Richard “Dick” Galanis is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Serco Inc., the $1.3 billion professional, technology, and management services company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. He joined Serco in 2008 after 6 years as CFO of General Dynamics’ Advanced Information Systems unit. During his less than two years at Serco, he supervised the [...]
Don’t let the headlines fool you. While the 60-day cybersecurity report emphasized that the White House should take the lead in strengthening cyberspace, the private sector shares full responsibility for that effort. Mark Gerencser, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and author of Megacommunities, puts it more bluntly. “You can’t wait to follow,” he [...]
When it comes to leveraging technology for greater government transparency, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has something new in mind: dashboards. The New York Times Bits blog reports that by the end of the month, Kundra “hopes to start yet another federal Web site that will give officials and the public a window into all of [...]
Back in April, when President Obama announced that Aneesh Chopra would become the nation’s first-ever chief technology officer, a key question swirled among many in the government contracting community: How would the private sector be called upon by Chopra to help pursue Obama’s call for greater efficiency and transparency in government? Recently, Chopra sat down [...]
On Monday, Boeing announced that it had signed a deal to buy Fairfax-based eXMeritus, a producer of secure information sharing hardware and software. This builds on last years’ purchases of Digital Receiver Technology, Ravenwing and Kestrel Enterprises. Also, on June 9 Boeing Intelligence and Security Systems (I&SS) demonstrated its cybersecurity capabilities in its Arlington facility, the [...]
Is she or isn’t she? In the weeks leading up to the release of the 60-day cyber security review, the question has been circulating: Is Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration’s acting director of cyber security and chief author of the report, in the running for cyber czar? Some reports suggested yes, others no. Now Melissa [...]
With shifting defense priorities underway, many military contractors face a pressing challenge: continuing to diversify business over time. In the case of DynCorp International, it’s a challenge the Falls Church, Va.-based PMC and aircraft maintenance company is meeting head-on. Recently ExecutiveBiz caught up with Ballhaus, who fills us in on what he’s doing to make [...]
