Through more than 20 years of solid, strategic leadership, Mike Fox has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at SRA International. Under this new position, Mike will spearhead strategic planning, be an integral player of capture opportunities, create and implement marketing strategies, and be a vital participant in mergers and acquisitions, while overseeing integration synergies for acquired companies.

Before being appointed to this new leadership position, Fox was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales where his outstanding performance and leadership expanded the Marketing team to support the billion dollar systems integrator. Additionally, he documented the company’s business development process into SRA’s Business Capture Process Handbook. These vital achievements helped sales figures explode to new heights.

Fox achieved a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Rochester and an MBA (Executive High Technology Program). In the years before beginning his SRA tenure, Fox supported command and control of the U.S. Air Force through GTE Government Systems. He is currently an upstanding member of AFCEA (Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association).

A few years back, Blue Canopy Group caught a break. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) needed a partner to provide an integrator tool for a lucrative contract with the Environmental Protection Agency. Blue Canopy was a small firm, and faced the challenge shared by many under-the-radar subcontractors: getting noticed by large system integrators and contractors like CSC.

Blue Canopy, as its president Jeff White told it to FCW, caught a break because a CSC executive recalled that Blue Canopy had done great work for a previous employer. One thing led to another and Blue Canopy snagged a five-year contract for the EPA. And while the end result was favorable, one has to wonder if Blue Canopy would have had a chance if not for the executive’s memory; not because they weren’t qualified for the work and available to staff it, but because Blue Canopy would not have known CSC had this need and for their part CSC would not have known Blue Canopy could fill it.

For the outside observer tracking the staggering dollar figures that flow annually between the government, large contractors and small businesses, it is easy to overlook the inefficiencies inherent to the system. Agency dollars unspent, small business staffing resources left idle on the bench, and the inability of large providers to identify teaming partners outside their subcontractor network – as was the case in the example above – were all pain points White witnessed first hand from the time he founded Blue Canopy in 2001 to the day he sold it five years later.

He knew there had to be a better way. Enter mySBX.

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Shiv Krishnan, chief executive of Vienna, Va.-based Indus, came to the United States light in the pocket ($500) but heavy on dreams for a better education and opportunities. In recounting his story for the Washington Post recently, Krishnan spoke of how Indus - 15 years after it was founded - is now approaching $100 million in revenue.

From humble origins to a leading provider of Federal IT services, Indus took another step forward in its growth plans by announcing the hiring of Carleton Jones as vice chairman. Jones, a veteran Federal IT executive, will be charged with providing strategic guidance for Indus going forward, and will work hand-in-hand with Krishnan for areas including business development and in guiding the company through both organic and acquisitive growth.

Jones formerly served as CEO of Multimax and president of Sysorex Information Systems.

Today’s announcement that Stanley, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oberon Associates, Inc. for approximately $170 million in cash brings together two high-fliers that have experienced significant growth and success in the past few years. Stanley, a leading systems integrator to the U.S. Federal government, has swelled to 3,500 employees while Oberon Associates, which delivers engineering, intelligence operations and information technology services, ranked #1 on Washington Technology’s 2007 Fast 50 list with a compound annual growth rate of 191.75 percent.

According to the press release, the transaction should close during Stanley’s fiscal second quarter ending Sept. 30, 2008, subject to approval by Oberon’s shareholders. (Shareholders representing approximately 67 percent of Oberon’s common stock have entered into a voting and irrevocable proxy agreement to vote their shares in favor of the proposed transaction).

Manassas, Va.-based Oberon, with 600 employees spread across the U.S. and seven countries abroad, immediately strengthens Stanley’s capabilities in the intelligence and defense community, and bolsters expertise related to biometrics systems engineering, integration and operational deployment; intelligence community support; communications engineering; and information technology and enterprise data management. Oberon employees should certainly not find a drop-off in the workplace conditions, as Stanley is a regular on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

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When CACI President and CEO Paul Cofoni was named as a Federal 100 Awards winner last week, there might have been an individual who took even more pride in the distinction than Cofoni - Jack London. After all, CACI’s Chairman - and former CEO - worked closely with Cofoni after the executive arrived from CSC in 2005 in order to ensure that the company’s next leader would continue CACI’s traditional for innovation and excellence.

The Fed 100 Award winners - historically not announced until the March 24 Awards Gala - were selected for being “agents of change” and contributions to the Federal IT market over the past year. London’s tenure as CEO was personified by an executive who often saw industry changes before others did (he notched a Fed 100 Award himself in 2004), and effectively adjusted his business accordingly. In the company press release, London hinted that seeing his successor recognized as an “agent of change” was gratifying at a professional and personal level.

“Paul Cofoni’s exceptional skills in leading and inspiring people help all of the company’s 11,600-plus employees focus on maintaining CACI as a national asset for national missions. His recognition confirms the strength of CACI’s contributions to our nation’s greatest challenges.”

The 19th Annual Federal Awards Gala will recognize Cofoni - and 99 other recipients - will be recognized March 24th at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner.

Paul Cofoni has been tapped to replaced Dr. J.P. “Jack” London as CEO of CACI. Dr. London will stay on board as Chairman.

A former Naval Officer, Dr. London’s leadership brought stunning growth to CACI, and led CACI’s rapid entrée into the information security and Intelligence Community arenas. Cofoni has big shoes to fill as he steps into the CEO role as CACI flourishes through its fourth decade of growth.

Dr. London turned CACI into a voracious buyer, making 35 deals since 1993, including acquisition of two firms just this year. “The most important thing to me,” Dr. London said when asked in a 2005 interivew about his acquisition strategy, “is the people and the business culture; their view of what they do in the market place and their attitude toward the government contracting arena. I am obviously interested in their skill sets and technology and customer relations, but I’m very keen on cultural attitudes of an organization.”

Prior to joining CACI, Cofoni was President, Federal Sector, of Computer Sciences Corporation. Federal Sector revenues under Cofoni exceeded $5B in 2005, according to CACI’s website. In a speech last November to shareholders, he was optimistic about CACI’s continued growth. “Congress is solidly behind strong funding for our clients,” Cofoni said to shareholders. “We are strategically positioned in our markets, and offer advanced and innovative solutions aligned with our customers’ highest priorities – defense, intelligence, homeland security, and government transformation.”

Click here for the full 2005 interivew with Dr. London, and here for full bios of Dr. Jack London and Paul Cofoni.

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