Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus, received his 2021 Wash100 Award, the third consecutive year that Caswell has received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), during a visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on Wednesday. “Maximus has continued to grow topline at nearly 16 percent and benefited from...
Michael Baker, staff VP and chief information security officer at General Dynamics Information Technology, served as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during the Potomac Officers Club’ 2021 CMMC Forum on Wednesday. The following panelists discussed cybersecurity maturity in an era of mounting vulnerabilities featuring Karlton Johnson of...
DataRobot has named Elise Leung Cole, former vice president and deputy general counsel at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), as chief people officer in a series of C-suite appointments aimed at driving the next phase of growth for the Boston-based enterprise artificial intelligence technology provider. Michael Schmidt, chief scientist of DataRobot, assumed ...
Kamal Arafeh, a former executive at energy services provider Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), has joined satellite data company Spire Global as senior vice president of sales. He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will oversee efforts to grow Spire’s sales organization, partner program, geographic footprint and customer reach, the company said Wed...
Randy Soper, lead data strategist at Illuminate Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on June 15th, 2021. The following panelists discussed the federal government’s data innovation goals and priorities featuring Chris Borneman of Software AG Government Soluti...
An Akima subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $40 million contract to train the flight crew of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. RiverTech will also provide live, virtual, constructive, academic and simulator instruction services to USAFE-AFAFRICA as part of the contract awarded under the General Services Administration’...
Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Wednesday, the seventh time he’s received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Carahsoft’s office. “Craig has a formula that works and is a measurement fanatic. Abod follow...
The San Diego ship repair business of BAE Systems has secured a potential $104.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair services in support of the USS San Diego, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The firm-fixed-price contract that provides for the LPD 22’s fiscal 2021 docking selected restric...
Banyan Software has acquired HealthRx, which sells technology designed to help government customers manage research portfolios, laboratory safety and occupational health programs. HealthRx’s Nexus platform consists of modules that support applications such as medical surveillance and workflows at federal and university research organizations, ...
The U.S. Army recently unveiled some of its initiatives to adopt cloud computing platforms in a push to transform the branch’s information technology processes. At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Department of Defense rolled out the Commercial Virtual Remote platform to facilitate online collaboration for telework arrangements across it...
