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Royal Philips plans to establish an innovation center in Nairobi, Kenya to develop lighting, healthcare and lifestyle products for consumers across Africa. The company aims to bring together international researchers to pursue open-innovation programs and conduct applications-based scientific and user studies at the hub, Philips said Thursday. Dr. Maarten van …

Bob Klein, a vice president of engineering and global product development at Northrop Grumman‘s military aircraft systems division, has been inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. The LITHF’s hall of fame recognizes accomplishments of either historical figures or current leaders that have impacted Long Island in science …

Teri Reis, director for the Aberdeen, Md. region at Sabre Systems, is joining the board of directors for an organization that promotes programs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields in Maryland. Reis was inducted into the Northeastern Maryland Technology Council’s board Feb. 28 at the council’s Visionary Awards …

John Olson, a Bechtel deputy technical manager at a waste treatment and immobilization plant, has won the Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year award for helping to engineer the plant. Olson was also recognized for participating in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers locally and nationally, Bechtel said Wednesday. The Tri-Cities …

Mark Graham, chief technologist for Harris Corp.’s government communication systems business, has won the company’s highest recognition for engineering achievement. The company will honor him at its annual fellows banquet on March 7 for his work on three Federal Aviation Administration contracts Harris won last year and for leading an …

Christopher DiGiorgio, managing director of Accenture‘s Northern California business, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors for a technology and science museum in San Jose. DiGiorgio, who was unanimously elected, becomes the 10th board chairman in the museum’s history and his term is through May 9, 2014, the …

Mitre Corp. has started a new training course in global air navigation management aimed at helping aviation professionals implement a worldwide standard for modernizing aviation systems. The five-day course will start in June 2013 at Mitre’s Aviation Institute in McLean, Va. and aim to help create a common understanding on …

Cubic Corp.’s board of directors has promoted Stephen Shewmaker, president of the transportation systems segment, to also hold the title of executive vice president of the corporation.   The San Diego-based contractor announced Shewmaker’s promotion as one in a series of C-level executive appointments, including a new permanent CEO and …

Grant Thornton has appointed Vince Tomkinson office managing partner of its Chicago practice, moving him from the same position at the firm’s Detroit practice. The firm said the move is effective Aug. 1, with Tomkinson succeeding Mike Hall and Hall continuing to serve as Midwest region managing partner. “Vince played …

Industry trade group TechAmerica has elected Maryann Hirsch, president of Knowledge Consulting Group, to TechAmerica’s public sector board of directors, KCG said Monday. Her term is for two years on the board, which oversees the public sector group’s activities and focuses on federal programs. Hirsch, a 23-year government technology industry veteran, …

Grant Thornton is appointing Mark Henshaw and Brent Bersin as managing directors as part of the firm’s initiative to expand its portfolio of valuation, forensic technology, dispute and litigation services. Henshaw will be responsible for building the company’s real estate valuation services portfolio and Bersin will lead the Houston-based litigation …

Digital Management Inc. has attained a level three maturity appraisal from a Carnegie Mellon-run institute, adding to the level three rating it already has and becoming one of only 15 U.S. companies to have achieved that rating. The company said less than half of those companies also receive an appraisal …

Gartner has named Oracle to the market research firm’s Leaders Quadrant for 2012 in the integrated revenue and customer management categories for communications service providers, Oracle said Wednesday. According to Oracle, Gartner selects the quadrant’s members based on having a complete vision and execution of that vision. Gartner includes billing, …

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. has won M&A Advisor’s “Equity Financing Deal of the Year” award for 2012, recognizing the company’s public offering of common stock raising $100 million in conjunction with its acquisition of Composite Engineering Inc. Kratos said it completed the acquisition of the unmanned aerial target …

Jerry Keener, a senior quality assurance engineer at DynCorp International, has won a Federal Aviation Administration award recognizing career achievements of 50-year veterans in aviation maintenance. DynCorp said Keener is the first team member to win the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award, named after the Wright brothers’ mechanic and creator of …