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Global investment firm Francisco Partners has announced the appointment of Manny Rivelo, a more than 30-year executive in security and information technology sectors, as the new CEO of Forcepoint in a string of executive appointments after it completed the acquisition of the cybersecurity platforms developer from Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX).

John Harris II, a 37-year Raytheon veteran and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO). He previously served as the Raytheon company's vice president of business development and as CEO of its international business.

ArchIntel, a completely customized, human-intelligence powered daily briefing service, has released its latest compendium, “Know Your Competition” to expand the conversation and provide today’s business leaders with the first hand perspective of the competitive intelligence landscape through the eyes of its experts. Visit ArchIntel.com to read the full “Know Your Competition: A comprehensive compendium and insightful industry view through the eyes of executive CI experts” for yourself.

Dina Flynn, federal capture director at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), gave ArchIntel an in-depth perspective about competitive intelligence as a key part of the capture and pricing process, the use of Porter's model in market research, how to address interest bias in the analysis process. In the Q&A conversation, Flynn also offers insight on data collection in the government contracting space. This is the 37th in a series of interviews with CI and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

Lucy Donahue, a more than 20-year federal health care procurement industry leader, has been promoted to chief strategy officer of By Light Professional IT Services in a string of executive appointments aimed at furthering the company’s strategic growth efforts in the information technology industry in support of government and industry clients.

On Wednesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its latest virtual event, Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment, featuring a keynote address from Michael Mestrovich for the U.S. Department of State. If you missed the event, you can still register to watch the full event in Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive.

Mike Hanley, chief information security officer (CISO) of Cisco Systems, will participate in the expert panel during Potomac Officers Club’s Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment Virtual Event on August 26th. Click here to register for the Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment Virtual Event.

SparkCognition, which aims to build artificial intelligence technology platforms, has raised $100M through a Series C funding round led by March Capital Partners.

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a potential 10-year, $7.6B blanket purchase agreement on Thursday to replace legacy DoD IT office applications with a standard cloud-based platform across the U.S. military.  GDIT secured the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) …

Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has been promoted to senior VP of the company’s U.S. public sector organization.