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  • IES to Present Lifetime Achievement Award for Sales Excellence to Red Hat's Paul Smith - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IES to Present Lifetime Achievement Award for Sales Excellence to Red Hat’s Paul Smith

    Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s North American public sector business, has received the Institute for Excellence in Sales’ 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his leadership and strategic vision in sales. IES said Tuesday it will present the award during the 7th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony June 6 in line […] More

  • New America Adds Former Federal CTO Todd Park to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New America Adds Former Federal CTO Todd Park to Board of Directors

    Todd Park, a former U.S. chief technology officer, has joined Washington think tank New America as a member of its board of directors. He served as federal CTO at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Office from March 2012 to August 2014 and a technology adviser to former President Barack Obama from September 2014 […] More

  • Parsons' Carey Smith to Keynote 2017 NDIA National Logistics Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ Carey Smith to Keynote 2017 NDIA National Logistics Forum

    Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal group, will deliver a keynote speech on April 19 at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 33rd Annual National Logistics Forum in Tampa, Florida. Parsons said Thursday her presentation, titled “Logistics–Military’s Backbone,” will highlight the current state of logistics readiness in the private sector. “The evolving challenges of national security require agile, innovative and timely solutions,” said […] More

  • Thomas Strickland Named IT Director at ACT I - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Strickland Named IT Director at ACT I

    Thomas Strickland Jr. has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as director of information technology to oversee and guide corporate information management operations at the company’s Virginia headquarters. Strickland has more than 25 years of IT development, operations and management experience and will lead ACT I’s efforts to design and implement large-scale systems, according to a company statement. He will […] More

  • Red Hat Names SAIC Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year; Charles Onstott Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Names SAIC Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year; Charles Onstott Comments

    Red Hat has presented Science Applications International Corp. with the 2016 Public Sector System Integrator Partner of the Year for SAIC’s efforts to integrate open-source Red Hat technologies for government clients. SAIC said Tuesday that Red Hat’s open-source offerings support enterprise information technology platforms designed to help federal agency customers address business and infrastructure challenges. “Our relationship with Red Hat is an […] More

  • TCOM Partners with Maryland Commerce Dept to Present Aerostat Offerings at Avalon Air Show - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCOM Partners with Maryland Commerce Dept to Present Aerostat Offerings at Avalon Air Show

    TCOM has teamed up with the Maryland Commerce Department to demonstrate the company’s aerostat offerings, designed to help deliver maritime and border security for Australia and Southeast Asia, at the Avalon Air Show. The company said Wednesday it presented the ISR applications of its 28M aerostat offerings designed to monitor areas with potential domain obstructions which disrupt manned aerial surveillance […] More

  • Shengmin Sang Wins SoBran 'Innovation for Impact' Prize; Greg Kelly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shengmin Sang Wins SoBran ‘Innovation for Impact’ Prize; Greg Kelly Comments

    A lead scientist at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, has claimed the grand prize of a research competition sponsored by SoBran‘s bioscience division and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Piedmont Triad Office. Shengmin Sang will receive up to $10,000 in research funds and an additional $1,000 in cash as the grand […] More

  • Executive Profile: Paul Tsigrikes, Washington Post VP for Marketing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Paul Tsigrikes, Washington Post VP for Marketing

    Paul Tsigrikes serves as vice president of marketing at The Washington Post and brings more than 20 years of media advertising, sales and marketing experience to his role. He oversees a client solutions team tasked to develop and execute branding, custom content, event, marketing and research services for global advertisers under The Post’s franchise. Before he joined the publication […] More

  • Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments

    Parsons has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s civil and environmental engineering department to conduct a day-long workshop on research projects related to infrastructure, smart cities and transportation. The company said Thursday its leadership representatives and the university’s alumni, faculty and postdoctoral scholars examined the parallels between current industry needs and ongoing research efforts during the workshop. “The unique nature of […] More

  • Rolf Ziesing Joins General Atomics as Programs VP for Electromagnetic Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolf Ziesing Joins General Atomics as Programs VP for Electromagnetic Systems Business

    Rolf Ziesing, former vice president of national security programs and nuclear equipment manufacturing at BWX Technologies, has been named VP of programs at General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit. General Atomics said Tuesday Ziesing will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear programs as well as help transition technology […] More

  • Cubic to Display Virtual Training, C4ISR Platforms at Maritime Expo; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Display Virtual Training, C4ISR Platforms at Maritime Expo; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense and mission solutions businesses will feature a variety of air combat and maritime virtual training systems alongside C4ISR platforms at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition to be held in National Harbor, Maryland, from April 3 to 5. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic’s mission solutions unit, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will also present its NextMission strategy with communications and ISR […] 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