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EverWatch announced its acquisition of BrainTrust Holdings, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions to the intelligence and defense communities, on Monday for an undisclosed sum to further expand technical service offerings and contract pursuits in the intelligence sector. The deal was overseen by Baird, who served as the exclusive financial advisor to BrainTrust for the acquisition.

EverWatch CEO John Hillen told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Tuesday about the capability of midsize GovCon companies to meet the requirements of national security clients and the opportunity the current competitive landscape offers to such firms amid a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the past year. “There’s a great opportunity here to build what the government customer has always highly, highly desired. Which is a range of suppliers, a range of partners, of all different sizes and capabilities,” he told WBJ’s Robert Terry.
 

Govini has named six government and technology industry executives to its board of advisers. “Our clients will directly benefit from the strategic initiatives this board and Govini’s leadership team undertake as we pursue our mission to transform the business of government through data science,” Eric Gillespie, founder and executive chairman …

In the second and most recent edition of John Hillen‘s series on government contracting for Washington Technology, the former assistant secretary of state and long time GovCon business executive discussed what is standing in the way of the market maturing. Hillen begins his piece by telling the audience to accept …

John Hillen served as president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions from 2008 through mid-June 2013, transforming a company that “started with a handful of us, an idea from my colleague Ron Jones, and an initial investor backing the idea” into a prime mid-tier defense and intelligence contractor that undertook …

Executive Profiles are original biographies of executives published on GovCon Executive daily. They walk the reader through the leaders’ current role at his/her company, positions held in the past, different organizations they are members of and educational background. Like in the profile of CACI International CEO Dan Allen, coverage of the …

John Hillen serves as chairman, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions, the Herndon,Va.-based contractor he took public in 2009. The Army vet previously served as president of what is now CGI Federal Inc., led the defense and intelligence business at American Management Systems, and worked at SRA International. The former …

Dan Allen, president and CEO of CACI International, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Professional Services Council, a trade organization representing many federal government contractors. The company said more than 330 firms are members of the PSC, founded in 1972 to study legislative and regulatory …

The Professional Services Council has elected Joe Martore, president and CEO at CALIBRE, to the council’s board of directors and executive committee. CALIBRE said Martore will serve a three-year term on both the board and committee. John Hillen, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions, was elected PSC board chairman in …

Dr. Jack London, CACI International‘s president and CEO for 23 years, was inducted into the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Hall of Fame, which recognizes career achievement and long term contributions to the GovCon industry. At the 10th annual ceremony held in Tysons Corner, Va., Maximus President and CEO Richard Montoni …

John Hillen, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions, has been elected chairman of the board for the Professional Services Council. According to a Sotera release, Hillen’s term runs through October 2013. The PSC is a national trade association representing firms that provide professional and technical services to the federal …

Sotera Defense Solutions personnel will work with the FBI to update the information technology architecture of the bureau’s criminal justice information system, the company announced Thursday. Under a $31 million task order, the company will work with the bureau’s CJIS IT architecture group to evaluate and assess emerging technologies to …

In a Tuesday speech to the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Sotera Defense Solutions President and CEO John Hillen said he aimed to address the potential of sequestration cuts from a broad, strategic perspective focusing on national security. Nearly $500 billion is already set to be cut from the Defense …

John Hillen has served as president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions since 2008 and also serves on the company’s board of directors. Hillen, whom GovConExec magazine selected as one of the “Top 20 People to Watch” in 2012, also currently serves on the chief of naval operations’ executive panel on …

Sotera Defense Solutions and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation are partnering to raise $10,000 for the Fisher House Foundation. The foundation provides homes for military personnel and their families while loved ones are receiving care. Sotera President and CEO John Hillen and USGIF President Keith Masback presented the donation during …