Barbie Bigelow, a former senior vice president and chief information officer at Engility™s (NYSE: EGL) TASC subsidiary, will join Pasadena, Calif.-based construction services contractor Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) as SVP and CIO. Bigelow will directly report to Chief Financial Officer Kevin Berryman and start in the role on&n...
Massachusetts-based hyperconvergence software startup SimpliVity has hired former Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) sales executives Gary DePreta and Geoff Fancher to join the former company’s sales team, CRN reported Monday. Kevin McLaughlin writes DePreta, formerly director of the national security agencies business at Cisco, will serve as head of S...
ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported 2015 and fourth quarter earnings and revenue below Wall Street’s forecasts on a strong U.S. dollar that impacted commercial and international government sales. The Fairfax, Virginia-based consulting servic...
A Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $400 million contract to continue to provide test, evaluation and support services at NASA™s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The Test Evaluation and Support Team 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded to Jacobs Techno...
The GovCon Index failed to hold onto positive momentum from a midday spike barely above the gain line Monday and ended at a decline of 0.573 points to 73.385 in a mixed day for U.S. financial markets. Declines among defense product and platform manufacturers in the Index lagged compared to services-oriented companies that led gainers....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) will provide financial, analytic and communications services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s HIV/AIDS prevention program under a $34.6 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the award covers collec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” A Unisys (NYSE: UIS) security software platform is nearing approval from the National Security Agency to be included in the agency’s Commercial Solutions for Classified Program Components List, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. GCN reported Thursday NSA is conducting an evaluation of Unisys...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” A second Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft has completed a flight test to check its mission systems avionics, external lighting and environmental systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the test covers operational checks on the tanker before the U.S....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” Jim Jasinski, vice president of federal business development and supply chain at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Wednesday his experience on federal procurements at FBI works to guide his views on information sharing and technology adoption at the company. “...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2016 ” Four employees of Mitre have received recognition under the Career Communications Group‘s 2016 BEYA Awards for their contributions in science, technology, engineering and math, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The nonprofit organization said Tuesday the awards honored Mallik ...
