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  • John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager

    John Barron has been appointed executive vice president and Mid-Atlantic regional manager at Tishman Construction, a subsidiary of AECOM. Barron will handle business development activities and company operations in five states and the District of Columbia, the company announced Tuesday. Tishman said Barron holds nearly 30 years of general contracting and construction management experience and […] More

  • Daniel Barber Named SE Solutions Cybersecurity VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Daniel Barber Named SE Solutions Cybersecurity VP

    Daniel Barber, former head of DRC/Engility‘s cybersecurity practice, has joined Strategic Enterprise Solutions as that company’s vice president of cybersecurity. Barber will manage SE Solutions’ cyber arm and focus on the company’s work in information assurance, risk management, continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization requirements, the company announced Monday. He will also be responsible for the company’s cyber […] More

  • Tony Prophet Joins Microsoft as Corporate VP for Windows Marketing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Prophet Joins Microsoft as Corporate VP for Windows Marketing

    Tony Prophet, formerly a group lead at Hewlett-Packard, has joined Microsoft as corporate vice president of Windows Marketing, Geek Wire reported Thursday.  Todd Bishop writes that Prophet will start his new position in May and will be responsible for Windows Marketing’s ecosystem and assisting clients in using Windows. Prophet led HP’s printing and personal systems group in his […] More

  • Ursula English Promoted to Boeing EHS Org VP; John Tracy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ursula English Promoted to Boeing EHS Org VP; John Tracy Comments

    Ursula English, most recently director of Boeing‘s commercial aviation services business, has been appointed vice president of the company’s environment, health and safety organization. English will start in the role Friday and will be responsible for the company’s workplace safety programs and environmental performance the company announced Tuesday. She will report to John Tracy, the […] More

  • Steven Norris Joins Cubic Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Norris Joins Cubic Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments

    Steven John Norris has been elected to join the board of directors at Cubic Corp. to provide his insights on transport and infrastructure issues. Norris, a previous member of Cubic Transportation Systems’ strategic advisory board, will also serve in the company’s nominating and corporate governance committee, Cubic announced Tuesday. Norris is a businessman based in the […] More

  • Lyle Probst Named PositiveID President; William Caragol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lyle Probst Named PositiveID President; William Caragol Comments

    Lyle Probst, a 15-year veteran of the bio-detection technology sector, has been promoted to president of PositiveID Corp. Probst joined the company in 2011 as part of its acquisition of Pleasanton, Calif-.-based Microfluidic Systems, the company announced Monday. “Over the past three years, our team has accomplished several significant milestones, including teaming with major government […] More

  • Mark Straton Appointed GridPoint Sales, Marketing SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Straton Appointed GridPoint Sales, Marketing SVP

    Mark Straton has been appointed senior vice president of sales and marketing at energy management systems provider GridPoint after previously holding the marketing SVP role. “The enterprise energy management industry is ripe for re-imagining as the Internet of Things (IoT) technology such as sensors, big data, cloud-based communication and wireless capabilities continue to advance fields like ours […] More

  • Jim Lawton, Milah Shah Join Rethink Robotics Exec Team; Scott Eckert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Lawton, Milah Shah Join Rethink Robotics Exec Team; Scott Eckert Comments

    Jim Lawton and Milan Shah have joined the team at Rethink Robotics to serve as chief marketing officer and vice president of software engineering, respectively. Lawton was most recently from Dun & Bradstreet while Shah heads to Rethink from Core Security Technologies, Rethink Robotics announced Tuesday. “Our customers are ready for the next wave of automation, where […] More

  • Christian Cornille, Cedric Gautier, Rafael Tentor Appointed to Airbus Group Leadership Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christian Cornille, Cedric Gautier, Rafael Tentor Appointed to Airbus Group Leadership Roles

    The Airbus Group has appointed three executives to leadership positions in the conglomerate’s helicopters and defense and space divisions, as well as the Aerolia subsidiary. Christian Cornille will serve as executive vice president of industry for the Airbus Helicopters division and Cedric Gautier will succeed Cornille as CEO of Aerolia, Airbus announced Tuesday. Rafael Tentor has […] More

  • William Aubin Named CounterTack VP of Federal Sales; Kirk Appelman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    William Aubin Named CounterTack VP of Federal Sales; Kirk Appelman Comments

    William Aubin has joined CounterTack as its new vice president of federal sales where he will handle the company’s federal sales strategy during its expansion into federal organizations. Aubin, an 18-year veteran in the federal and commercial sales and security industry, joins the company from Imperva, CounterTack announced Monday. During his time at Imperva, a […] More

  • Joseph Blackburn Joins Mutualink's Advisory Board; Frank Rodgers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph Blackburn Joins Mutualink’s Advisory Board; Frank Rodgers Comments

    Joseph Blackburn, a 35-year criminal justice veteran and former Pennsylvania state police official, has joined the advisory board of communications technology provider Mutualink. He is also a consultant to the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Penn State University, Mutualink announced Tuesday. “We share a passion for excellence in public safety and security, something that […] More