
Paul Puckett, chief technology officer for federal at Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL), has said the development of the U.S. Air Force’s tanker refueling application indicated that the service can deploy scalable software using lean methodologies. “That approach involves combining agile practices with pair programming, test-driven development and u...
Jim Garrettson, chief executive officer of Executive Mosaic, presented Chris Pehrson, vice president of Strategic Development for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, with the Chairmans Award for completing his second year as chairman of the Unmanned Systems Group for Executive Mosaics 4×24 program. In his current role, Pehrson is ...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Bernie Elero, senior vice president of Business Development and Capture Management for AECOMs Intelligence Community Solutions Business Unit, the Chairmans Award for completing his third year as the chairman of the Intel Group for Executive Mosaics 4×24 program. El...
Michael Santelli, former CEO of OMNIPLEX World Services, has joined Chantilly, Va.-based security firm System High as chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate development. He brings to the role 25 years of leadership experience at private equity-backed companies that provide security and intelligence services for government ...
Excella has received a potential $292M blanket purchase agreement to provide software development and DevOps support services for the Office of Personnel Management. The company said Tuesday the BPA has one base year, followed by four options, and includes systems analysis and architecture; development; enhancement, systems testing and maintenance; ...
Jeff Johnson, a more than two-decade public and private sector veteran, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as senior director for veterans affairs business development, FedHealthIT reported Friday. He previously worked as a senior manager for Grant Thornton‘s global public sector healthcare practice. Before he joined industry, Johnson served in th...
Jerry Tiefenbrunn, a 20-year U.S. Army veteran, has been named vice president of business development within Day & Zimmermann‘s government services division, GovConWire has learned. Tiefenbrunn will manage the business portfolios of Day & Zimmermann’s SOC and Mason & Hanger subsidiaries and oversee the companys contract...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report on key takeaways from the testimonies of Department of Defense and Air Force officials at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing held Thursday. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 recipient, wrote in the report that the Senate hearin...
Palantir Technologies has won a potential contract worth over $800M from the U.S. Army to build and deploy a battlefield intelligence platform for warfighters, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Army selected Palantir and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) in March 2018 to help address the services technology requirements for the Distributed Common G...