When Jen Sovada realized she could make more of an impact on the outside of the military looking in, she retired from the U.S. Air Force. Now, her company, the fast-growing startup SandboxAQ, regularly does business with the USAF and Sovada still gets to support the mission, circumnavigating the oft-labyrinthine bureaucracy of the government. Sovada...
HII (NYSE: HII) has received a $120.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to create a special incentive program to improve the quality of life for sailors stationed at the company’s facility in Newport News, Virginia. The modification was made under a previously awarded contract for the design and construction of the future USS...
Sebastian Sobolev, a cybersecurity and data analytics professional, has been appointed vice president of product at New York-based cloud-native cyber defense platforms provider BlueVoyant. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. Prior to his current position, Sobolev was chief technology officer at BlueVoyant’s governm...
Information technology is a top priority for the Department of Defense, and the organization is currently working to update its software modernization strategy, according to DOD Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Leslie Beavers. The existing plan operates around three tenets: accelerating cloud adoption, establishing a software factory eco...
Shawn Julien, formerly senior director of human resources at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit, has joined technology services provider REI Systems as chief people officer, according to his LinkedIn post. He brings to the role over two decades of experience overseeing HR functions for technology companies with a focus on...
The General Services Administration has released an update to its draft request for proposals for the unrestricted pool of the third iteration of its Alliant government governmentwide acquisition contract covering information technology products and services. GSA said Thursday it intends to select 76 potential offerors for the Alliant 3 contract and...
Van Gurley’s successful career in government contracting might appear largely happenstance. “I typically said yes and would walk through that door even when I wasn’t sure what was on the other side of it,” Gurley told us about opportunities he encountered that proved invaluable later in his career. He began his working life as a...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Group’s North American business, with his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Serco’s offices. Vote for Tom Watson as your favorite GovCon executive at Wash100.com! The 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition runs until April 30, and the top 10 will be announced in ...
Victoria Virasingh has charted a unique course in the public and technology sectors. Upon exiting Stanford University with a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Latin American Studies, she saw a gap between the D.C. world and the tech world that needed to be bridged. After completing her Masters, Virasingh landed at Palantir...
The security of our supply chain has become top-of-mind for government officials, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And for companies that deal with hardware procurement, supply chain security is more important than ever, as threats in this area continue to rise. Jennifer Kauffman, chief operating officer at CyberCore Technologies...
