Shawn Purvis, president and CEO of the U.S. arm of QinetiQ, was handed her 2024 Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the award, in a recent in-person meeting. This is Purvis’ fourth consecutive year being recognized in the highest tier of the government contracting industry, a rarified group that EM takes pri...
Darron Makrokanis, formerly chief revenue officer at Xage Security, has assumed the same position at Summit 7, a provider of managed security services to defense contractors, according to his LinkedIn post. He will manage the company’s overall go-to-market functions, including marketing, sales, business development, partnerships and product ma...
Joe Levy was named CEO of Sophos, where he has been working for nearly a decade– most recently as acting chief executive of the cybersecurity software company. Sophos said Monday Levy has almost three decades of experience in innovating and leading cybersecurity product development, services and companies, and nine years of his career were spe...
Robert Nichols, a partner at law firm Nichols Liu, has joined CRDF Global as general counsel. He brings to the role his years of experience, relationships and expertise in the international government services sector and not-for-profit organizations supporting public missions, CRDF Global said Monday. CRDF Global CEO Mike Dignam said Nichols has pla...
Valkyrie Enterprises has acquired Ship to Shore in a transaction that expands its corrosion-inhibiting products and remediation support services for the Department of Defense and other national security customers and industrial sectors. Virginia-based Valkyrie said Wednesday the corrosion-inhibiting products and related capabilities of S2S will be p...
Jun Choi, formerly CEO of information technology services company NextNow, has joined IT Concepts as senior vice president of human capital services, according to his LinkedIn post. He will oversee employee, partner and customer engagement to support the company’s strategic growth and human capital management initiatives. From March 2020 to Ap...
Venk Nathamuni, a senior finance executive, will take on the role of chief financial officer at Jacobs (NYSE: J) on June 3. He will bring to the position over three decades of leadership experience in finance and will oversee the implementation of the company’s business and financial strategy, capital allocation and investor relations initiatives ...
Abt Global, which rebranded from Abt Associates, has acquired information technology transformation company TSPi in an effort to advance citizen-centric, data-driven products and services for its customers. The Rockville, Maryland-based consulting and research firm said Thursday TSPi provides public sector agencies with secure digital offerings in s...
Project Convergence materialized in 2020 with a goal of connecting Army sensors, command and control nodes and shooters at the tactical level. While the initiative was originally created to tackle Army-specific problems, its reach has dramatically expanded over time. Now, Project Convergence serves as a key part of the Department of Defense’s Comb...
Quantic Electronics, an Arcline Investment Management company, has acquired M-Wave Design, a manufacturer of radio frequency and microwave components for aerospace, defense and quantum computing applications. Ross Sealfon, CEO of Quantic, said in a statement published Wednesday that the M-Wave product portfolio complements the electronic component c...
