In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Bill Downer, vice president of national programs for the government solutions business of Seagate, to talk about the U.S. initiatives to rebuild and strengthen its manufacturing sector, including the use of robotics, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to address ...
Courtney Bromley, former general manager of the government and education industry at IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) federal and public sector market, has been appointed CEO of Voyager Labs’ U.S. subsidiary Voyager Analytics. Voyager Labs said Wednesday Bromley will be responsible for helping drive the company’s growth initiatives across the gov...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
Ocean Bay Information and Systems Management has won a potential five-year, $155.6 million contract to provide administrative, professional and technical support services for the Drug Enforcement Administration. DEA’s office of acquisition and relocation management awarded the contract through a competitive solicitation set aside for 8(a)-certifie...
Ramzi Musallam, CEO and managing partner of Veritas Capital, officially received his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon), from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in New York City. For the last nine years, the Wash100 Award has served as the standard fo...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) reported $9.4 billion in revenue and $730 million in net earnings during the first quarter of 2022. The Reston, Virginia-based defense contractor said Wednesday it ended the quarter with a total backlog of $87.2 billion and saw its aerospace backlog rise 8.1 percent to $17.6 billion. The company’s marine segment posted...
Anna Sever, most recently senior vice president of strategy and growth at Magellan Federal, has been appointed interim CEO of the Arlington, Virginia-based company. She will replace Oscar Montes, formerly CEO of Magellan Federal, and bring to the role her knowledge in strategy development, business growth and commitment to team excellence, the compa...
In today’s rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across the public and private sectors, the responsible and ethical use of AI has become a top priority. However, the issue of ethics in AI isn’t as simple or binary as the “trolley problem,” according to Michael Conlin, chief technology officer of Definitive Logic and previous Wash100 ...
Technology industry veterans Michael Miller, Jim Keenan, Anna Levine and Cindy Brent have joined Red Hat’s public sector team as the software provider focuses on helping government customers navigate their transition to hybrid and multicloud environments. Miller, formerly head of the federal team at Veeam Government Solutions, has been named vice ...
Laura Hooks, a nearly two-decade veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been appointed to succeed William Patterson as vice president and general manager of the ground systems line of business within the company’s mission systems unit. Patterson, who has been with General Dynamics for more than 19 years, will assist in Hooks’ leader...
