Christen Smith, former vice president of the federal health and civilian market at LMI, has been appointed senior VP for the U.S. domestic business at Rockville, Maryland-based consulting and research firm Abt Associates. Abt said Thursday that Smith will oversee Abt’s newly formed business organization that employs more than 500 professionals...
Environmental Chemical Corp. will construct a water treatment facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, under a potential three-year, $129 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy. Initial work on the replacement of the Water Treatment Plant at the military training facility is covered by a $126.4 millio...
In the wake of President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, Executive Mosaic sat down with GovCon Expert Jim McAleese, principal and owner of McAleese and Associates and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, to get a comprehensive breakdown of the FY23 defense budget and understand which programs, military branches and initiatives rank among t...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, to talk about his strategic growth goals, the challenges of federal talent recruitment as well as the business side of innovation. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with Ligh...
The commercial business industry was dealt a bad hand past few years—from COVID-19 shutdowns to global supply chain disruptions. Countless small businesses closed their doors for good, negatively impacting several industries. However, the government contracting industry stood its ground. Stability in the face of uncertainty and the opportunity to ...
Roela Santos Amentum has appointed GovCon industry veterans Roela Santos and Sean Mullen to its senior leadership team. Santos is senior vice president of marketing and communications with oversight of public relations, brand-building, corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, crisis communications, reputation management and market influ...
Every industry needs consultancy, whether law firms, retailers, government agencies, and mining industries. They assess client satisfaction and secure business management. Amid high expectations and public pressure, public sector organizations have increased efficiency with the help of consultants. There are numerous professions within consulting th...
Heather Young, a sales professional with more than 15 years of government market experience, has been appointed regional vice president of public sector sales at cyberecurity company Claroty. In her new role, Young will lead public sector engagements focused on critical infrastructure security and help introduce Claroty’s secure remote acces...
Stephen Zhang, a nearly 13-year veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and United Technologies Corp., has joined Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) to serve as the launch services provider’s first vice president of investor relations. He will manage Virgin Orbit’s overall investor relations functions and advise the leadership team on matters ...
GovCon Expert David Egts, chief technologist and senior director of the Office of the Chief Technologist for Red Hat’s North America Public Sector, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the current administration’s Executive Order on transforming the federal customer experience and what it means for government agencies and the systems int...
