Weekly Roundup January 8 – January 12, 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we™re going to take a look at some of the recent significant contract activity that occurred at the very end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018. Recent contracts include:...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 12, 2018 ” Avaya has formed a new cloud business and hired Mercer Rowe, IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) former vice president of strategic partners for the Watson and cloud computing platforms, as the new unit’s senior VP and general manager, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday Row...
Gus Bontzos, formerly vice president and general manager of Peraton™s former advanced solutions organization, has been appointed president of the Herndon, Virginia-based company™s defense and electronic warfare sector. The defense and electronic warfare is one of the two newly established sectors that will serve as Peraton™s rese...
James Kavanaugh, formerly senior vice president for transformation and operations at IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been named chief financial officer of the company, Reuters reported Thursday. Kavanaugh™s appointment took effect Thursday and he will succeed Martin Schroeter, who will replace the retiring Bruno Di Leo as SVP for global markets, IBM said ...
Carol Pottenger, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former senior U.S. flag officer at NATO, has joined the board of directors at Serco Inc., the British contractor’s Americas region subsidiary. Her 36-year military career has included roles such as division officer, department head, executive officer and commanding officer aboard comba...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has received a potential $193.8 million U.S. Army foreign military sales contract to supply modernized units of the Black Hawk medium-lift helicopter platform to Saudi Arabia. Sikorsky will manufacture eight UH-60Ms for the Saudi Arabian National Guard and another nine for t...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a potential $118.3 million contract modification to extend contractor logistics support for the U.S. military’s the C-20 and C-37 fleet. Gulfstream Aerospace will continue to support both military aircraft platforms for the U.S. Air Force, Coast Gua...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 11, 2018 ” Deloitte has hired James Turgal, former executive assistant director of FBI‘s information and technology branch, as managing director of the cyber risk services practice within the company’s risk and financial advisory unit, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said ...
Kito Mussa, formerly interim chief financial officer at WidePoint (NYSE: WYY), has been named executive vice president and CFO at the McLean, Virginia-based managed mobility services provider. WidePoint CEO Jin Kang said in a statement published Wednesday Mussa™s experience and insights will help build up the company™s internal controls, f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 10, 2018 ” Richard White, president of government systems at Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) SSL subsidiary, has said he believes future satellite production and other operations will occur on orbit as associated government projects continue, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 27. “The satellite-manufacturing facili...
