Bob Kipps, co-founder and managing director of investment bank KippsDeSanto & Co. and a former Wash100 award winner, told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday that the company is “bullish” as it looks to the mergers and acquisitions market for government contracting in 2020.
Read More »Accenture Federal Services’ Dave McClure: Data, Computing Capacity Drive Gov’t Tech Modernization
Dave McClure, principal director and CIO advisory lead at Accenture Federal Services, has said the availability of more data, the increasing computing capacity and the software environment are some of the factors driving the pace of technology modernization in the government, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “And you combine all three of these together, and it creates an accelerated path for modernization that we just simply have never had before in government,” McClure said at a WBJ-hosted forum.
Read More »KippsDeSanto: 75% of Dealmakers Expect Govt Services M&As to Rise by 5% in 2018
A new KippsDeSanto report has found that approximately 75 percent of dealmakers said they expect the number of mergers and acquisitions in the government services sector to climb by at least 5 percent this year. KippsDeSanto said Tuesday it polled 168 strategic buyers and executives from private equity groups who …
Read More »KippsDeSanto Lists Top 10 A&D, Government Tech M&A Deals for Past Quarter
KippsDeSanto has unveiled its list of what it calls the most notable merger and acquisition deals in the aerospace, defense and government technology sectors for the quarter ending June 30. Bob Kipps, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, is co-founder and managing director of KippsDeSanto. The investment bank said its …
Read More »Bob Kipps: Firms Pursuing GovCon Deals in Key Tech Areas
In a piece analyzing the state of the GovCon M&A market for Executive Mosaic, Bob Kipps, managing director of KippsDeSanto & Co., noted that while the pace of defense and government services deals has declined in the first quarter of 2013 from the end of last year, companies still have “a strong appetite” for firms …
Read More »Bob Kipps: “Huge” Room to Grow in Gov’t Market for Best-Positioned Firms
In his M&A monthly wrap up for Executive Mosaic, Bob Kipps, managing director of KippsDeSanto & Co., cast his eye out over the horizon of the government contracting deals market and the specialities that will remain hot while defense and intelligence budgets remain “under pressure for the forseeable future.” Although …
Read More »KippsDeSanto: CRGT’s Guident Buy Shows Private Equity Activity In Govt Market
CRGT‘s buy of big data and business intelligence provider Guident is an indicator of increased activity among private equity investors within the government market , according to investment banking firm KippsDeSanto & Co. The bank advised Guident on its acquisition by CRGT, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, with the intent …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Bob Kipps, KippsDeSanto Managing Director Details Recent GovCon M&A Activity
Bob Kipps serves as a managing director at Kipps DeSanto, an investment bank specializing in government contracting mergers and acquisitions. The 20-year industry vet provides financial and M&A consulting to defense and technology firms and was recognized in 2007 as the Investment Banker Dealmaker of the Year by the Association for Corporate Growth. …
Read More »Bill Crowell and Alan Wade to Serve on CyberSecurity & Intelligence Advisory Council
KippsDeSanto & Co. has announced that the recently formed CyberSecurity & Intelligence Advisory Council (CIAC) will include both William Crowell and Alan Wade. The mission of the CIAC is to “provide strategic advice and analysis to KippsDeSanto clients across the CyberSecurity and Intelligence markets.” Bob Kipps, Co-Founder and Managing Director …
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