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  • Warren King Joins Northrop Advisory Board; David Perry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Warren King Joins Northrop Advisory Board; David Perry Comments

    Warren King, former chief executive officer of the Australian Defense Materiel Organization, has joined the international advisory board of Northrop Grumman. King was recently responsible for the organization’s projects and commercial programs that include maintenance and supply initiatives for Australia’s military, Northrop said Wednesday. David Perry, vice president and chief global business development officer at Northrop, said the company […] More

  • Grant Thornton Names Jim Copeland Canada COO; Kevin Ladner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton Names Jim Copeland Canada COO; Kevin Ladner Comments

    Grant Thornton has promoted Jim Copeland to the role of chief operating officer for the accounting and advisory firm’s operations in Canada. GT said Wednesday Copeland moves to the position from his previous roles as national managing partner, advisory services and national manufacturing leader in the firm. “Jim will be responsible for ensuring a cohesive go-to-market strategy and effective […] More

  • Suzanne Wilson-Houck Appointed as INSA COO; Letitia Long Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Suzanne Wilson-Houck Appointed as INSA COO; Letitia Long Comments

    Suzanne Wilson-Houck, formerly vice president of business development at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, has been appointed as the first chief operating officer of the public-private nonprofit organization. She will lead the alliance’s strategic direction, planning, marketing and business development initiatives in her new position, INSA said Friday. “Thanks to her leadership, business acumen, and commitment […] More

  • DCascades Technologies Appoints Jose Rivera as Corporate Strategy Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCascades Technologies Appoints Jose Rivera as Corporate Strategy Director

    Cascades Technologies has named Jose Rivera as director of corporate strategy and he will oversee market assessments, business growth strategies and efforts to align the company portfolio with business objectives. CTi said Wednesday Rivera joins the company from Chugach Government Solutions, where he helped develop the company’s cyber portfolio as director of cyber strategy. “Mr. Rivera brings the background and experience to propel us to […] More

  • SRA Vet Todd Morris to Lead Attain’s National Security Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRA Vet Todd Morris to Lead Attain’s National Security Business

    Todd Morris, former vice president and business area director for homeland security at CSRA, has joined McLean, Virginia-based consulting services contractor Attain LLC as managing director for national security within the federal services division. Attain said Tuesday Morris will lead its business with the Department of Homeland Security, Justice Department and the state and local law enforcement agencies. Morris […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Appoints Dave Nieuwsma as Information Management Services SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Appoints Dave Nieuwsma as Information Management Services SVP

    Rockwell Collins has appointed Dave Nieuwsma, formerly vice president of strategy and business development for the company’s government systems business, as senior VP for information management services. The company said Monday Nieuwsma succeeds Jeff Standerski, who will assume the role of SVP for people and inclusion. “Dave brings a fresh perspective to our IMS organization as we look […] More

  • Al Hannum Named AECOM Environment Consulting Business Chief; Fred Werner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Al Hannum Named AECOM Environment Consulting Business Chief; Fred Werner Comments

    Al Hannum, formerly director of operations for the environmental consulting business at AECOM, has been appointed chief executive of the company’s environment consulting business. Based in Philadelphia, Hannum will be responsible for the management, strategy and business operations for the company’s environmental consulting organization, AECOM said Wednesday. “We are fortunate to have Al lead our […] More

  • Michel Potvin Named Platform President of Esterline's Canadian Avionics Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michel Potvin Named Platform President of Esterline’s Canadian Avionics Systems Business

    Michel Potvin, vice president of corporate marketing and strategy at Esterline, has been appointed as platform president of Esterline’s avionics systems business in Montreal, Canada. He will succeed Greg Yeldon, who is due to step down in early May, and will manage the organization that offers avionics products and sales support services to the Canadian aerospace and defense sector, Esterline […] More

  • Morrison & Foerster Adds 8 Partners to Gov't Contracts, Public Procurement Practice; Brad Wine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Morrison & Foerster Adds 8 Partners to Gov’t Contracts, Public Procurement Practice; Brad Wine Comments

    Morrison & Foerster has added eight partners from Jenner & Block to its government contracts and public procurement practice offices based in Washington and northern Virginia. The group consists of David Churchill, Jay DeVecchio, Alex Ward, Kevin Mullen, Kevin Dwyer, Jessie Liu, Daniel Chudd and Damien Specht, who will all serve aerospace, defense, government and […] More

  • Nutanix Names Sean McLaughlin Civilian Sales Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nutanix Names Sean McLaughlin Civilian Sales Director

    Nutanix has appointed Sean McLaughlin to oversee the growth efforts of the company’s federal civilian agency business as director for civilian sales. McLaughlin’s new role entails collaborating with customers and industry partners to utilize the enterprise cloud platform toward a shared services strategy, targeting Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scores and building up data center environments, Nutanix said […] More

  • Former DARPA & Google Exec Regina Dugan to Lead New Facebook Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DARPA & Google Exec Regina Dugan to Lead New Facebook Group

    Regina Dugan, formerly advanced technology and products team lead at Google, has joined Facebook to lead the social networking site’s future advanced products development group, Forbes reported Wednesday. Miguel Helft writes Dugan oversaw Google’s projects to develop modular smartphones, three-dimensional mapping devices and smart fabrics since 2012. She will lead Facebook’s new team called “Building 8” […] More

  • David Stoudt Joins Booz Allen as Senior Executive Adviser, Directed Energy Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Stoudt Joins Booz Allen as Senior Executive Adviser, Directed Energy Fellow

    David Stoudt, formerly senior technologist for directed energy at the U.S. Navy, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior executive adviser and fellow for the company’s directed energy program. In his new role, Stoudt will focus on providing thought leadership in engineering, science and C4ISR, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Trey Obering, executive vice president for […] More