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The GovCon Index stumbled from the open to close at a loss of 0.279 points to 75.052 as U.S. stock declines mirrored a fall in commodities such as oil and investors continued to speculate over when the next interest rate increases could occur. Los Angeles-based health insurance provider Health Net (NYSE: HNT) led Index gainers at 3.67 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2016 ” Earl Matthews, vice president of U.S. public sector enterprise security solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), will participate at a panel discussion during a FireEye-hosted (Nasdaq: FEYE) event on April 12, GovCon Executive reported March 16. FireEye said March 15 Matthews will b...
Lee Shabe, formerly president and general manager at L-3 Communications™ (NYSE: LLL) national security solutions unit, has joined ViON as vice president of the cloud solutions program management office. Shabe will be responsible for pricing, program management and delivery of ViON™s cloud platforms and as-a-service offerings, ViON sai...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2016 ” Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Federal, believes the proper utilization of big data generated from Internet of Things devices can bring about “societal changes” and improve lives, ExecutiveBiz reported March 11. “Those devices… they’re all g...
New York City-based private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) has agreed to acquire the defense electronics business of global aerospace and defense contractor Airbus Group for approximately $1.24 billion. Airbus said Friday the transaction is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2017 and t...
Ryan Marsden, formerly director of program control at Whitney, Bradley & Brown, has been promoted to vice president of finance at WBB. Marsden will oversee the company™s financial planning, reporting and program control, WBB said Monday. “Since Ryan joined us two years ago, he has built the program control office into a strong support...
Nicolas Chamussy, chief of staff to Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, will take over the role as executive vice president of the global defense contractor’s space systems unit on July 1. Airbus said Friday Chamussy will succeed Francois Auque, who will leave the company after 16 years and will remain as an adviser through July 1. He...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to make its decision on the transition to a new aircraft surveillance system by the end of 2016, ExecutiveBiz reported March 9. Reuters reported March 8 Desch said at the Satellite 2016 confe...
Ken Myers, former director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, has joined Arlington, Va.-based government logistics service contractor PAE as president of the company™s national security solutions business unit. PAE said Monday Myers will oversee the NSS unit that PAE created in 2015 from its January 2015 acquisition&nbs...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 18, 2016 — Figueredo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise vice president and segment leader for consulting and intelligence community unit, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of most influential leaders in GovCon for his work in the intelligence market. The Wash100 is th...
