
Yasser Ibrahim, former science and engineering leader at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), assumed the role of senior vice president of artificial intelligence at public safety technology provider Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN) on March 9. He will report to Jeff Kunins, Axon’s chief product officer and executive VP of software, as he leads the AI team through the compa...
Defense Secretary and 2020 Wash100 awardee Mark Esper said the Department of Defense would open up to 16 laboratories to test civilians for the new coronavirus and offer up to 5M respirator masks and 2K specialized ventilators, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The U.S. military is also preparing its hospital ships, USNS Comfort and USNS Me...
Christopher Maynard, a former director and branch chief at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined LexisNexis subsidiary Reed Tech as chief information security officer, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. Horsham, Pa.-based Reed Tech aims to help government customers manage data programs with the use of technology....
Private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners and Peter Goldstone, former CEO of real estate media firm Hanley Wood, have teamed up to acquire a significant stake in Atlantic Media’s Government Executive Media Group and establish a data-driven platform focused on serving federal, local and state government contractors and executives....