Mitre has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of industry veteran Cedric Sims as senior vice president of enterprise innovation and integration and intelligence expert Austin Wang as VP of the intelligence center, Mitre National Security. Sims will come up with strategies to promote enterprisewide innovation and develop integration pla...
America’s Frontier Fund has officially launched as a nonprofit investment fund with a focus on scaling companies and their deep technologies to ensure that the U.S. and its allies maintain tech advantage amid a great power competition. AFF said Thursday its initial focus areas will include artificial intelligence, microelectronics, next-generation...
A Mitre-operated research and development organization and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have launched a collaborative project with other industry partners in an effort to provide cybersecurity professionals with an open methodology for prioritizing Mitre ATT&CK techniques based on organizational needs. The initiative identified prevalence, choke poi...
William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper and a former Air Force acquisition chief, received Senate confirmation to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday. During his Senate confirmation hearing in late March, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U...
Stephen Kirin, who joined Mitre in 2002, has been promoted to serve as vice president of enterprise operations at the nonprofit research and development contractor. The retired U.S. Army colonel will oversee business priorities and operational activities throughout the Mitre enterprise and lead management of corporate strategy, objectives and measur...
William LaPlante, nominee for the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment role, has been selected to receive Executive Mosaic’s 2022 Wash100 Award in recognition of his weapons procurement vision and agenda. This year marks the first time LaPlante appears on the annual list of public and private sector leaders who shape the g...
Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been elected to serve on Mitre’s board of trustees. Jason Providakes, president and CEO of Mitre and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published Thursday Gordon’s expertise will help the nonprofit research company pursue innov...
Executive Mosaic has introduced Jason Providakes, president and CEO of Mitre, into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 for his leadership in public health and national security partnerships with government customers. Providakes has been selected three times to the annual list of the most significant government contracting industry contributors. He succe...
Mitre will continue to operate a federally funded research and development center for the Federal Aviation Administration through 2030 under a nine-year contract. The Center for Advanced Aviation System Development FFRDC advises and offers technical expertise to help the FAA improve the national airspace system’s security, safety and efficiency, M...
Katharyn White, who left IBM (NYSE: IBM) in 2017 after she served as vice president of transformation for IBM Consulting (formally IBM Global Business Services), has returned to the company to lead ecosystem for its federal business, GovCon Wire has learned. Her two-decade Big Blue career also includes roles as chief marketing officer of IBM...
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