Mary McDowell, an executive partner at Siris Capital Group, will join gobal communications services provider Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM) as CEO once the latter company completes its merger with a Siris Capital affiliate. Polycom said Wednesday McDowell will succeed Peter Leav, who will continue to serve as CEO and board member until the completion of the...
Charles Davis, former president and CEO of Seabury Group’s global aerospace and defense consulting division, has joined L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) as senior vice president of strategy at the company’s aerospace systems segment. L-3 said Tuesday he will report to Mark Von Schwarz, president of L-3...
August 29 – September 2 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This calendar year so far has brought an unprecedented year of change and tectonic shifts to the government contracting sector and even with that said, what other catalysts could come in ...
Avaya has named Jerry Dotson, former vice president for civilian sales, as the new VP for civilian and advanced programs within the company’s government solutions business. Dotson will oversee the design and implementation of communication services to support the various operations of Avaya government customers, the company said Thur...
REI Systems has appointed Shyam Salona, a co-founder and former executive vice president and chief technology officer, as its new CEO. The company said Tuesday Salona will succeed fellow co-founder and former CEO Veer Bhartiya, who will remain at REI as executive chairman. “I am excited to take on this new role within our compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” Teresa Weipert, senior vice president for government solutions at Sutherland Global Services, has urged the federal government to ramp up collaboration with the private sector on digital services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Weipert wrote in a guest piece published Friday partnership between government ...
August 22 – August 26 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson An investment analyst at the U.S.’ biggest and world’s fifth largest bank endorsed the defense sector this week in a note to investors with a forecast that views continued ̶...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 26, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide a prototype of a service-oriented architecture that the Department of Homeland Security can use to support border security operations under a $24 million task order award, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the prototype wi...
August 15 – August 19 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The long-awaited, much-anticipated and well-documented merger of Leidos into the now former Lockheed Martin information technology and technical services business completed on Tuesday. As i...
David Lockwood, CEO of U.K.-based electronics firm Laird, will succeed Bob Murphy as CEO of Cobham by Jan. 1, 2017. Murphy will leave his post by the end of 2016 and will be succeeded by Lockwood on the company™s board of directors, Cobham said Wednesday. “David has a background in defense and communications technology which are...
