Everybody's talking about recovery. But what about innovation? It's a question that Steve Kimmel is asking “” from a business development point of view. As Kimmel sees it, government contractors have a significant role to play on two fronts. In addition to furthering the success of government customers, contractors can help promote the ultimate driver […] More

GovCon Executive:  Can you tell me about MC Dean’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building initiatives? Bill Dean:  We’re an expert engineering firm.  Very few firms have the level of engineering expertise and technical expertise that we possess in the electrical arena.  I would say in what I would call the field […] More

Kirk Herdman is the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Operations for Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. We had the chance to ask him about GTEC’s strategy to maintain competitiveness and any possible business development challenges he sees in the future. In our interview, Herdman tells us how he likes to spend his […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently interviewed Karen Knowles, head of SAS’s Federal Government  business unit.  She has shored up SAS’s market share in analytics and business intelligence, and the US’s largest privately-held software company is helping to strengthen cybersecurity at the Naval Cyber Defense Operations Command through intelligent analytics.  Read on to learn how analytics turns mountains of […] More

In the 2 ½ years that Rick Attilio has been with Apptis, he's been helping the Chantilly, Va.-based company define its strategic vision. Attilio brings a wealth of background to his position as chief financial officer, having spent 22 years beforehand at Unisys “” the last five as vice president of finance responsible for the […] More