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  • Ralph Acaba Named Raytheon Program Mgmt Excellence VP; Thomas Kennedy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ralph Acaba Named Raytheon Program Mgmt Excellence VP; Thomas Kennedy Comments

    Ralph Acaba, formerly vice president of integrated air and missile defense at Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business, has been appointed VP for program management excellence and elected as a company officer. Raytheon said Friday the 31-year company veteran will also succeed Edward Miyashiro, who will retire as evaluation team VP after 43 years of service at the […] More

  • David Boyle, Craig Park Take VP Roles at Salient CRGT’s Civilian Services Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Boyle, Craig Park Take VP Roles at Salient CRGT’s Civilian Services Group

    David Boyle, a 17-year General Dynamics veteran, has joined Salient CRGT as vice president of design and technology innovation within the civilian services group’s enterprise transformation division. Salient CRGT said Wednesday it also appointed Craig Park, formerly director of civilian accounts at REI Systems, as VP of growth and operations. “We are excited to bring […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer

    Praveen Asthana, former senior vice president at Oracle, has joined cybersecurity company Forcepoint as chief marketing officer. Forcepoint said  Monday Asthana will oversee global marketing for the company and its four business areas including cloud security, network security, global governments and data and insider threat security. Asthana will also report to Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan and support the […] More

  • Navin Sagar Named AECOM Transit Systems Practice VP, National Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navin Sagar Named AECOM Transit Systems Practice VP, National Director

    Navin Sagar, former associate vice president and national director at infrastructure services firm T.Y. Lin International, has been named VP and national director of AECOM‘s transit systems practice in North America. The company said Monday Sagar brings 35 years of experience in implementing infrastructure projects such as intercity railroad, commuter rail, light rail and mass transit systems. He previously […] More

  • Sofia Berger Named Transportation Sector SVP at Louis Berger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sofia Berger Named Transportation Sector SVP at Louis Berger

    Sofia Berger, formerly senior vice president and managing director of Louis Berger‘s business operations in Latin America and the Caribbean region, has taken a new role as senior VP of U.S. transportation market at the Morristown, New Jersey-based professional services contractor. She will report to Nick Ivanoff, president of Louis Berger’s U.S. transportation market segment, and oversee client development initiatives in the public and […] More

  • Boeing Vet Dan Hart to Head Virgin Group's Small Satellite Launch Services Venture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Vet Dan Hart to Head Virgin Group’s Small Satellite Launch Services Venture

    Dan Hart, a 34-year veteran of Boeing and former vice president of its government satellite systems business, has been appointed president of Virgin Orbit — a small satellite launch services venture spun out of Virgin Group‘s commercial space company Virgin Galactic. Virgin Orbit is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and aims to help clients launch small satellites with the LauncherOne […] More

  • Ensco Adds Former GS1 CTO Steven Bratt to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco Adds Former GS1 CTO Steven Bratt to Board of Directors

    Steven Bratt, former chief technology officer and president of standards development president at the GS1 nonprofit organization, has joined Ensco‘s board of directors. He brings his international business and technology leadership experience to the science and engineering services contractor as a board member, Ensco said Thursday. “[Bratt’s] stimulating insights in a wide range of technology areas and experience in international […] More

  • Denise Perry Named Ensco HR Division Acting Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denise Perry Named Ensco HR Division Acting Manager

    Denise Perry, formerly deputy manager of the human resources division at science and engineering contractor Ensco, has been named acting manager of the HR division. The 16-year Ensco veteran led the implementation of HR practices, programs and processes as well as helped address personnel and workplace challenges in her previous role, the company said Tuesday. Perry worked at Rosslyn, Virginia-based media […] More

  • Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Names Valerie Abend as Financial Services Security Managing Director

    Valerie Abend, former senior critical infrastructure officer at the Treasury Department, has joined Accenture‘s security business as managing director of financial services in North America. The company said Thursday Abend brings more than 20 years of public and private sector experience in the areas of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure to her new position. “[Abend’s] vision in sector-wide […] More

  • IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton's Cyber Risk Advisory Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton’s Cyber Risk Advisory Practice

    John Lainhart, a former leader of the U.S. public sector cybersecurity and privacy group at IBM, has been appointed as senior strategist at Grant Thornton‘s cyber risk advisory practice. He will oversee the development of cybersecurity offerings for the public sector in his new position, Grant Thornton said Thursday. “It’s essential for agencies to invest in cyber defense and preparedness, […] More

  • Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner

    Clete Johnson, former senior adviser for cybersecurity and technology to Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker, has joined law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer as a partner. The firm said Wednesday Johnson will be based at its Washington, D.C., office and bring experience from his work in the federal government, the national security and intelligence communities and the private […] More