Due to budget constraints, the Defense Department is now looking for an alternative to bulky and marginalized contracts. Industry players and analysts expect mid-size contractors to thrive during the clamping fiscal environment, the Washington Post reports. Mid-sized contractors typically post revenue margin between $25 million to $35 million, making them too big to enjoy specific [...]
Salient Federal Solutions Inc. is opening a new operations center in Colorado Springs, Colo. for identifying information technology and engineering talent, Salient announced Wednesday. Salient said the new center will be responsible for capturing and managing a pool of 500,000 potential candidates. The company currently has two talent operations centers in operation in Fairfax, Va. [...]
Salient Federal Solutions is celebrating its first year with a new Talent Operations Center. The facility will enable Salient to develop comprehensive knowledge of candidates skills, expertise and traits, which will help identify the best set of candidates for any given position. “The process we follow, leveraging our uniquely trained talent operations specialists, gives us [...]
Salient Federal Solutions, led by CEO Brad Antle, has acquired SGIS from Skillstorm. Brad Antle previously served as CEO of SI International before that firm was acquired by Serco. Antle was picked by ExecutiveBiz as a “Person to Watch” in 2009. “(SGIS) is a solid platform, that’s what (Salient) needs for more rapid growth,” Antle [...]
Just in time for summer — it’s in: ExecutiveBiz’s annual, CEO Summer Reading List. This year, we’re jump-starting our list of book recommendations from some of the area’s top CEOs with a question: Why read books, anyway? Especially when you can get practically everything in quick hits, on the web, your BlackBerry, and iPhone. We [...]
John Hillen will have some interesting conversation for his Thanksgiving table this year: his company, Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. held its IPO Friday. This is the first IPO in government contracting since SAIC went public on October 10th, 2006. According to a press release, Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. will use the [...]
It’s been said that prediction is a very difficult thing — especially if it’s about the future. Fortunately, when we set out to name 2009′s People to Watch, we placed are bets correctly, giving readers a sneak peak of Beltway game changers who’d more than likely be leaving their mark over the coming year. We’re [...]
