Executive Mosaic has included Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, in the 2022 class of the Wash100 Award recipients for driving significant company growth and acquisition strategies. This represents the sixth time Shea has been selected as one of Executive Mosaic’s top 100 executives who have notable influence in the government contracting arena. […] More

Executive Mosaic has presented Shawn Purvis, president of QinetiQ’s U.S. business arm, her second consecutive Wash100 Award in recognition of her previous leadership of Northrop Grumman’s enterprise services sector and her vision to transform QinetiQ U.S. Her 2021 win underscored her business technology and process support leadership. Visit GovCon Wire to read her full profile. […] More

Accenture said Monday it has entered into an acquisition agreement with Cygni in an effort to enhance the global capabilities of Accenture Cloud First. Cygni is a cloud-native full-stack development firm that provides a broad range of information technology (IT) services. According to Accenture, the terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. 

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Dexis has appointed Sudhakar Kesavan, former chairman and CEO of ICF and two time Wash100 Award recipient, to the company’s Board of Directors, Dexis reported on Monday. Kesavan served with ICF for more than two decades. “Sudhakar’s background is so relevant to a socially-focused professional services firm such as Dexis,” said Mihir Desai, founder and CEO of Dexis. 

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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings BV, a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the outstanding shares of Bisnode Business Information Group AB for $818 million, Dun & Bradstreet reported on Wednesday. "[The acquisition] will provide our existing and future clients with vital business intelligence to support their own growth ambitions,” said Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet.

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New York-based UiPath has raised $225M in a round of Series E financing led by Alkeon Capital Management. The company said Monday it will use the investment to carry out research-and-development initiatives, advance its hyperautomation platform and expand its cloud offerings.

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Gunnison Consulting Group has appointed Dave Uehlinger to the company’s executive leadership team as chief financial officer to lead the finance and accounting division, the company announced on Thursday.

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Executive Mosaic is thrilled to present Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for advancing the office’s space initiatives, developing new satellite systems and forging new partnerships for proactive defense.

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Ahmed Jazzar, president of Boeing’s business in Saudi Arabia, will manage the aerospace company’s defense business in the Middle Eastern country as part of the expansion of his leadership responsibilities, Saudi Gazzette reported Saturday.

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Serco, Inc. announced on Thursday that the $225M acquisition of Alion Science & Technology Corporation’s Naval Systems Business Unit, which includes its Canadian business and a small number of related contract operations. 

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Some industry executives have said that NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program has provided companies an opportunity to advance their technology platforms and form partnerships with additional firms, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “Going back to the moon with commercial technology opens the floodgates,” said Grant Anderson, president, CEO and co-founder of Paragon Space Development, which teams […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Roger Karner, president of U.S. market, about his company’s recent name change, suite of lighting products for federal customers and where he sees Signify driving the most value in 2018. “Privacy and security are essential elements of our product development process and fundamental to being a responsible innovator.” ExecutiveBiz: Philips Lighting recently […] More