Anand Eswaran, a former executive at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined data management company Veeam Software as CEO. He succeeds William Largent, who has led Veenam since early 2020 and stepped down from the chief executive post to focus on his duties as board chairman, Veeam said Thursday. Eswaran most recently served as president and...
A joint venture between Axient, formerly QuantiTech, and Radial Solutions Inc. won a potential five-year, $196.8 million contract to provide engineering and trade support services to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The JV will deploy technicians to support the center’s engineering directorate and facilities management off...
Stephen Benedict, head of product management for personalization at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), has joined digital identity verification company ID.me as chief product officer. In his previous role, Benedict led the creation, rollout and modernization of global e-commerce experiences for the Amazon client base using artificial intelligence and machine le...
Adam Lurie, a two-decade information technology and services market veteran, has joined artificial intelligence company Torch.AI as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for helping drive the company’s expansion initiatives in multiple customer segments and overseeing its corporate development functions, Torch.AI said Thursday. Lurie ...
Godspeed Capital Management, a government market-focused private equity firm, has invested in cybersecurity and intelligence services provider Varen Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Marty Leshin will continue to lead Varen as president and CEO as the company works with its investor in market footprint expansion and acquisition pursuit initiative...
Kelly Baldwin, a former vice president at GRSi, has been promoted to serve as senior VP for the enterprise technology company’s defense programs. The appointment makes Baldwin GRSi’s first SVP and continues his company tenure that began in 2015, the company said Thursday. He will also retain his role as general manager of GRSi’s Charle...
Six senators have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to issue informal guidance providing the definition of “broker” of cryptocurrency and other digital assets in a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Section 80603 of the law seeks to “provide more certainty for Americans looking to invest in these digital assets, ensur...
H.R. McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former national security adviser, has joined the advisory board of Redwood City, California-based artificial intelligence software company C3 AI. “Enterprise AI is important to national security,” McMaster said in a statement released Wednesday. “I am grateful for the opportunity to sup...
SkyePoint Decisions has received $52 million task order to provide cybersecurity risk management and compliance services for the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid. The company said Wednesday it will identify, analyze and review cyber risks to key FSA enterprise information systems and help the office implement a security ...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
