Artificial intelligence is unlocking new opportunities for federal agencies and government contractors. But what does an AI-powered future look like? Jim Gwiazda, vice president of public sector at Equinix, sat down recently with Executive Mosaic to answer this question. Gwiazda joined Equinix at the end of 2022 from MetTel. His career als...
Chris Brady had to make room in his already robust display of Wash100 Awards for a fifth trophy. Jim Garrettson, founder of the award and CEO of Executive Mosaic, hand-delivered the coveted GovCon accolade recently to General Dynamics Mission Systems, where Brady is president. The Wash100 has accrued a significant history over th...
Artificial intelligence advancements are catalyzing innovations that ripple across multiple sectors. Particularly in the federal government and government contracting industry, AI is changing the game for the workforce, cybersecurity, cloud, decision making and so much more. In this Executive Spotlight interview, Executive Mosaic sat down with M9 So...
The Potomac Officers Club is hosting its highly-anticipated 2024 Army Summit on June 13, bringing together the country’s top Army officials, defense experts and industry leaders to discuss the Army’s most significant challenges, opportunities, strategies and initiatives. This annual event serves as a vital platform for government and GovCon exe...
Akima President and CEO Bill Monet accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson at Akima’s offices in Herndon, Virginia last week. The Wash100 Award annually recognizes the top 100 most influential and impactful executives working in the federal government and the government contracting industry. These executives of ...
A report by financial services company Raymond James (NYSE: RJF) indicates that 79 mergers and acquisitions occurred in the defense and government market during the second quarter of 2024, a 6.7 percent increase from the prior-year period. The June report was issued by Raymond James’ defense and government investment banking team, where 2024 W...
Concept Plus has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Gary Sofo as senior vice president and sector general manager and Joshua Temkin as VP and chief architect to advance the delivery of tech platforms and services to customers in the health care and federal civilian sectors. In a June 3 news release, the...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted its second back-to-back weekly loss this year following three significant drops this week. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, declined 0.37% before the weekend to $4,953.15 for a 0.92% week-on-week loss. Wall Street also registered a weekly loss, led by Nasdaq ...
Kelli Murphy, formerly a senior principal for business development at Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC), has joined Pyramid Systems as vice president of client account delivery. She will lead the company’s Department of Homeland Security portfolio and oversee strategic growth initiatives, service delivery operations, cont...
Amazon Web Services has secured a $114.5 million contract from Army Contracting Command–Rock Island to provide cloud services at Impact Level 6 to the Army Enterprise Cloud Management Agency. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the contract was awarded under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract vehicle to enable ECMA to provide conti...
