IBM (NYSE: IBM) has hired seven former military and government officials and industry veterans to serve as partners on its Washington, D.C.-based federal global business services team. The company said Monday the key additions reflect its commitment to helping federal agencies advance information technology modernization efforts. Brian Davis, a reti...
Joshua Marcuse, head of Strategy and Innovation for Google’s global public sector business, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), on Tuesday during a visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The Wash100 Award is an annual honor given to the elite members of the GovCon...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the White House should reaffirm the importance of allies and partners in efforts to address defense industrial base resilience. McGinn told Government Matters host Francis Rose in an interv...
Gina Ortiz Jones, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer, received Senate confirmation Thursday via unanimous vote to serve as undersecretary of USAF, nearly three months after President Biden nominated her for the branch’s second highest-ranking civilian position. She replaces Anthony Reardon, who has held the undersecretary post on an ...
Tim Conway, executive vice president and public sector group president of NTT Data and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, was featured on Thursday in the latest Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz to talk about the company’s recent contract wins and IT modernization challenges, his sales and business strategies to drive company growth...
Udaya Chundury, former chief technologist of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined information technology services provider MetroStar as vice president of solutions architecture. The 25-year management and IT consulting veteran will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of business platforms that involve big data, analytics cloud and enterp...
Shareholders at Proofpoint (Nasdaq: PFPT) voted to approve the cybersecurity and compliance company’s $12.3 billion sale to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Proofpoint said Friday both parties still expect to complete the transaction in the third quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Gary Steele, ...
PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) has received a potential five-year, $74.2 million contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps operate a military air station located in Japan. The company said Thursday it will maintain and repair facilities, manage wastewater and perform environmental and custodial support services at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni under the single-a...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has selected 18 technology companies to help design and demonstrate various approaches to implementing zero trust architectures. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s NCCoE said Thursday it will work with the companies to design and field architectures based on the concepts ...
The Senate has confirmed Heidi Shyu‘s nomination to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering, a role first held by Michael Griffin since the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act elevated it at undersecretary level. As USD(R&E), Shyu will be responsible for setting the strategy for D...
