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  • Lockheed IS&GS Chief Sondra Barbour Appointed to 3M Board; Inge Thulin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed IS&GS Chief Sondra Barbour Appointed to 3M Board; Inge Thulin Comments

    Sondra Barbour, executive vice president of the information systems and global solutions business unit at Lockheed Martin, has been elected to the board of directors at manufacturing firm 3M. “She is a talented and proven business leader with valuable insight and tremendous experience with leading large-scale information systems operations,” Inge Thulin, 3M chairman, president and chief executive, said Monday. […] More

  • John McGee Joins FireEye as Worldwide Sales SVP; David DeWalt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John McGee Joins FireEye as Worldwide Sales SVP; David DeWalt Comments

    John McGee, formerly executive vice president for worldwide field operations at Informatica, has joined FireEye as senior vice president of worldwide sales. David DeWalt, chairman and CEO of FireEye, said Tuesday that McGee will focus on helping the company bolster its delivery of tools and services to protect customers from cyber attacks. McGee has previously served as president of Thunderhead and held sales leadership positions at […] More

  • John Filippe Joins Cherokee Nation Businesses as IT VP, Todd Gourd Named CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Filippe Joins Cherokee Nation Businesses as IT VP, Todd Gourd Named CIO

    John Filippe, a U.S. Navy veteran and information technology professional, has joined Cherokee Nation Businesses as IT vice president for gaming and hospitality. Filippe holds 17 years of experience within the gaming industry and has worked with U.S. tribal organizations to integrate IT systems as well as establish network connectivity, CBN announced July 23. He […] More

  • Margaret Johnson Named Microsoft Business Development EVP; Satya Nadella Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Margaret Johnson Named Microsoft Business Development EVP; Satya Nadella Comments

    Margaret Johnson, formerly executive vice president and global market development head at Qualcomm, has joined Microsoft as business development EVP for the software giant. She will report directly to CEO Satya Nadella and be responsible for helping to drive new business and partnership deals across different sectors, Microsoft said Tuesday. “Peggy shares our worldview and […] More

  • Talha Zobair Joins Northrop as Tax VP; James Palmer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Talha Zobair Joins Northrop as Tax VP; James Palmer Comments

    Talha Zobair, formerly senior tax counsel and director of global taxes at Raytheon, has joined Northrop Grumman as vice president of tax. Zobair will report to James Palmer, corporate vice president and chief financial officer, and start in the tax VP role on Aug. 18, Northrop said Monday. “I am pleased Talha is joining the Northrop Grumman […] More

  • Financial Services Vet Tracy Atkinson Joins Raytheon's Board: William Swanson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Financial Services Vet Tracy Atkinson Joins Raytheon’s Board: William Swanson Comments

    Tracy Atkinson, executive vice president of finance at State Street Corp., has been elected to join the Raytheon board of directors. Raytheon Chairman William Swanson said Tuesday that Atkinson brings financial management skills and international business experience to the company’s board. Atkinson joined State Street in 2008 and has served in SVP and chief compliance […] More

  • JD Crouch Joins USO as President, CEO; Richard Myers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    JD Crouch Joins USO as President, CEO; Richard Myers Comments

    J.D. Crouch, CEO of QinetiQ North America prior to The SI Organization‘s acquisition of QNA’s services business, has joined the nonprofit United Service Organizations as president and CEO. “He comes to the USO with a record of government service, leadership and innovation, but most important of all, he has a deep and abiding passion for our men and […] More

  • David Hardison of Deloitte Elected CDISC Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Hardison of Deloitte Elected CDISC Board Chairman

    David Hardison, a three-decade biopharmaceutical veteran and ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte vice president, has been appointed to chair the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium’s board of directors. He held the chairman role at CDISC from 2005 to 2007 and has been supporting the nonprofit’s collaboration with the healthcare community to develop standards for clinical research data […] More

  • Jennifer Mulveny Named Intel Cloud Policy, Gov't Affairs Director for Australia, NZ; Kate Burleigh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jennifer Mulveny Named Intel Cloud Policy, Gov’t Affairs Director for Australia, NZ; Kate Burleigh Comments

    Jennifer Mulveny, a former lobbyist for Intel in the Senate, has been named the company’s director of cloud policy and government affairs in Australia and New Zealand, ARN reported Friday. Chris Player writes that Mulveny will work with government agencies on trade, Internet governance, privacy, security and other matters relevant to Intel’s business in the region. Kate Burleigh, Intel’s managing director for […] More

  • Former Google Director Stephan Thoma Named European Leaders Talent Development Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Google Director Stephan Thoma Named European Leaders Talent Development Lead

    Stephan Thoma, formerly global director for learning and development at Google, has joined European Leaders as head of the company’s talent development division. He will oversee an organization that works to help technology firms develop talent and leadership in his new role, European Leaders said Thursday. “I want to bring the approach to talent development […] 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