GovCon Wire recently spoke with Doug Barton, chief technology officer of the Leidos Health Group, to discuss the challenges in the company’s digital transformation efforts to address the significant mission gaps and future needs as well as drive innovation for greater capabilities. In addition, Barton also provided a first-hand look into how the...
Taimeka Hollis, formerly chief operating officer at Illuminate, has elevated to the role of president at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics company. She brings to the role over 20 years of leadership experience in business development, strategy, engineering and operations, Illuminate said Tuesday. Prior to Illuminate, Hollis spent 17 years at Nor...
ClearShark, a federal information technology platforms provider, has agreed to buy FedBiz IT Solutions in a transaction that will expand its portfolio of government contracts, resources and expertise in contracts management and capture and compliance. ClearShark President Brian Strosser said in a statement released Tuesday that FedBiz IT’s contrac...
PCS-Mosaic Holdings has launched a new operating company to serve the national security and intelligence sectors following the acquisition of four businesses from ASRC Federal’s defense and intelligence group. The newly formed Athenix Cyber & SIGINT Solutions business comprises OSI, Agency Consulting Group, Kimmich Software Solutions and ExaTe...
The Defense Department’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative is underway within federal agencies and military branches, following the release of the DOD’s JADC2 implementation plan in March 2022. One central component of JADC2 is modernizing the way mission partners and coalitions share information, especially as toda...
Chris Pehrson, formerly an executive at General Atomics, has been appointed chief growth officer of defense technology company Parry Labs. He will be responsible for driving growth initiatives through business capture, program growth and strategic planning efforts in his new position, Parry Labs said Monday. Parry Labs CEO John Parkes said Pehrsonâ€...
Kori Ann Edwards, managing director of operations in the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, said Go Utah has doled out more than $200 million in financial grants to the state’s businesses since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and used the cloud to help in the distribution of relief funds. “Leveraging a cloud-based platform...
In a new report, GovCon Expert and three-time Wash100 winner Jim McAleese shares his analysis of individual budget requests by U.S. military branches as part of the $773 billion Department of Defense spending plan for fiscal year 2023. President Biden submitted a $773 billion DOD budget request to Congress in March, up 5 percent from...
Patrick Sargent, a government health services veteran and retired Army major general, has joined Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s federal business, according to a LinkedIn post. The retired Army major general joins Cerner Government Services from OptumServe, where he most recently served as SV...
Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. He talked about the key factors that led to a 27 percent year-over-year growth for KBR in fiscal year 2021 and the initiatives to capitalize on that success....
