Mike Snyder, senior vice president at Dewberry, has been appointed to the position of coalitions chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies. ACEC coalitions facilitate exchanges of knowledge and best practices in the engineering industry. These coalitions include the Council of American Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, the Council of American Structural Engineers, …
Read More »FirstNet Veteran Jason Karp Joins Secured Communications as Chief Legal Counsel, Board Member
Jason Karp, former senior executive of the First Responder Network Authority, has been appointed to serve as chief legal counsel and board member at Secured Communications. In his tenure with FirstNet, Karp helped determine the complex law that resulted in the organization’s creation and implemented a deployment strategy supporting the public safety broadband …
Read More »Raytheon Study: IT Department-Boardroom Disconnect Hinders Cyber Risk Management
A Raytheon-commissioned report indicates a divide between corporate executives and information technology leaders in organizations that it said could impede internal efforts to defend against cyber attacks. Raytheon collaborated with Ponemon Institute to gather cybersecurity insights from 1,006 chief information officers and chief information security officers for the “Global Megatrends in …
Read More »Executive Profile: Tim Reardon, Lockheed VP & GM of Defense-Intelligence Solutions
Tim Reardon serves as vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin‘s defense and intelligence solutions business, an organization with nearly 15,000 employees in the Washington metropolitan region, six other states and overseas in the U.K., Australia and the Middle East. The 14-year company veteran leads a business that works with defense …
Read More »Profile: Ravi Dankanikote, CACI Business System Solutions Group VP
Ravi Dankanikote serves as vice president for the business system solutions group at CACI International, where he oversees growth strategies and new business development functions. According to the company, he has constructed programs and mobilized teams to position the group into new markets. He focuses on large-scale information technology transformations, department-wide …
Read More »Executive Profile: Maryanne Lavan, Lockheed SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Maryanne Lavan serves as senior vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel for Lockheed Martin Corp where she is responsible for management of Lockheed’s legal affairs and law department, including serving as counsel to senior leadership and the board of directors. Prior to her current role, she served as VP of internal audit, …
Read More »Executive Profile: Mike Alber, Engility CFO
Mike Alber serves as chief financial officer at Chantilly, Va.-based services provider Engility Corp., which he joined in June 2012 prior to that company’s spinoff from L-3 Communications. Before joining Engility, he served as CFO at Alion Science and Technology, a company he joined in 2007 as senior vice president …
Read More »Executive Profile: Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat Govt. Services SVP
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch is senior vice president for government policy, strategy and outreach for Inmarsat‘s U.S. government services business unit. Cowen-Hirsch shapes Inmarsat’s strategic direction and policy regarding government and leads the company’s government outreach and advocacy program. She shapes the program’s execution and government focused capabilities. Cowen-Hirsch, a 20-year veteran …
Read More »Executive Profile: Clay Hale, Siemens Govt Technologies SVP and CFO
Clay Hale is senior vice president and chief financial officer for Siemens Government Technologies, the energy and technology conglomerate’s U.S. federal business organization. He started his tenure as SVP and CFO in March and spoke with ExecutiveBiz less than a month later to discuss how he applies Siemens’ commercial success …
Read More »Executive Profile: Monica McManus, Lockheed Martin VP of Information Technology Services
Monica McManus serves as vice president of information technology services at Lockheed Martin. McManus is responsible for developing and executing the company’s information technology strategy to promote business growth. McManus joined Lockheed in 1997 where she has held several leadership positions supporting the company’s federal, commercial and international markets. Previously, …
Read More »Dan Clever: DHS’ EAGLE II Vehicle to See Uptick in Activity
Industry and government executives have offered a range of opinions on a $22 billion information technology acquisition vehicle run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Times reported Thursday. Christy O’Farrell writes the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II program appears to be gaining momentum almost four years …
Read More »Intelsat’s Kay Sears: Budget Cuts Led to Dialogue In The Pentagon
Executives from Boeing, Intelsat and SpaceX and SSL Federal gathered Tuesday at the National Space Symposium to discuss government innovation and industry consolidation trends in light of the current fiscal environment, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General, told the forum audience that …
Read More »McKinsey Report Examines Cybercrime’s Effects on Business Strategies
A study by McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum found that more than 50 percent of professionals worldwide believe that cybersecurity threats pose strategic risks to their organizations. The research also sought to find out how executives view cybercrime, its impact on business operations and companies’ response to …
Read More »Executive Mosaic Announces 2013 Wash100 Inductees, Shines Light on Leaders Driving Public Value Amid Historic Market Change
Click here to view the full list of GovCon and Government Leaders inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 in 2013. The 2013 GovCon market saw a historic period of turmoil, uncertainty and change that will impact GovCon firms, the federal government and U.S. citizens for years. As the Asia pivot took …
Read More »Brad Antle, Tony Smeraglinolo: Budget Deals Could Boost Contractors’ Prospects
Some contracting executives believe that recent budget deals in Congress could provide investment certainty to federal agencies and contractors in the near term, the Washington Post reported Monday. “My expectation is that we’ll see a lot more money being put to projects and programs over the next couple of quarters,” …
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