Graham Smith, former chief financial officer at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has been named chairman of the board of directors of data management software vendor Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK). Smith has served as a board member at Splunk over the past eight years, the company said Monday. He previously held finance leadership roles at Advent Software, Vitria...
Acrow Corp. of America and Mabey Bridge have won spots on a potential $250M U.S. Army contract to provide bridging system support services. Both companies will compete for orders under the firm-fixed-price contract that covers wet and dry gap line of communications bridge construction efforts, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting ...
KBR™s (NYSE: KBR) government services arm has won three task orders worth a combined $95.7M to provide engineering, cybersecurity and information technology services to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. The USAF Installation Contracting Agency issued the awards to KBRwyle through a contract vehicle managed by the Department of Defense Inf...
A Boeing-led (NYSE: BA) team has received a potential $4.1B contract modification to provide technical capabilities needed to expand and build up the Ground-based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system. The Department of Defense said Friday the modification partially definitizes the potential $6.56B contract action that the Missil...
An investment company offered to acquire Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) in a proposed deal valuing the telecommunications equipment maker at $5B, or more than $20 per share, Reuters reported Monday. The report said Santa Clara, Calif.-based Avaya aims to grow its communications software business and cloud-based technology portfolio. The leveraged buyout offer c...
William Noon, a corporate vice president and chief accounting officer at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), has been selected by the board to serve as acting chief financial officer of the company starting April 15. Noon will assume the responsibilities of the departing Matthew Klein, a senior VP and CFO at Vectrus, and continue to serve as...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented John Harris, CEO of Raytheon International and vice president of Business Development of Raytheon, with his second consecutive Wash100 Award on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Harris for securing several major contracts for Raytheon and supporting projects in defense, civil govern...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Sudhakar Kesavan, chairman and chief executive officer of ICF, with his second Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Kesavan for leading the company to great financial success and multiple contract awards in 2018. We are honored to present the most coveted award in govern...
Rumman Chowdhury, Global Lead for Ethical AI for Accenture, is in Washington D.C. this week to consult with the White House about the American AI Initiative that originated from an executive order by President Trump in February. While in town, Chowdhury took time out of her schedule on Tuesday to attend a breakfast meeting with various...
Rick Harrison, formerly a vice president and program manager at Noblis, has been named president of the nonprofit science and technology organization’s ESI subsidiary. He will be responsible for the group’s administrative, technical and financial operations as well as its business strategy, Noblis said Wednesday. Harrison has led organiz...
