CNA Corp., which operates a federally funded research and development center, has promoted Elisa Soto from vice president of human resources to VP and chief people officer. She has more than two decades of corporate HR experience in areas such as full cycle recruitment and staffing, employee relations and performance management, according to he...
Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has acquired Reston, Virginia-based management consulting firm Amyx for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its cybersecurity and enterprise technology service offerings. Tetra Tech said Thursday Amyx will become part of its government services group as a result of the transaction. “The addition of Amyx to our...
Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary has promoted Enterprise Technology Officer Don Styer to the newly created position of chief technology officer and 18-year company veteran Christine Kalb to the chief information officer post. “Combined, Don and Christine bring a great compliment of technical and leadership perspectives and industry ex...
Former Akima Support Operations President Doug Magee has been appointed president of Day & Zimmermann’s government services business and he will serve on the D&Z Leadership Council. Magee will lead the group that provides mission support to government clients in areas such as staffing, global security, architecture and engineering, and...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential seven-year, $853 million contract to help the U.S. Navy field and sustain the Aegis weapon system. The company’s rotary and mission systems business will provide engineering, software development, in-service maintenance, logistics, fielding and integration support for Aegis configurations del...
Abt Associates will lead a team of commercial, academic and nonprofit organizations to carry out an $809 million project for the United States Agency for International Development under the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. The team received a five-year contract to help USAID conduct indoor residual spray campaigns, distribute insecticide-t...
By Kevin Plexico Looking back, it has been an eventful year in the government contracting industry, but there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the year ahead — including several trends to watch for. Last year, I wrote about significant trends for 2022 that were expected to impact how government contractors operate in...
From his time as a naval aviator to his work at the Pentagon and at the Department of Homeland Security, all the way to his current position in the upper echelon of an impactful technology company, John Zangardi has accrued expertise in a wide range of topics. Zangardi is passionate about cybersecurity best practices, the...
The U.S. Space Force is the newest and the smallest military service in the Department of Defense — and it is responsible for the largest domain. The Space Force was established in 2019, and throughout its three years of service thus far, its leadership has made modernization an integral part of its DNA. Lisa Costa,...
Jay Jones, most recently chief operating officer of HighPoint Digital, has assumed the role of president at the government information technology and customer experience services provider. HighPoint CEO Ben Lanius said in a statement published Tuesday Jones will oversee the company’s growth initiatives by driving the tactical execution of platform...
