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  • Kurt Amend to Lead Raytheon's Saudi Arabia Operations; Thomas Vecchiolla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kurt Amend to Lead Raytheon’s Saudi Arabia Operations; Thomas Vecchiolla Comments

    Kurt Amend, formerly vice president of foreign policy and national security affairs at Raytheon‘s international business, has been named president of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia. He will succeed Lou Laroche, who is due to retire at the end of this year after a nearly four-decade career with Raytheon, the company said Wednesday. Amend joined Raytheon in 2011 as an […] More

  • AT Kearney to Back Research, Education Programs at American University Cyber Governance Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT Kearney to Back Research, Education Programs at American University Cyber Governance Center

    A.T. Kearney will sponsor cybersecurity research and education programs at American University’s Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center in an effort to publicize governance in computer network defense initiatives. Global consulting firm A.T. Kearney said Monday it will work with the KCGC to promote cybersecurity breach preparation, prevention, detection and response practices. KCGC works to provide collaborative, objective and multidisciplinary cybersecurity research for governance […] More

  • NVIDIA to Host Graphics Processing Unit Computing Conference on Deep Learning, AI Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVIDIA to Host Graphics Processing Unit Computing Conference on Deep Learning, AI Tech

    NVIDIA will host an event series for developers of graphics processing unit-based computing technologies on Oct. 26 and 27 at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The GPU Technology Conference will include hands-on artificial intelligence technology training, industry discussions and engagement with NVIDIA employees, the visual computing company said. GTC DC also aims to […] More

  • General Dynamics’ Michael Bruce, 3M’s Ella Schiralli Join SIBA Board of Directors; Michael Dougherty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics’ Michael Bruce, 3M’s Ella Schiralli Join SIBA Board of Directors; Michael Dougherty Comments

    Michael Bruce, director at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, and Ella Schiralli, federal government markets manager at 3M, have been named to the board of directors of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association. Michael Dougherty, CEO of SIBA, said in a statement released Wednesday Bruce and Schiralli will provide insights to the board in an […] More

  • UTC President & CEO Gregory Hayes Elected as Board of Directors Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC President & CEO Gregory Hayes Elected as Board of Directors Chairman

    United Technologies Corp. has named Gregory Hayes, company president and CEO, to succeed Edward Kangas as the chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately. UTC said Wednesday Hayes, who has worked with UTC for nearly 30 years, will hold the chairman, president and CEO positions concurrently. “Greg Hayes has demonstrated strong performance in leading the company,” said Kangas. “He has […] More

  • CompTIA Names Stefanie Holland Director of International Gov't & Regulatory Affairs; Ken Montgomery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CompTIA Names Stefanie Holland Director of International Gov’t & Regulatory Affairs; Ken Montgomery Comments

    Stefanie Holland, formerly director of international policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has joined CompTIA as director of international government and regulatory affairs. She will oversee the development and implementation of CompTIA’s positions on public policies that concern international trade matters, CompTIA said Monday. “Stefanie’s experience in global trade and international policy make her […] More

  • Gahn Lane Joins CenturyLink as ISV, Federal Channels VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gahn Lane Joins CenturyLink as ISV, Federal Channels VP

    Gahn Lane, formerly vice president of service-provider sales at Westcon Group, has joined CenturyLink as vice president of independent software vendors and federal channels, Channel Partners Online reported Monday. Edward Gately writes Lane will report to Bill Corbin, senior VP of strategic partnerships and channel operations, and lead the establishment of a federal partner program at the […] More

  • NCEO Lists Janus Global Operations as 16th Largest Employee-Owned Company in US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCEO Lists Janus Global Operations as 16th Largest Employee-Owned Company in US

    Janus Global Operations has landed the 16th spot on the National Center for Employee Ownership‘s list of 100 largest U.S. companies with employee-ownership plans. JGO said Friday the company ranked 41st in 2015 on NCEO’s Employee Ownership 100 list — a ranking of the largest U.S.-based companies according to Employee Stock Ownership Plans or plans wherein 50 percent or […] More

  • Northrop Grumman to Participate in National Guard Conference & Tech Exhibition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman to Participate in National Guard Conference & Tech Exhibition

    Northrop Grumman will feature some of its technologies at the National Guard Association of the United States’ 138th General Conference and Exhibition in Maryland from Sept. 9 to 12. The company said Thursday it will present technologies that work to support the National Guard in the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fields. Included in the […] More

  • Mitre Picks Systems from Van Cleve & Associates, Open Works Engineering as Countering UAS Contest Winners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Picks Systems from Van Cleve & Associates, Open Works Engineering as Countering UAS Contest Winners

    Mitre has selected platforms from Van Cleve & Associates and Open Works Engineering as winners of the nonprofit organization’s Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge. The two winners were selected out of the eight finalists for the C-UAS competition that seeks new systems designed to detect and interdict small drones that pose security or safety risks, Mitre […] More

  • IT Industry Council Names Public Sector Division’s National Security Chief, Global Policy Managers in Series of Exec Moves - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IT Industry Council Names Public Sector Division’s National Security Chief, Global Policy Managers in Series of Exec Moves

    The Information Technology Industry Council has named several executives to lead its public sector, environment and sustainability, and global policy teams in an effort to expand ITI’s advocacy programs within the technology industry. ITI said Wednesday Jonathan Clifford, formerly senior policy adviser to Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-New Jersey), will serve as director of national security at ITI’s […] More

  • SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni to Speak at Cambridge Cyber Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni to Speak at Cambridge Cyber Summit

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, will deliver a speech at the one-day Cambridge Cyber Summit, Delawareonline.com reported Wednesday. Jeff Mordock writes the cybersecurity conference will be held on Oct. 5 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will cover various topics such as cyber attacks, privacy, cyber countermeasures and public-private collaboration. Other speakers at the […] More