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  • Thomson Reuters Announces Keynote Speaker, Panelists at 3rd Annual Government Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomson Reuters Announces Keynote Speaker, Panelists at 3rd Annual Government Conference

    Thomson Reuters will hold its third annual Government Conference on June 5 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Derek Benner, acting executive associate director for homeland security investigations at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will serve as a keynote speaker at the event, which will focus on trade-based money laundering and supply […] More

  • Microsoft, Qualcomm Invest in Israel-Based Cybersecurity Incubator Team8 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, Qualcomm Invest in Israel-Based Cybersecurity Incubator Team8

    Israel-based cybersecurity startup creator Team8 has secured investments from Microsoft‘s and Qualcomm‘s venture businesses, Reuters reported Monday. Tova Cohen writes that Team8 has raised more than $92 million so far and entered a strategic partnership with Citigroup to develop the former’s products. Team8 was founded by a group of military veterans who also seek to establish two new companies in 2017 in addition […] More

  • James Turley Joins Northrop’s Board of Directors; Wes Bush Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Turley Joins Northrop’s Board of Directors; Wes Bush Comments

    James Turley, former chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, has joined Northrop Grumman’s board of directors. Turley, who joined EY in 1977, held various roles at the company until his retirement in 2013, Northrop said Thursday. He was named EY’s regional managing partner for the Upper Midwest in 1994 and for New York in 1998. […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mark Kontos, MITRE SVP and CFO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mark Kontos, MITRE SVP and CFO

    Mark Kontos serves as senior vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and an executive council member at MITRE Corp., which he first joined in 2005. He manages the nonprofit organization’s financial functions and has directed the development, construction and financing for a fourth building at MITRE’s McLean, Virginia headquarters in a push to place its workforce […] More

  • Jane Sherburne Joins Teledyne Board of Directors; Robert Mehrabian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jane Sherburne Joins Teledyne Board of Directors; Robert Mehrabian Comments

    Jane Sherburne, formerly senior executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of The Bank of New York Mellon, will join Teledyne Technologies’ board of directors. Teledyne will have 11 board members upon the addition of Sherburne on Aug. 1, the company said Wednesday. “She has extensive experience with compliance programs, corporate governance matters, merger […] More

  • Deborah Doyle McWhinney Appointed to Fluor's Board of Directors; David Seaton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deborah Doyle McWhinney Appointed to Fluor’s Board of Directors; David Seaton Comments

    Deborah Doyle McWhinney, former CEO of CitiGroup‘s global enterprise payments business, has joined Fluor Corp.’s board of directors, Fluor said Thursday. Prior to Citi, McWhinney was president of Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab, Inc. where she was responsible for the global risk committee. “The perspectives we will gain from her experience in banking, finance and government […] More