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  • Irving Tan Named Cisco Operations, Digital SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Irving Tan Named Cisco Operations, Digital SVP

    Irving Tan, senior vice president of Cisco‘s business operations in Asia Pacific and Japan, will transition to a new role as SVP for operations and digital at the San Jose, California-based technology company. Tan will oversee digital transformation initiatives in partnership with sales, engineering and other departments of the company in his new position, Cisco said Thursday. […] More

  • NetApp Recognizes WWT as DoD Value-Added Reseller Partner; Robert Stein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp Recognizes WWT as DoD Value-Added Reseller Partner; Robert Stein Comments

    World Wide Technology has received recognition from NetApp for work as a value-added reseller of the latter company’s products to the Defense Department. NetApp selected WWT for the “Top DoD VAR Partner of the Year” award based on total revenue earned over the past four fiscal quarters, WWT said Tuesday. Robert Stein, vice president of NetApp’s public sector business, said the company […] More

  • Northrop Backs Cyber, STEM Education Programs at U.S. Naval Academy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Backs Cyber, STEM Education Programs at U.S. Naval Academy

    Northrop Grumman has invested an undisclosed sum to help expand the U.S. Naval Academy’s cyber, science, technology, engineering and math programs. The company and its philanthropic arm have also donated more than $21 million to support strategic priorities of USNA since 2001, Northrop said Tuesday. The Northrop Grumman Foundation is supporting USNA’s Cybersecurity Capstone Project this academic school year […] More

  • SAIC Adds Investment Vet Mark Johnson to Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Adds Investment Vet Mark Johnson to Board

    Mark Johnson, co-founder and managing partner at private equity firm Astra Capital Management, has joined the board of directors of Science Applications International Corp. The 22-year investment veteran will be a member of the audit committee and his appointment brings the number of the company’s board members to nine, SAIC said Monday. Edward Sandersonm, SAIC chairman, said Johnson will provide leadership and […] More

  • Virginia Beach, Nonprofit Launch Veteran Healthcare Innovation Challenge for Startups - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Beach, Nonprofit Launch Veteran Healthcare Innovation Challenge for Startups

    The Maryland-based Center for Advancing Innovation has partnered with the City of Virginia Beach and the Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development to introduce an open innovation challenge for startup companies to develop medical devices, therapeutics and vaccines for diseases related to military service. CAI said Monday it will administer the VABeachBio Innovation Challenge with the goal to […] More

  • Jacobs Receives CMAA Award for Recognition for Federal Courthouse Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Receives CMAA Award for Recognition for Federal Courthouse Construction Project

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a Project of the Year award from the Construction Management Association of America for its efforts to manage the construction of a federal courthouse in Los Angeles. CMAA presented the award to Jacobs during the association’s National Conference and Trade Show that took place in Washington, D.C. last month, the company said […] More

  • Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our customers’ expectations,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed […] More

  • LaVerne Council Joins Grant Thornton as Enterprise Digital Strategy & Innovation Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LaVerne Council Joins Grant Thornton as Enterprise Digital Strategy & Innovation Lead

    LaVerne Council, a more than 30-year public and private sector veteran, has been appointed national managing principal for enterprise digital strategy and innovation at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton said Thursday Council will oversee enterprise digital and technological strategies and products designed to help chief information officers address information technology challenges within their organizations. She will report to Srikant Sastry, […] More

  • Andrew Naismith Named Managing Director of CAE's UK Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Naismith Named Managing Director of CAE’s UK Arm

    Andrew Naismith, managing director of the aircrew training services business at CAE, has been named managing director of the aerospace technology manufacturer’s U.K. subsidiary. He will oversee CAE’s defense and security business operations in the U.K. in his new position, the company said Friday. Marc-Olivier Sabourin, vice president and general manager of CAE’s defense and security business in […] More

  • CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship

    CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. Scott Ashford, dean of OSU […] More

  • Kelly Grier to Succeed Steve Howe as EY US Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Grier to Succeed Steve Howe as EY US Chairman

    Kelly Grier, regional managing partner for the U.S. Central Region at accounting and professional services firm EY, has been named U.S. chairman and managing partner-elect, as well as managing partner-elect for the Americas area, effective July 1, 2018. EY said Thursday the 27-year company veteran will succeed Steve Howe, who is due to retire  by Dec. 31, 2018 […] More

  • Accenture's Federal Arm Selects Celedon for 'Small Business of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Federal Arm Selects Celedon for ‘Small Business of the Year’ Award

    Accenture‘s federal services business has given its Small Business of the Year award to Celedon Partners in recognition of the latter company’s efforts to support Accenture-built information technology platforms. Annapolis, Maryland-based Celedon supported the execution of Accenture’s Task Management Tool that works to help federal customers manage flow of information and workload across the enterprise, Accenture said Tuesday. Christine […] More