Dan Klein, a corporate development executive, has assumed the position of vice president of public sector program management at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), GovCon Wire has learned. He reports to Zain Ahmed, senior VP of Lumen’s public sector, through the company’s office in Herndon, Virginia. “Dan is a results-driven software and services...
The Defense Information Systems Agency and Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) are collaborating to launch a cloud-based telephony infrastructure in an effort to provide Department of Defense employees with virtual phone access via a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) business communication platform. Lumen was awarded a $221 million contract to deploy and operate...
Lumen Technologies’ (NYSE: LUMN) government arm has won a potential 10-year, $1.5 billion contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide end-to-end transmission capabilities and related services for the Defense Information System Network Indo-Pacific. DISN Indo-Pacific serves as the Defense of Defense’s consolidated telecommunic...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Zain Ahmed, senior vice president of public sector at Lumen Technologies, to discuss how the company is driving digital transformation in the federal landscape and how it is helping agencies implement zero trust architecture. The Q&A also tackled federal networks and platforms an...
Dave Young, senior vice president of strategic sales at Lumen Technologies, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company’s office by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosiac has bestowed the prestigious Wash100 Award for the last nine years to recognize the significant executives of consequence to our i...
Brian Skoletsky, a more than 20-year federal information technology sales and business development executive, has been appointed sales director for the federal public sector at New York-based telecommunications company MetTel. Skoletsky said in a LinkedIn post that he will help the company’s federal, state and local government agency customers str...
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) will operate and maintain dark fiber infrastructure for the Defense Department under a potential seven-year, $196.5 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency. An initial task order under the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover the $1,000 minimum guarantee, DOD s...
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks assessed the growing importance of chief data officers to the federal landscap...
Quincy Allen, a 35-year technology services industry veteran and former chief marketing officer of IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) cloud business, has been appointed to the board of directors of Lumen Technologies. Lumen said Thursday that Allen met independent director qualifications under the New York Stock Exchange listing policies and his addition bring...
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SVAC) is negotiating a $3.4 billion deal, including debt, to merge with data center company Cyxtera Technologies, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. WSJ cited sources that say the merger deal could be finalized by Monday and BC Partners and Medina Capital – private equity firms that own Cyxtera R...
