Coming out of his undergraduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Kent Wilcher considered three industries: oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and defense. After some brief deliberation, his answer was fairly easy. He decided to serve the defense industry because of his belief in its mission—he wanted something highly technica...
Michael Buscher, a defense and intelligence industry veteran, has been appointed executive director of enterprise operations at counter-unmanned aerial systems developer Fortem Technologies. He will be based out of the company’s new office in Washington, D.C., and will coordinate Fortem’s business development strategies and engagem...
Richard Syretz, former chief operating officer of Ideal Innovations Inc., has been promoted to president of the Arlington, Virginia-based company. He will oversee the professional services business and directly report to Bob Kocher, founder and CEO of I3, the company said Monday. Kocher said Syretz will help expand the company’s client base and dr...
Bajinder Paul, a 25-year federal service veteran, has been appointed president and chief innovation officer at Baltimore, Maryland-based information technology services company Arch Systems. He brings to the position over two decades of experience in operational and strategic leadership and information technology encompassing software development, p...
Illuminate, a provider of data collection and analysis tools to the government sector, has promoted President Tameika Hollis to the CEO position and elevated Gregg Melanson from executive vice president and general manager to chief growth officer of U.S. operations. The leadership moves seek to help Illuminate better respond to the increasing demand...
Nick Heudecker, senior director of market strategy at Cribl, said the 2021 cybersecurity executive order has pushed federal agencies to take a closer look at zero trust, endpoint detection and response and supply chain security and implement a layered security architecture. Heudecker wrote that the EO has resulted in the development of the Office of...
Jon Rucker, formerly a senior vice president at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has been appointed president and CEO of Ultra‘s intelligence and communications business unit. He will take over from Dan Verwiel, who has served as acting CEO of Ultra Intelligence & Communications since September and will return t...
The volume, velocity and variety of data that organizations are dealing with has increased dramatically in recent years. While all this data poses new challenges to leaders — especially in the U.S. government — it can also unlock troves of important organizational insights if collected, analyzed and harnessed with the right tools. Rob Carey, pre...
Executive Mosaic, the premier media and events organization in the government contracting industry, has named 10 distinguished professionals to its list of top GovCon recruiters for 2022. GovCon organizations have faced a myriad of challenges in recent years. As the GovCon landscape continues to adapt to the rise of remote work, lingering COVID chal...
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global security leader providing innovative systems, solutions, and products to government and commercial customers. It’s a pioneer in military aircraft design and technology with products and systems ranging from advanced intelligence, space, and strike systems to cybersecurity solutions and all-seeing radars...
