Perspecta, the Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology services contractor, announced in January that it will be acquired by Veritas Capital for $7.1 billion in cash, or $29.35 per share. Veritas Capital, which holds approximately 14.5 percent of Perspecta’s outstanding shares, intends to combine Perspecta with Peraton, another government technology provider and …
Read More »DXC Receives Acquisition Bid From French IT Firm Atos
France-based information technology services provider Atos SE has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Tysons, Virginia-based IT company DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC). DXC was formed out of the merger between Computer Sciences Corp. and the enterprise services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) in 2017 and helped form Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) in 2018 via a three-way deal with Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions.
Read More »Federal IT Services Vet Debbie Granberry Appointed Business Dev’t VP at HighPoint
Debbie Granberry, former general manager of government health services at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has joined HighPoint Global as vice president of business development.
Read More »Cognosante Appoints Jamil Hermes Chief Growth Officer
Jamil Hermes, a more than two-decade business development and program management professional, has joined Cognosante as chief growth officer.
Read More »Kristie Grinnell Named Global CIO, Supply Chain Chief at General Dynamics IT
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has promoted Kristie Grinnell, formerly chief information officer and vice president of technology and supply chain, to global CIO and chief supply chain officer, Forbes reported Tuesday.
Read More »John Walsh Joins ASRC Federal as CTO, CIO; Mark Gray Quoted
John Walsh, a more than 20-year industry veteran, has been named chief technology officer and chief information officer at ASRC Federal.
Read More »Brad Cole Appointed SE Solutions Chief Growth Officer
Brad Cole, formerly managing director at Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has been named chief growth officer at McLean, Va.-based technology and management consulting services provider Strategic Enterprise Solutions. John Wayne, president and chief operating officer of SE Solutions, said in a statement published Monday Cole brings to the …
Read More »Wilson Wang Appointed Mitre VP, CFO
Wilson Wang, former head of Mitre‘s enterprise transformation office, has been named a vice president and chief financial officer at the nonprofit research company. Mitre said Wednesday Wang will oversee business management and transformation efforts such as a multiyear initiative to update and integrate business systems across the organization. He joined the …
Read More »Christopher Barnett Joins Noblis as Chief Technology Officer; Amr ElSawy Quoted
Christopher Barnett, a former executive at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology segment, has joined Noblis as chief technology officer of the science, technology and strategy services contractor. He will oversee the Noblis technology, laboratories, innovation efforts, patent portfolio and centers of excellence sponsored research program, the nonprofit said Thursday. Amr ElSawy, Noblis president and CEO, …
Read More »Gregg Donley Named Chief Growth Officer at Comprehensive Health Services
Gregg Donley, a government market veteran with more than 35 years of business development and line management experience, has been appointed as Comprehensive Health Services’ chief growth officer. He previously served as president of the technical services unit within Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) information technology sector, where his duties included managing …
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