DataRobot has named Elise Leung Cole, former vice president and deputy general counsel at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), as chief people officer in a series of C-suite appointments aimed at driving the next phase of growth for the Boston-based enterprise artificial intelligence technology provider. Michael Schmidt, chief scientist of DataRobot, assumed ...
Kamal Arafeh, a former executive at energy services provider Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), has joined satellite data company Spire Global as senior vice president of sales. He will be based in Washington, D.C., and will oversee efforts to grow Spire’s sales organization, partner program, geographic footprint and customer reach, the company said Wed...
Randy Soper, lead data strategist at Illuminate Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on June 15th, 2021. The following panelists discussed the federal government’s data innovation goals and priorities featuring Chris Borneman of Software AG Government Soluti...
GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday, June 15th. If you missed the Data Innovation Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the GovCon Wire Events Archive. The Data Innova...
Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Wednesday, the seventh time he’s received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Carahsoft’s office. “Craig has a formula that works and is a measurement fanatic. Abod follow...
Forcepoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based Deep Secure for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for governments, critical infrastructure and enterprises worldwide. Forcepoint said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. “The ad...
The U.S. Navy has selected nine companies for a potential eight-year, $249.7 million contract to design, produce, install and test unmanned hardware and software platforms. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide the military branch a range of technical support services for unmanned waterborne and underwater mine countermeasures systems,...
Ashutosh Gokhale, a 14-year Maximus (NYSE: MMS) veteran, will formally join the technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on July 9 to succeed Billy Jahn as chief financial officer and vice president for business management. Gokhale will work in HII’s Fairfax, Virginia, offices to oversee financial and busi...
Banyan Software has acquired HealthRx, which sells technology designed to help government customers manage research portfolios, laboratory safety and occupational health programs. HealthRx’s Nexus platform consists of modules that support applications such as medical surveillance and workflows at federal and university research organizations, ...
The U.S. Army recently unveiled some of its initiatives to adopt cloud computing platforms in a push to transform the branch’s information technology processes. At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Department of Defense rolled out the Commercial Virtual Remote platform to facilitate online collaboration for telework arrangements across it...
