Sanju Bansal, a software entrepreneur and investor, has joined Blue Delta Capital Partners as an advisory board member. Mark Frantz, co-founder of Blue Delta, said in a statement Wednesday that Bansal has mentored CEOs of technology companies in the past 10 years and having him as part of the venture capital firm’s advisory board will...
In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Caesar Nieves, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence at Jacobs, about the recent BlackLynx acquisition and its impact on the company’s national security efforts. The SVP also tackled the company’s contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, its...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 17, 2021 — Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft Technology, has encouraged the use of emerging technologies as government agencies face evolving operational challenges and changing customer needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. He wrote in a blog post that emerging-tech compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2021 — A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) vice president has expressed the need for the Department of Defense to employ evolutionary capabilities and revolutionary platforms to ensure that missile defense could take on emerging hypersonic and cruise missile threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. “We need to have ...
Rick McConnell, president of Akamai Technologies and general manager of the company’s security technology group, has been named CEO of Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) in a move that takes effect Dec. 13. He will succeed John Van Siclen, who will support the transition as a consultant through May 31, 2022, the company said Monday. McConnell joined...
Lew Messing, vice president of programs at Science Applications International Corp., will lead a panel discussion at a Nov. 17 virtual event about information technology modernization efforts within the defense and intelligence sectors. In his current capacity, Messing supports U.S. intelligence community customers such as the Office of the Director...
Rick Sabol, a more than three-decade industry veteran, has joined VTG as a senior vice president with responsibility for programs supporting the U.S. Navy. He joins the Virginia-based naval engineering company after his previous role as SVP of operations at Science Applications International Corp.‘s (NYSE: SAIC) defense systems group, VTG said...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the third installment of its Data-Driven 2021 Series, The Cost of AI, on Tuesday, which brought together public and private sector leaders to discuss how federal government agencies must plan for budget changes, potential technology disruptions and strategy shifts as they work to integrate innovative artificial inte...
Lisa Starkweather, formerly the director of programs at Cyber Defense Technologies, has joined Virginia-based security consulting firm Avint as chief operating officer. She will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Avint’s business that aims to help federal customers secure cyber and physical systems, the company said Wednesday. Sta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 10, 2021 — BlueHalo is seeking to market counter-unmanned aerial system platforms in addition to its directed energy and perimeter security offerings following the Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company’s acquisition of San Diego-based cUAS developer Citadel Defense, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. “The comb...
