Leaders within the government contractor community will be the first to point out that the industry’s growth and maturation over the past several years hasn’t been about products or services, but about people. Individuals within industry, government and military who moved the needle forward in ways that spawned innovation and, at times, ushered in the [...]
BPA’s (blanket purchase agreements) are like fishing licenses, Subsystems CEO Sam Malhotra said in 2005 interview, “Now that you have the fishing license, you can go fish in this world called the U.S. Army RFID world… only the top companies they deem technically qualified and responsible get the contract.” Malhotra was talking about government’s nascent [...]
The ExecutiveBiz “Been There Done That” lunch events are always interesting because the audience never quite knows how the featured speaker will use his or her time to pack a lifetime’s worth of experience into 30 minutes. In some cases, the speaker will reflect back on a storied career, what they’ve learned and how they [...]
Earlier this month ExecutiveBiz highlighted ten area executives in relatively new roles who we expect to be firmly placed in the 2008 spotlight. Perhaps these executives can take their cue from another set of leaders who have grown quite accustomed to being in the middle of the action. ExecutiveBiz’s “Beltway Game Changers” recognizes 10 prominent [...]
When NYSE Euronext (NYX) Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer accepted the invitation to speak at today’s Potomac Officer’s Club event at the Ritz Carlton, he could hardly have imagined it would have been on the heels of this morning’s emergency 75 basis points rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Knowing the increasing drumbeat of recessionary concerns [...]
Anne Altman, former Managing Director of IBM’s U.S. Federal Business, has moved to General Manager of the company’s Mainframe Platform Group. Todd Ramsey has been tapped to head Altman’s former federal slot. “The managerial changes are part of a yearlong general transformation within IBM, the biggest such realignment in 15 years,” said Lia Davis, an [...]
We asked the following leaders in the government contracting space their prediction for 2008. “The 2008 federal government market will be shaped by continued changing market dynamics driving a new era of customer partnerships and alliances as mission performance takes on heightened significance. At Apptis we will continue to deliver exceptional service to our customers [...]
