David Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing (NYSE: BA), could remain at the helm for another six years after the aerospace and defense company’s board of directors extended its compulsory retirement age for Calhoun from 65 to 70. The company said Tuesday the 64-year-old chief executive has held the dual role since January of last...
Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer of Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has been elected by the board of directors to succeed the retiring Chuck Harrington as the company’s CEO, effective July 1. Harrington, who has been CEO and board chairman since 2008 and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, will...
Russell Smith, former vice president of cyber practice at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) to serve as its cybersecurity program director. Smith made the announcement through a LinkedIn post published Monday. He spent nearly two and a half years at SAIC. As VP, the cybersecurity a...
Scott Goldstein, a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general serving as mobilization assistant to the Air Force undersecretary, has joined defense technology startup Anduril Industries as head of advanced projects, Inside Defense reported Monday. Anduril said in a statement Goldstein’s engineering expertise and military, homeland security and intellige...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for driving national security strategies and defense, developing technology solutions and promoting workforce initiatives. This marks Burns’ first Wash100 Award. In Feb. 2021, the Senate Intelligence Comm...
Max Peterson, vice president of international sales for worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has been appointed as VP of worldwide public sector unit at AWS, The Economic Times reported Saturday. He will succeed Teresa Carlson, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who will join Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) as president and chief growth officer. Pe...
Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) hosted its Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions Forum on Thursday, April 15. If you missed it, visit the GovCon Wire Events page to view the virtual event on demand. The forum offered insights from notable federal and industry representatives on modernization...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Jill Singer, vice president of Defense and National Security for AT&T’s public sector business and First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) program, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for driving the advancement of 5G capabilities in the federal and commercial sectors as well as leading FirstN...
Ball Aerospace has appointed federal sector veterans Raha Hakimdavar and Tom McIntyre to serve as directors of space sciences and government relations, respectively. Hakimdavar and McIntyre will work in support of the company’s Washington operations, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. Hakimdavar, former acting national program lead for remote sen...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
