According to Alion Chairman and CEO Dr. Bahman Atefi, diversity is something customers look for in a company. In a recent interview on the firm’s website, Atefi spoke about what diversity means to him and his company. “Our business both in terms of diversity, the background and the type of person is important to the [...]
Alion announced its hire of Maj. Gen. Charles Fletcher, Jr., who will be serving as the new senior vice president and manager of the company’s Strategic Operations Group. He is responsible for the technical and operational needs of customers throughout the Defense Department. The now retired Army general has 34 years of military experience under [...]
Tom McCabe, general counsel at Alion, says company legal departments often have the unfair reputation for taking forever just to say no. Not so at Alion. “We’ll never say no; we say: ‘Here’s a better way to do it,’” McCabe told ExecutiveBiz. He shares what a day in the life of a GC is like, [...]
Alion Science and Technology was awarded the 2010 National Training and Simulation Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Modeling and Simulation in the “Training” category, for its work on the Damage Control Trainer. Alion, along with Raytheon BBN Technologies, developed the stimulator to prepare Navy recruits for deployment. The Trainer teaches recruits how to follow [...]
Alion Science and Technology announced the hiring of Maj. Gen. Stephen Miller as vice president and manager of the company’s management and decision support operation. Miller’s job will entail supporting current customers and expanding Alion’s capabilities into evolving markets, including cyber warfare and decision support. Prior to Alion, Miller was the commander of the LeMay [...]
Alion’s marketing and communications lead Peter Jacobs spoke with ExecutiveBiz about his firm, his role and the emerging trends in the field. ExecutiveBiz: Could you tell us a little about your background? Peter Jacobs: I started in radio as an announcer and commercial producer and then went freelance as a copywriter and doing voiceovers. Eventually [...]
John Lamboy, chief information systems security officer at Vangent, was deemed Chief Information Security Officer of the Year by the Tech Council of Maryland at its fifth annual CIO and CTO Live! Awards gala, held last week at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Other than Lamboy, winners included Commercial IT Executive of [...]
