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  • Cecil Haney, Sarah O'Hagan Join Johns Hopkins APL Board of Managers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cecil Haney, Sarah O’Hagan Join Johns Hopkins APL Board of Managers

    Cecil Haney, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, and Sarah O’Hagan, chair of the Fuller Project for International Reporting, have been appointed to the board of managers at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. APL said Friday that Haney and O’Hagan will join the group of professionals from academia, military, private industry and government who advise […] More

  • Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors

    Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Mary Louise Krakauer, former executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell, have been appointed to the board of directors at Mercury Systems. The latest appointments bring the number of Mercury Systems’ board members to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Thursday. Mark […] More

  • Executive Profile: Pierre Chao, Founding Partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Pierre Chao, Founding Partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors

    Pierre Chao serves as a founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, where he brings more than 30 years of aerospace and defense strategy management consulting, investment banking and policy analysis experience to his position. He is also a managing partner and co-founder at investment company Enlightenment Capital, a board member at Truman National Security Project and […] More

  • Chip Bergh Succeeds Meg Whitman as HP Inc. Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chip Bergh Succeeds Meg Whitman as HP Inc. Board Chairman

    Chip Bergh, lead independent director of HP Inc.‘s board of directors since March, has been elected as the personal computer and printing company’s independent board chairman. HP said Wednesday Bergh succeeds Meg Whitman, who held the chairman post since the former Hewlett-Packard organization split in November 2015 into two independent companies now known as HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Whitman is […] More

  • Dewberry Promotes 20-Year Vet Catherine Bohn to Associate VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry Promotes 20-Year Vet Catherine Bohn to Associate VP

    Catherine Bohn, a more than 20-year veteran of Dewberry and a certified geospatial information system professional, has been promoted to associate vice president at the Fairfax, Virginia-based professional services company. Dewberry said Monday Bohn has supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency as well as state and local government customers on the use of remotely sensed data and geospatial analysis tools. […] More

  • Boeing Names Ken Sain Digital Aviation VP for Global Services Org & CEO of Jeppesen Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Names Ken Sain Digital Aviation VP for Global Services Org & CEO of Jeppesen Subsidiary

    Ken Sain, a 12-year Boeing veteran, has been named CEO of the aerospace and defense contractor’s Jeppesen subsidiary and vice president of digital aviation and analytics at the firm’s global services business. He will manage Boeing’s digital aviation technology portfolio and lead efforts to develop and deliver data analytics-based products and services, the company said Thursday. Sain will […] More

  • Cyndi Barreda Promoted to NetCentrics CEO; Bob Dougherty to Serve as Board Vice Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyndi Barreda Promoted to NetCentrics CEO; Bob Dougherty to Serve as Board Vice Chair

    NetCentrics‘ board of directors has appointed President Cyndi Barreda to serve as the next chief executive of the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology and cybersecurity company. Barreda will succeed CEO and co-founder Bob Dougherty, who will transition to a new role as vice chairman of the NetCentrics board, the company said Tuesday. “Through our CEO search process, we realized […] More

  • Vencore Presents Internet-of-Things R&D Projects at INSA Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Presents Internet-of-Things R&D Projects at INSA Forum

    Vencore‘s research arm has showcased three internet-of-things technologies to a group of U.S. government engineers, scientists and technologies at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s 2017 Innovators’ Showcase held in McLean, Virginia. Vencore Labs offered insights into its research efforts in IoT areas such as low-power networks, telematics and smart grid during the forum, the company said […] More

  • Former BAE CEO Ian King Named Senior Adviser at Gleacher Shacklock - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former BAE CEO Ian King Named Senior Adviser at Gleacher Shacklock

    Ian King, former CEO of British defense contractor BAE Systems, has joined Gleacher Shacklock as a senior adviser to help build up the investment banking firm’s presence in the aerospace and defense sectors. He has more than 40 years of industry experience that includes leadership of BAE for the past nine years, Gleacher Shacklock said Tuesday. “I have […] More

  • Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors

    William Landay III, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and president of WE LANDAY Consulting, has joined the board of directors at Arlington, Virginia-based maritime engineering and design company Gibbs & Cox. Gibbs & Cox said Friday the more than 35-year Navy veteran also currently holds a senior adviser role at Avascent International and the Potomac Institute of […] More

  • Boeing Supports 6 Nonprofit Veteran Services Providers With $1M Donation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Supports 6 Nonprofit Veteran Services Providers With $1M Donation

    Boeing has pledged to donate $1 million to six nonprofit organizations that offer rehabilitation and well-being services for military veteran and civilian members around the globe. The company said Saturday it will distribute $600,000 to three U.S.-based veterans nonprofits that include Disabled Sports USA; Team Red, White and Blue; and the Yellow Ribbon Fund. Limbs […] More