Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of global research and development organization Battelle, has been named a Wash100 awardee for 2024. The Wash100 award is an accolade conferred annually to the 100 most influential and impactful leaders within the GovCon industry. Vote for Lou Von Thaer as one...
Executive Mosaic, the preeminent media, events and membership organization of the government contracting sector, is proud to announce the winners of the prestigious 2024 Wash100 Award. Each year, Executive Mosaic’s coveted Wash100 Award recognizes the most promising and outstanding executives to watch in the coming year. Read below for the full l...
Battelle will continue to operate and maintain an observatory network that enables long-term collection of ecological data for use by the scientific community under a potential five-year, $416 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The National Ecological Observatory Network is composed of terrestrial, atmospheric, aquat...
Lou Von Thaer, CEO of nonprofit science and technology company Battelle, was presented with his eighth Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, in a recent meeting at Battelle’s Washington, D.C. facilities. Garrettson founded the Wash100 in 2014 as a way of celebrating the finest talent in government contracting across the publi...
Chris Boynton, a two-decade veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has joined Battelle as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of Battelle and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said in a statement published Tuesday Boynton brings to the nonprofit research and development organization his knowledge and e...
After a competitive four months and tens of thousands of votes, Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that the winner of the 2023 Wash100 popular vote competition is the resolute Department of Defense cornerstone, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. This year, a staggering nearly 40,000 votes were cast in support of the esteemed recipients of the 2...
Executive Mosaic is honored to include Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer in the prestigious roster of 2023 Wash100 awardees. Von Thaer’s eighth Wash100 selection reflects his outstanding leadership of the applied science and technology organization and his staying power in the government contracting sector. “In the five years since ta...
Research and development serves as the foundation for innovation across the United States, and the most recent federal budget reflects the importance of these efforts with a historical increase in R&D spending. However, as the speed of technological advancement increases and global competition puts pressure on the country, the R&D model must...
The board of directors at Battelle has appointed Kirkland “Kirk” Donald, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran, to succeed John Welch as chairman. Welch, who has held the chairman role since 2012, will retire from the nonprofit applied science and technology development company after 21 years of service, Battelle said Tuesday. Donald has served as...
Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer was officially presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), during a recent visit to the company’s office by Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic. Executive Mosiac was honored to present Lou Von Thaer with his seventh Wash100 Award for s...
