Jay Jones, a retired U.S. Army colonel who supported the service’s Information Systems Software Center, has joined HighPoint as chief growth officer, responsible for spearheading efforts to expand the presence of the company’s digital services in the federal market. Jones’ military career includes work for the Office of the Directorate...
Nick Warner, chief operating officer at SentinelOne (NYSE: S), said federal agencies should look at the potential of artificial intelligence, machine learning and other autonomous capabilities in protecting critical assets and sensitive data of citizens from cyberthreats and accelerating the detection of cyber vulnerabilities. “These automations a...
Managed Care Advisors President & CEO Lisa Firestone was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. She talked about MCA’s future following its acquisition by Sedgwick and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary as well as emerging technology’s continued impact on the company workforce and growt...
Christopher Radich, regional vice president of public sector digital strategy at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government agencies seeking to reduce their dependence on custom code and improve customer service should develop and implement a multicloud strategy that includes a combination of software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and...
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new policy statement that seeks to restore into standard practice the use of prior approval authority to restrict future acquisitions for companies pursuing anticompetitive merger transactions. Under the Prior Approval Policy Statement, companies seeking to make acquisitions should secure prior approval from...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2021 — Dave Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ government, nonprofit and healthcare business, noted the cloud infrastructure innovation milestones the company has achieved since its AWS GovCloud (US) platform was launched in 2011, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 29. “One of our earliest customers was NASAâ...
Dynamic Integrated Services has named former General Services Administration executives Dominic Sale and Stacy Riggs as a vice president and senior manager, respectively, within the enterprise optimization practice. Mark Forman, executive vice president for enterprise optimization practice at DIS, said in a statement published Wednesday Sale and Rig...
The Department of Homeland Security’s chief human capital officer will keynote an Oct. 7 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to give her perspective on the potential implications of a hybrid workforce model for government agencies. Angela Bailey was appointed to the DHS CHCO position in January 2016 after her two-year tenure as...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Cybersecurity in National Security Summit on Tuesday to provide a platform for the members of the federal government, industry and the government contracting (GovCon) community to discuss the major initiatives bolstering the DOD’s cybersecurity as well as the opportunities for private industry to support the federal g...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
