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  • Chris Moran Named Lockheed Martin Ventures Executive Director, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Moran Named Lockheed Martin Ventures Executive Director, GM

    J. Christopher Moran, a 35-year technology industry veteran and former senior executive at Applied Materials, has joined Lockheed Martin as executive director and general manager of the company’s venture capital business. He will manage Lockheed Martin Ventures‘ strategy and pipeline development, investment tracking, transaction execution and reporting functions, the company said Tuesday. “With his guidance, we will work with other leading investors […] More

  • Harry Buchanan Joins Kopin as Defense Applications BD Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harry Buchanan Joins Kopin as Defense Applications BD Director

    Harry Buchanan, previously North American business development manager at Excelitas Technologies, has joined Kopin Corp. as its new business development director for defense applications. Kopin said Wednesday Buchanan will report directly to Bill Mafucci, government programs vice president and general manager. “The addition of Harry Buchanan, with his extensive experience in the defense industry, to this newly created […] More

  • Louis Berger Elects Ernest Portfors as New Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger Elects Ernest Portfors as New Board Chairman

    Ernest Portfors, former Klohn Crippen Berger chairman and eight-year member of Louis Berger‘s board of directors, has been elected as the latter’s chairman following the retirement of Nicholas Masucci. Portfors has been part of Louis Berger’s board of directors since 2008 and is also a member of the audit committee, where he oversaw the company’s modernization and reform […] More

  • Social & Scientific Systems Names Paul Gorrell Health Policy, Data Analysis Group VP  - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Social & Scientific Systems Names Paul Gorrell Health Policy, Data Analysis Group VP 

    Social & Scientific Systems has named Paul Gorrell, a former IMPAQ International health division vice president and director of quality assurance, to the position of health and policy and data analysis group VP. Gorrell has 20 years of experience in research and management and has held a number of leadership roles in health services research projects such as project […] More

  • Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President

    Jim Batina has been appointed by the Chemring Group as business development vice president for its Chemring Ordnance subsidiary and will handle the business development efforts of that unit and Chemring Military Products. Batina started at COR in 2012 under its business development group and has since worked in the areas of defense business capture, manufacturing and research and development, COR […] More

  • Iron Mountain Appoints Rachel Wilson as Finance Senior Vice President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Appoints Rachel Wilson as Finance Senior Vice President

    Iron Mountain has named Rachel Wilson, former Jarden Corporation vice president, as the company’s senior vice president for finance. She will assume the responsibilities held by Jeff Lawrence, the previous senior vice president and treasurer who will retire after 28 years of working with the company, Iron Mountain said Monday. Wilson will oversee Iron Mountain’s treasury, enterprise financial […] More

  • Ankura Appoints New Senior Executives to its SEC Enforcement and Forensic Accounting Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ankura Appoints New Senior Executives to its SEC Enforcement and Forensic Accounting Practice

    Ankura Consulting Group said Monday that they have appointed Martin Wilczynski, Jason Flemmons and Amy Gonce to senior managing director positions in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement and forensic accounting practice under its corporate investigations and financial forensic group. Wilczynki has worked with worked as a SEC staff for six years with a focus on Department of Justice […] More

  • Noel Allender Joins Leidos as Epic Practice Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noel Allender Joins Leidos as Epic Practice Managing Director

    Noel Allender, formerly Jacobus Consulting senior managing director for delivery services, has been named as the new managing director of Leidos‘ Epic practice. Allender will handle sales and business expansion opportunities for professional services and health IT consulting and drive collaboration with business leaders and partners in service delivery, Leidos said Tuesday. “Noel has a fruitful […] More

  • Kroll Drafts 4 New Directors for Cybersecurity & Investigations Group; Tim Ryan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kroll Drafts 4 New Directors for Cybersecurity & Investigations Group; Tim Ryan Comments

    New York-based corporate investigations and risk consulting firm Kroll has named Devon Ackerman, Mari DeGrazia, Ron Dormido and Ray Manna as directors for its cybersecurity and investigations unit. Kroll said Monday the four were appointed as a part of the company’s push to meet demand in cyber investigations and advanced digital forensics services among clients. Tim Ryan, Kroll cybersecurity and […] More

  • ICANN Appoints Neustar's Becky Burr to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICANN Appoints Neustar’s Becky Burr to Board of Directors

    Becky Burr, deputy general counsel and chief privacy officer at Neustar, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Burr was chosen via an election of registries and registrars and will start her new role in November, Neustar said Friday. “Very few people have the breadth and depth of […] More

  • Retired Marine Al Gourlay Joins JDog Joint Chiefs Advisory Board; Jerry Flanagan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Marine Al Gourlay Joins JDog Joint Chiefs Advisory Board; Jerry Flanagan Comments

    Paoli, Pennsylvania-based waste management service company JDog Junk Removal & Hauling has appointed Al Gourlay to its joint chiefs advisory board. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran joins the team of advisers comprised of military veterans and entrepreneurs who provide counsel to the company and its franchisees, JDog Junk Removal said Wednesday. Jerry Flanagan, JDog founder and CEO, said […] More