John “JD” Parkes grew up attending defense trade shows with his father, who was a legacy Kodak commercial and government systems executive, so he’s always had an inherent understanding of the government contracting landscape. After Parkes earned an image science degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he immediately began a career ser...
David McKeown, senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense, became the latest government official to be inducted into the 2023 edition of the Wash100. McKeown’s first selection to receive the Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic reflects his leadership in DOD-wide effor...
Recent technological advancements have drastically altered the way the U.S. military operates in the modern battlespace, which holds a growing number of threats to the nation’s information advantage. To keep up with the rapid nature of modern technology transformation and maintain battlefield superiority, welcoming change and the opportunities it ...
Greg Myers, former vice president of federal sales at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has been appointed to the advisory board of Ventech Solutions to advise the company on market growth trends and opportunities. He will join new member Mark Tomaino and returning members Penny Thompson and Ken Scalet, Ventech said Tuesday. “Ventech Solutions is exci...
Los Angeles-based Nexus Capital Management has acquired Aviation Ground Equipment Corp. for an undisclosed sum and will integrate AGEC as a new entity within HDT Global. Established in 1984, AGEC is a veteran-owned business that manufactures ground-based and shipboard ground power units, portable universal load banks and other aviation ground suppor...
Amentum completed its $1.9 billion all-cash acquisition of PAE in February 2022, and John Heller, who previously served as PAE CEO, became the head of the combined enterprise. Executive Mosaic spoke with Heller, a seven-time Wash100 Award winner, in an exclusive video interview to get an inside look at the company one year later. Vote for John H...
For the fourth year in a row, Executive Mosaic has the honor of recognizing John Mengucci, CEO of CACI International, with the Wash100 Award. This year Mengucci added to an already robust legacy by ushering his company toward new projects tackling complex technology challenges for the U.S. defense community and breaking ground with stellar quarte...
Firefly Aerospace has secured a $112 million contract to help NASA deploy one satellite and two payloads sometime in 2026 as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. The Texas-based space transportation builder will be responsible for integrating and delivering payloads from Earth to the moon’s surface and orbit...
Emerging trends and developments across the global defense landscape have catalyzed a shift within the United States toward new strategies, new technologies and refocused priorities. With factors such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the commercialization of space and the looming peer and near-peer threat, U.S. defense leaders are rethinking what the...
Jason Payne, chief technology officer at Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal arm, said multicloud environments enable government agencies to broaden their technology options and select the best cloud platform to meet their mission requirements. Payne wrote that multicloud adoption begins with the implementation of a strategy that looks at factors t...
