Rob Dao, a more than two-decade industry veteran, was appointed vice president of U.S. federal at Austin, Texas-headquartered cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), according to his LinkedIn announcement. Dao previously held the same post at vArmour and then at Tanium. Prior to those stints, he served as regional vice president...
Blue Delta Capital Members has appointed industry executives Letitia Long, Lisa Disbrow and Anne Altman as members of the growth stage venture capital firm’s advisory board. “Their unparalleled expertise and leadership in both government and private sectors will bring invaluable insights to our portfolio companies,” Blue Delta said Wednesd...
The Department of the Interior has selected seven companies for a potential 10-year, $2 billion follow-on contract for cloud license and support services. The awardees under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are Accenture Federal Services, IBM (NYSE: IBM), CGI Federal, Cognosante, Science Applic...
After our closest, most exciting Wash100 popular vote race yet, the GovCon community has chosen its champion: Judi Dotson, president of the global defense sector at Booz Allen Hamilton. Dotson received her second consecutive Wash100 Award this year in recognition of her continued leadership in digital transformation initiatives across the defense...
Karen Dahut Seizes No.1 Spot With Few Days Remaining in Wash100 Popular Vote; IBM Strikes $6.4B Deal for HashiCorp; CACI Awarded $1.3B Comms & IT Support Task Order for EUCOM, AFRICOM; Brian Gumbel Named Dataminr President & COO Click to Unmute ...
We’ve come such a long way since January. When we began this year’s iteration, no executive had ever amassed 1,000 points in the Wash100 popular vote contest. Now, the top eight executives in the top 30 have all cleared the 1,000 threshold! No matter where they ultimately land when voting closes in ONE WEEK, Booz...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Those familiar with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, especially its updated 2.0 version, know that its most significant shift from earlier Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts lies in the introduction of a tiered certification process. Unlike past standards, such as NIST SP...
The story of the Wash100 Award popular vote contest this week remains the staggering vote count. In the last month, we have seen our first-ever contestant cross the threshold of 1,000 votes—Booz Allen Hamilton’s Judi Dotson. Shortly thereafter, another competitor, IBM’s Susan Wedge, an early favorite this year and currently the number three...
Srinivas Attili, formerly a partner at McKinsey & Company, has been appointed executive vice president of the civilian business group at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC). He will assume his new post on May 6 and report to SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley as he oversees the newly established unit that encompasses the company̵...
In its 10th week, Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 popular vote race has officially become a clash of the titans — a race between executives from the powerhouse organizations at the forefront of the government contracting industry. The top 10 is comprised of leaders from influential enterprises like Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, the Department of Defe...
