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  • Former ICE Investigations Lead Susan Aarons Joins Wynyard as Federal Ops Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former ICE Investigations Lead Susan Aarons Joins Wynyard as Federal Ops Director

    Susan Aarons, formerly a senior leader in federal homeland security investigations and counterterrorism operations, has joined the private sector as director of federal operations at crime analytics firm Wynyard Group. The company said Friday Aarons will oversee its product strategy and vision for the federal government sector. “Susan brings an incredible investigative background in counterterrorism, national security […] More

  • SAP NS2 Summit Highlights Human Element in National Security Missions; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Summit Highlights Human Element in National Security Missions; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP National Security Services has concluded its fourth annual national security summit with a focus on the role of humans in carrying out national security missions. The 2015 SAP NS2 Solutions Summit featured discussions on cloud, analytic modernization, code cracks and cybersecurity, among other topics, SAP said Thursday. “Technology in the cyber realm is rapidly […] More

  • MTSI Recognized for Military Spouse, Veteran Recruitment Program; Kevin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI Recognized for Military Spouse, Veteran Recruitment Program; Kevin Robinson Comments

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received recognition from Victory Media Inc. for the company’s program meant to provide employment opportunities for military spouses and veterans. Victory Media will feature the 2016 Military Friendly Employer awardee in its “G.I. Jobs Guide to Military Friendly Employers” December issue, MTSI said Thursday. “As a company, we feel extremely […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Recognition From Carbon Disclosure Project; Carol Cala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Recognition From Carbon Disclosure Project; Carol Cala Comments

    The Carbon Disclosure Project has acknowledged Lockheed Martin for its efforts to measure and disclose information on the potential impact of its operations on climate change. Lockheed said Wednesday it has achieved the 90th percentile CDP scores for climate change transparency efforts for five years in a row. “We’re pleased that CDP has once again recognized our efforts […] More

  • Hans Dekker: Fluor-England Road Telecoms Construction Project Wins Safety Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hans Dekker: Fluor-England Road Telecoms Construction Project Wins Safety Award

    Fluor has won an award from Highways England for the company’s safe management of a project to build communications infrastructure across England’s network of trunk roads and motorways. The company said Wednesday it recorded 3 million safe working hours under the National Roads Telecommunications Services project in England. David Brewer, a director at Highways England, presented the […] More

  • Julie Gravallese: 10 Female Mitre Employees Receive Honors at Magazine's STEM Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Gravallese: 10 Female Mitre Employees Receive Honors at Magazine’s STEM Conference

    Women of Color magazine has recognized the leadership and work of 10 Mitre employees during the publication’s STEM Conference that was held from Oct. 15 to 17 in Detroit. Mitre said Tuesday the conference acknowledges contributions of female professionals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The 10 awardees from Mitre “have not only achieved technical and workplace […] More

  • Executive Profile: Manish Parikh, BAE's US VP of Business Development and Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Manish Parikh, BAE’s US VP of Business Development and Strategy

    Manish Parikh serves as the vice president of business development and strategy for the intelligence and security sector at the U.S. subsidiary of British defense contractor BAE Systems. He oversees pursuits of new contracts and recompete awards for the sector, which is part of the BAE Systems Inc. subsidiary. Parikh previously served as deputy VP for data analytics and […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto, Kevin Kelly Inducted Into George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gene Colabatistto, Kevin Kelly Inducted Into George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame

    George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has inducted Gene Colabatistto, a group president at CAE, and LGS Innovations CEO Kevin Kelly into the GWU Engineering Hall of Fame. Colabatistto, Kelly and five other industry and government leaders were recognized in an Oct. 22 ceremony for their contributions in the technology, management and engineering fields. Colabatistto, a 25-year defense sector veteran, leads […] More

  • Leidos’ Robert Zitz to Tackle Cyber, Physical Risks at Eisenhower Institute's Energy Policy Discussion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Robert Zitz to Tackle Cyber, Physical Risks at Eisenhower Institute’s Energy Policy Discussion

    Robert Zitz, senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, is scheduled to speak today as one of the panelists in an Eisenhower Institute-hosted discussion on national security threats to energy infrastructures. Zitz’s speech at the Domestic and International Energy Policy panel discussion will focus on protection strategies and cyber and physical risks facing critical infrastructures, […] More

  • CenturyLink CIO Bill Bradley Receives Global CIO Breakaway Leadership Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink CIO Bill Bradley Receives Global CIO Breakaway Leadership Award

    CenturyLink Chief Information Officer Bill Bradley has received a Global CIO Breakaway Leadership Award at the 2015 Global CIO Executive Summit in October. The company said Monday the award recognizes Bradley’s leadership in IT transformation initiatives and support for innovation. He helped modernize the IT organization through the use of Agile principles, workload migration to cloud, enterprisewide application services and workforce mobility, […] More

  • Carahsoft, Adobe to Host Cybersecurity Web Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft, Adobe to Host Cybersecurity Web Conference

    Carahsoft Technology and Adobe Systems have partnered to hold a digital conference for several U.S. Defense Department and industry representatives to discuss strategies on how to combat security threats in cyberspace. The companies’ Cyber Warfare and Security for the DoD: The Experts Forum will be held Wednesday online from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time, Carahsoft said Friday. Andrew […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Adds Philip Luna, Michael Smith to Senior Executive Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Adds Philip Luna, Michael Smith to Senior Executive Team

    Philip Luna, corporate vice president and president of UniversalPegasus International, has joined the senior executive team at UPI parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries in a move that takes effect immediately. HII said Friday it also appointed Michael Smith, corporate VP for development and nuclear and environment sciences, to serve as corporate VP for strategy and development beginning […] More