chief data scientist of Hitachi Vantara Federal, Pragyansmita Nayak leads the company’s work to provide government agencies with top-notch data analytics offerings. A self-described “passionate data scientist,” she has spent more than two decades in the federal market and has published numerous articles discussing data, artificial intelli...
Erin Kocourek, an aerospace and defense industry executive, has been appointed vice president of business development for the national security and innovative systems sector at CACI International. She announced her move to CACI in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Kocourek brings to the role her enterprise leadership experience, P&L expertise, k...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to induct Peraton Chairman, President and CEO Stu Shea into the 2024 Wash100 list. Shea, an eight-time Wash100 Award winner, is recognized this year for spearheading continued company growth through major contract awards and for his outstanding attention to innovation. Vote for Stu Shea as your favorite GovCon leader...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has secured her fourth Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for driving innovation through greater government-industry-academia collaboration in emerging and critical defense technology development. Shyu, who will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summi...
Conrad Moses, former executive director of business development at ManTech, has assumed the role of vice president of growth for the federal civilian sector at DMI. He is expected to use his knowledge and experience in the federal civilian market to help the company find a niche within the industry....
American Systems has chosen its Account Management Director Babak Nouri to replace John Steckel as vice president of corporate development. Nouri's new leadership responsibilities will include mergers and acquisitions, legislative affairs and other business development areas....
Bindi Patel, a more than two-decade consulting industry veteran, has been appointed vice president of contracts and procurement and corporate risk officer at Springfield, Virginia-based defense and space manufacturing company Ensco. She brings to the her expertise and experience in contract negotiation, enterprise risk management, corporate governan...
The audit process is distinct in the contracting industry as compared to private companies without government customers. There are extra rules and regulations by which government contracting organizations have to abide, such as the Cost Accounting Standards or the many expectations set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. To help navigate this of...
As the world embraces artificial intelligence, more and more federal agencies are looking at areas in which the technology could make operations more efficient and effective. The Defense Contract Management Agency, which provides contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is one such organization moving toward AI adoption. ...
Contracts procurement executives hold one of the most crucial steps in the government contracting landscape. This process of contract procurement ensures the federal government meets the specific requirements for the capabilities, products, and solutions. These are requisites for major industries, such as defense, healthcare, intelligence, space, an...
