Donald Upson, who served as Virginia’s first secretary of technology from 1998 to 2002, was selected as the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award recipient in 2001. Upson’s former position in the Commonwealth of Virginia was the country’s first cabinet-level post that combine...
There have been major shifts in the GovCon landscape in recent years; with the rise of remote work, the increase in M&A activity and the growing competitiveness of the sector, government contractors must be adaptable, agile and quick in order to stay ahead of the curve and grow their businesses. To learn more about the...
Wood Parker, former president of the Northrop Grumman IT sector’s Federal Enterprise Solutions business unit, was chosen in 2005 as the Technology Good Scout Award recipient from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Parker joined the private sector after two decades of service in the U.S. Navy. His industry career...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
Wes Bush, former CEO of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been appointed a member of the board of directors and an adviser at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. Red Cell said Friday his addition to the board to extend the company’s defense sector connection and increase its ability to bring new technology to the...
Walt Havenstein, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served as CEO of Science Applications International Corp. from September 2009 to June 2012, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in October 2010. “We could use more scouts and the leadership qualities they exemplify across the river,” Havenstein s...
Reggie Brothers, former CEO of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been named an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners. “I know firsthand the value that AEI’s operational support and strategic vision adds to its portfolio companies, and I am excited to have the opportunity to leverage my technology and defense ba...
Ken Asbury, former president and CEO at CACI International, accepted the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in October 2014. Asbury led CACI from February 2013 until his retirement in June 2019, a tenure that saw the company shift its focus to growing tech capabilities through multiple...
Ventech Solutions has named Fred Altimont and Tony Meyer, respectively former executives at Optum Health and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), senior vice presidents of growth and business development. They will report to Ventech CEO Tonia Bleecher and aim to grow the health care technology provider’s public sector busines...
Richard Montoni, who served as CEO of Maximus for 12 years beginning in 2006, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in October 2017. Maximus credited Montoni with transforming the Reston, Virginia-based health and human services provider to “a highly focused, preeminent pa...
