Rich Harkey, a two-decade veteran of the professional services industry, has assumed the role of chief financial officer at Columbia, Maryland-based government technology provider GCOM. He will oversee GCOM’s accounting and finance operations with the goal of helping position itself for growth, the company said Tuesday. Harkey most recently served...
Joan Amble, founder and president of a consulting firm, has been appointed to the board of directors at Vienna, Virginia-headquartered space data provider Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR). She holds extensive audit and governance experience and aims to help Spire’s leadership team implement best practices to navigate business growth, the company said Thu...
As today’s cyber threat landscape grows ever more dangerous, federal officials are looking to zero trust for answers to their toughest cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The zero trust model operates on a foundation of “trust nothing, verify everything,” and today, organizations are moving away from the castle-and-moat approach to security an...
Serco Group’s North American subsidiary has won a five-year, $152.3 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command to help manage the F-35 acquisition life cycle. Herndon, Virginia-based Serco Inc. will support program management functions associated with the multirole fighter aircraft program. NAVAIR received nine offers for the cost-plus-fi...
Dana Barnes, president of the government business at Dataminr, was presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in Arlington, VA. Executive Mosaic is proud to recognize GovCon Expert Dana Barnes as a two...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has attributed a marginal second quarter revenue increase in the company’s Earth intelligence business segment to higher sales of satellite imagery products. Revenue for the segment climbed by $1 million year-over-year to $284 million, primarily due to a cumulative $6 million hike in sales from U.S. government a...
In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Wade Allen, vice president of defense for Applied Information Sciences, to discuss the company’s efforts to ensure its workforce’s long-term success. He also talked about the core values that are important to AIS’ culture, the impact of emerging technologies ...
Rick Hanson, a nearly 30-year security and information technology veteran, has been named president of Delinea, which offers privileged access management software to the government and enterprise sectors. The Certified Information Systems Security Professional succeeds James Legg, who will retire from Delinea after a seven-year career, and will be r...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will allocate $54.2 billion in total funding to support U.S. semiconductor research and development, manufacturing and workforce development to create jobs and secure the domestic chip supply. The CHIPS and Science Act will provide a 25 percent investment tax credit for spending o...
Don Parente, a 25-year veteran of AT&T (NYSE: T), has been named a vice president at MetTel‘s federal business where he will be responsible for driving sales to the Department of Defense and through systems integrators. In his new capacity, Parente will aim to expand MetTel’s business with defense organizations and oversee its collaborat...
