In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Bill Harrod, federal chief technology officer for Ivanti, about how the company’s recent acquisitions have impacted the development of ransomware and cyber threat solutions, the challenges of merging company cultures and advancing zero-trust architecture. Here’s an excerpt...
The U.S. Army Futures Command has released a broad agency announcement outlining its artificial intelligence research goals for the next five years, C4ISRNet reported Thursday. AFC’s AI Integration Center is seeking whitepapers on various AI applications as the Department of Defense is looking to employ the emerging technology in data analysis...
Katie Folmar and Jonathan Lusczakoski have been promoted from senior associates to vice presidents at AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm that invests in the aerospace, defense and government services sectors. Folmar, who works as part of AEI’s investor relations team, joined the firm in 2020 and brings professional experience in pri...
Jonathan Kirkland, former chief financial officer at intelligence collection and analysis services provider Illuminate, has joined Baird’s Global Technology and Services practice as a director on the financial services company’s government and defense team. He will bring his industry experience to the team that provides strategic financial advic...
The senior official performing the duties of the U.S. Army undersecretary and the commanding general of Army Futures Command will respectively deliver opening and closing keynote speeches at the 6th Annual Army Forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss the service branch’s modernization initiatives and the role of domestic industry ...
Amanda Brownfield, a federal technology industry leader, has been appointed CEO of Applied Insight, a Tysons, Virginia-based government technology contractor and a portfolio company of private equity firm The Acacia Group. She succeeds Dede Dascalu, who joined Acacia as lead technology partner to help strengthen the private equity firm’s product d...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Space Intelligence Forum on Tuesday to bring together renowned leaders from across industry and the federal landscape to discuss the advancement of space-based capabilities and intelligence. Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, director of Intelligence for the U.S. Space Command, served as the keynote speaker during the ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its 2021 Digital Transformation Forum on Tuesday to bring together the most notable executives and thought leaders from across the federal landscape to discuss how they are transforming their organizations through the adoption of strategic technologies. Check out the Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page to view on-...
Halfaker and Associates, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has acquired a minority interest in San Diego-based digital technology services provider CivitasDX. Halfaker made the acquisition with Cognitive Medical Systems, which launched CivitasDX as a joint venture with Agile Six Applications in January and will o...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted that BAE Systems posted a 6 percent sales growth and saw its sector profit increase by 27 percent to approximately $1.4 billion during the first six months of 2021 driven by its U.S. electronic systems sector and U.K. air sector. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and...
