Faryar Shirzad, most recently global co-head of the office of government affairs at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), has joined Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN) as chief policy officer. He will engage with regulators, lawmakers and other policymakers to address issues surrounding the cryptoeconomy and realize its full potential, Coinbase said Monday. S...
Northrop Grumman will supply more precision guidance kits to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $167.8 million contract modification. The company received the full amount of the modification award from the service branch and will perform work in Plymouth, Minnesota, the Department of Defense said Monday. ATK originally received a prime contract for P...
Stephen Homeyer, vice president of intelligence strategy at BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, will lead a panel discussion on artificial intelligence transition out of the research and development phase into an operational setting. He will serve as panel moderator of the “Transitioning of AI from R&D to Operations” panel at GovCon WireR...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of Information Solutions for Deltek and GovCon Expert, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Deltek by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Kevin Plexico has distinguished himself as the ‘expert’s expert’ and a ‘GovCon Expert’ of government...
T-Rex Solutions has promoted Cathy Lerche from her post as human resources director to chief people officer, responsible for leading the information technology company’s people operations and creating a workforce culture to promote quality, professional development and empowerment. Lerche will work to enable a more employee-oriented culture th...
The General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Vendor Management Office is soliciting ideas from industry on how to encourage open dialogue between providers and agencies. GSA launched a crowdsourcing campaign and a request for information to gather feedback on both strategic and tactical matters. The effort falls under the Offic...
Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, presented a 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to CACI International to DeEtte Gray, president of business and information technology solutions for the company. This marks the fifth time that Gray has received a Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and highest valued...
During a recent visit to Northrop Grumman, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Shawn Purvis, corporate vice president and president of Enterprise Services at Northrop Grumman, with her first 2021 Wash100 Award. Purvis received the first Wash100 Award of her career for her leadership in enabling large-scale technology infrastructure and tra...
Tina Dolph, president and chief executive officer of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), was presented her 2021 Wash100 Award, her third time winning the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to SGT. “After more than 18 years with Lockheed Martin, Tina Dolp...
The State Department has approved Canada’s request to buy from the U.S. government the Aegis Combat System built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and associated equipment through a potential $1.7 billion foreign military sales deal. Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will be the primary contractor on the proposed sale of four Aegis...
