Since the 1980s, the United States has been pivoting along an ever-evolving tract of developing technologies to protect against and respond to adversarial missile attacks. The Missile Defense Agency (once the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) aims to be agile in its stance toward threats from r...
After a competitive four months and tens of thousands of votes, Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that the winner of the 2023 Wash100 popular vote competition is the resolute Department of Defense cornerstone, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. This year, a staggering nearly 40,000 votes were cast in support of the esteemed recipients of the 2...
Some of our nation’s most critical systems are facing increasingly complex and dangerous threats as hackers grow more sophisticated and even the smallest vulnerabilities leave organizations exposed. Executive Mosaic sat down with Matt Heideman, president and general manager of Xage Security Government, to take a closer look at the ...
Space is at its largest inflection point in decades, and as commercial space activity continues to rise, United States government leaders are taking a page from industry’s book on how to drive more rapid innovation, especially in the face of increasing global competition. While technology and acquisition processes are typically at the center of th...
Derrick Pledger, a senior vice president and chief information officer at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said government agencies seeking to drive digital modernization efforts to improve operations and address mission challenges should look for a vendor that is focused on building deep technical partnerships to develop new platforms and capabilities for agen...
The United States is in a transformative era rich with technological innovation and opportunity, but we have to do more to anticipate the threats these emerging technologies may unlock, according to Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security. In his opening keynote address during ...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks is a top voice in cybersecurity and government technology usage at large. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University focusing on risk management, homeland security technologies and, of course, cybersecurity and has won a number of distinctions over the years. Brooks recently interviewed Kelley Kiernan, t...
Shifting global dynamics have underscored the importance of homeland security for the United States in recent years, and some of the country’s top security leaders are taking a closer look at how emerging technologies are shaping the competitive landscape. The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate serves as the res...
Executive Mosaic is excited to honor Stefanie Tompkins, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with her second Wash100 Award for her incredible success in spearheading agency initiatives, championing innovation and working to cultivate the next generation of technology leaders. Each year, the Wash100 Award highligh...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce the 2023 Wash100 induction of Lieutenant General Robert Skinner, the dual-hatted director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of Joint Force Headquarters of the Department of Defense Information Network. Skinner, a standout in this year’s crop of public sector Wash100 awardees, earn...
