Tara Ward, a government contracts lawyer, has joined McDermott Will & Emery as a partner within the international law firm’s regulatory practice group. She will be based in Washington, D.C., as she serves as vice chair of the government contracts practice with a focus on supporting information technology, defense and professional services comp...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award – an annually recognized class of distinguished figures in the government contracting community who demonstrate leadership, innovation, achievement and vision. Named to the Wash100 for the seventh time, Vollmer continues to be ranked amo...
Xavier Beale, vice president of trades at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, will transition to a new role that expands the scope of his current work to include human resources responsibilities. HII said Wednesday Beale will take over the Newport News HR leadership role from Susan Jacobs, who will jo...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 63 companies positions on a potential five-year, $249.7 million contract to provide rapid development and prototyping and systems integration support to help the military branch meet new and emerging requirements and advance the growth of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s services portfolio at Webster O...
Edmond Hughes Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration contracts at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief human resources officer. He succeeds William Ermatinger, who will retire from HII after a 35-ye...
Executive Mosaic’s ninth annual Wash100 award selection was officially announced Wednesday to recognize 100 leaders from the worlds of government, industry and academia who have made noteworthy contributions to their organizations and the government contracting sector. The Wash100 is the premier class of business executives, agency officials a...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the winners of the 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of GovCon to recognize the 100 executives who will impact the sector in the coming year. The 2022 Was...
The Professional Services Council has appointed Serco Inc. CEO Dave Dacquino and Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Jacobs’ (NYSE: J) critical mission solutions business, to the executive committee of the trade association. Dacquino and Hickton, both 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, were among the five newly elect...
Marion Ticknor, a government services industry veteran with more than two decades of human resources experience, has been appointed chief people officer of Bethesda, Maryland-based digital technology services provider DMI. Her appointment takes effect Jan. 3 and she will be responsible for ensuring DMI’s organizational culture can adapt to evo...
An investor group led by private equity firms Advent International and Permira Advisers has agreed to acquire McAfee (Nasdaq: MCFE) in a transaction valued at approximately $14 billion, including debt. McAfee’s board of directors approved the transaction that is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2022, pending approval by ...
