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  • Derrick Sturisky Named Cherry Bekaert Risk Advisory Principal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Derrick Sturisky Named Cherry Bekaert Risk Advisory Principal

    Derrick Sturisky has been appointed to serve as a principal in the risk advisory group of Cherry Bekaert LLP, an accounting and consulting company. Sturisky will assist in providing enterprise risk management and operating frameworks services to the company’s clients, Cherry Bekaert announced Thursday. Sturisky will also work closely with the company’s manufacturing, transportation, energy, […] More

  • Former Ball Aerospace CEO Donald Vanlandingham to Chair UQM's Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Ball Aerospace CEO Donald Vanlandingham to Chair UQM’s Board

    Donald W. Vanlandingham, former CEO of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., has been appointed board chairman at UQM Technologies, the Denver Business Journal reported Friday.  Mark Harden writes that Vanlandingham will succeed William G. Rankin, who plans to retire from the board at the end of this month. Rankin has been the company’s chairman since […] More

  • Thales Nominates Laurence Broseta to Serve on its Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Nominates Laurence Broseta to Serve on its Board of Directors

    Laurence Broseta has been nominated to serve on the board of directors at Thales, which will be voted on at the company’s annual general meeting on May 14. If confirmed, Broseta will succeed Didier Lombard at the end of the current term, Thales announced Monday. Broseta currently serves as the head of the France division of […] More

  • Michael Spierto Named TechAmerica Cyber Policy Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Spierto Named TechAmerica Cyber Policy Director

    Michael Spierto, a former staffer at a House Homeland Security subcommittee, will officially join TechAmerica as director of cybersecurity policy on April 14, Government Technology reported Friday. Brian Heaton writes that some of Spierto’s work on Capitol Hill has included policy discussions with stakeholders about the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. “Over 90 percent […] More

  • Bill Molloy Promoted to VP Post at Bombardier Aerospace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Molloy Promoted to VP Post at Bombardier Aerospace

    Bombardier Aerospace has made a series leadership changes in its parts services team, including a new vice president and director of customer services and support for the CSeries aircraft. Bill Molloy, formerly director of customer services and support for the CSeries aircraft, has succeeded the retiring Diane De Souza as VP of the parts services team, the company announced […] More

  • Interior Dept. Names 17 Members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee; Anne Castle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interior Dept. Names 17 Members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee; Anne Castle Comments

    Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has named 17 new and continuing members of a committee that provides the Federal Geographic Data Committee with recommendations on geospatial policy and management issues. The recent appointment brings the total members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee to 30, each will serve three-year terms, the department announced […] More

  • Jeff Curry Joins Deloitte's Governance, Regulatory and Risk Strategies Practice; Kevin McGovern Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Curry Joins Deloitte’s Governance, Regulatory and Risk Strategies Practice; Kevin McGovern Comments

    Jeff Curry has been appointed as a director of the governance, regulatory and risk strategies practice at Deloitte to help assist the company’s banking clients regarding stress tests, enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance. Curry has more than 35 years of experience focusing on banking risk management in the public and private sectors, the company announced […] More

  • Taylor Wilkerson of LMI Named CCALS Technical Advisory Committee Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Taylor Wilkerson of LMI Named CCALS Technical Advisory Committee Chair

    Taylor WIlkerson, LMI program manager, has been named the new chairman of the technical advisory committee of the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems. The appointment of Wilkerson, a supply chain and risk analysis and assessment veteran, supports the fact that LMI is one of CCALS’ first backers in the industry, the company said in […] More

  • Robert Zapfel Named Xerox President of Services Business, Corporate EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Zapfel Named Xerox President of Services Business, Corporate EVP

    Robert Zapfel has been named the president of Xerox‘s services business and the corporate executive vice president, effective April 1. Zapfel will replace Lynn Blodgett, who will retire at the end of 2014, the company announced Monday. Blodgett, who joined the company in 2010 after the acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, will assist in Zapfel’s transition […] More

  • Steven Miller Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Miller Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments

    Steven Miller, a retired U.S. Navy commander, has joined The SPECTRUM Group to utilize his experience in the private and public sectors for the company’s customers. Retired Navy Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, TSG chairman and CEO, said that the company will rely on Miller’s experience in the geographic information systems within the U.S. intelligence community, he […] More

  • Parsons Brinckerhoff SVP Paula Hammond Named to WTS International Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Brinckerhoff SVP Paula Hammond Named to WTS International Board

    Paula Hammond, a Parsons Brinckerhoff senior vice president based in its Seattle office, has been elected to serve on the board of directors at WTS International, a global organization representing women in the transportation industry. The WTS has more than 5,000 members and works to help women find career opportunities and be recognized in the transportation industry, […] More