Dr. Bob Brammer is akin to an oracle of the government-contracting technology world. He began working on the Apollo program after college, an experience that launched a career in technology that has spanned decades. Now, as vice president of Advanced Technology and chief technology officer for Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Brammer shared with ExecutiveBiz his [...]
We waited and now it’s official: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Aneesh Chopra as the nation’s chief technology officer. Chopra, as you may recall, was nominated by President Obama for the position back in April. At the time Chopra was serving as Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. So, what’s next for Chopra [...]
A very hot topic among all technologists, from DC to Silicon Valley, is how the Obama election will change the technology landscape. There are five key megatrends in IT today, and we should analyze change in the context of each. These five megatrends in IT are: Convergence and trend towards unified communications and user empowerment [...]
ExecutiveBiz members have been treated to some great presentations from Web2.0 experts, including some who have succeeded in implementing Web2.0 capabilities in very large organizations. Two of the greatest presenters who have interacted with us are Chris Rasmussen and Sean Dennehy, pictured here. After engaging with them in our venue and tracking how Web2.0 technologies [...]
In his classic work describing the state of the Chief Technology Officer discipline ”The Role of the CTO”, Tom Berray of Cabot Consultants articulates four models of CTOs: The Infrastructure Manager The Big Thinker The Technology Visionary and Operations Manager The External-facing Technologist These well defined models were based on discussions with hundreds of technologists [...]
Long before he ever became CTO of Nortel Government Solutions, Alan Harbitter started his own company, PEC Solutions, with two other partners. When it went public in 2000, Harbitter wound up running a publicly traded company for the next five years. Then, in 2005, another milestone occurred: The company reached 1,700 employees and a $250M [...]
