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Linda Hudson, chairman and CEO of The Cardea Group, and former U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao have been elected to Ingersoll-Rand‘s board of directors. Hudson will serve on the board’s audit and finance committee while Chao will work with the compensation and corporate governance and nominating committees, Ingersoll-Rand said Thursday. Before she joined […] More
Outgoing BAE Systems Inc. President and CEO Linda Hudson spoke to technology leaders Thursday about the changes she believes would address concerns on how to develop U.S. student and professional talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, FedScoop reported Thursday. Dan Verton writes Hudson appeared at an Northern Virginia Technology Council event to discuss U.S. […] More
BAE Systems Inc. plans to call back more than 600 furloughed support services employees on Oct. 15 as budget negotiations between the Obama administration and the House of Representatives continue. The company recently laid off more than 1,100 employees after the government shutdown took its toll on BAE Systems' services business unit, according to Saturday […] More
BAE Systems has felt “significant“ effects from the government shutdown that went into effect Tuesday but is doing what it can to address the situation, President and CEO Linda Hudson said Thursday. Nearly 1,000 employees from its intelligence and security sector who work at customer sites have been told to go home. Consequences could spread to other […] More
In a letter to the employees of BAE Systems, CEO Linda Hudson warned the upcoming sequester could have a large potential impact on the aerospace and defense industry. According to an Aviation Today article, Hudson said the $1.2 trillion budget cut will have a domino effect in the industry, including second and third tier companies suffering from reduced contracting work. […] More
Linda Hudson, U.S. president and chief executive officer at BAE Systems, ranks 38 on Fortune magazine's annual list of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”. The magazine highlighted Hudson's leadership when BAE faced uncertainties in 2011, “as troops withdrew from Iraq and customers awaited news of military budgets.“Fortune also noted Hudson's recent appointment to Bank […] More
Defense budget cuts under sequestration are already impacting defense contractors even though the cuts have not happened yet, Linda Hudson, CEO of BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, told Reuters. Cuts could lead to another round of consolidation within the industry, Hudson said, particularly within small and medium-sized businesses. Commercial aviation could also become a target area […] More
Linda Hudson, president and CEO of BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been appointed to the board of directors at Bank of America. Bank of America said the move is effective immediately as several of the company’s directors are reaching retirement age and others’ terms are set to expire next spring. Hudson elevated to CEO in […] More
BAE Systems, Inc. is building a new human resources and financial service center in Charlotte, N.C., that should be operational by the second half of 2011. President and CEO of BAE Systems Linda Hudson said Charlotte was chosen after an extensive nationwide search for a location with suitable facilities, skilled talent and an affordable lifestyle. […] More
This week, BAE Systems completed its planned acquisition of OASYS Technology. Northrop Grumman issued a statement indicating the firm is taking concrete steps to separate from its famed shipbuilding business. BAE Systems’ Linda Hudson also revealed the company is looking at acquisitions to expand in the areas of intelligence and cybersecurity; readiness and sustainment of […] More
BAE Systems is looking at acquisitions to grow in three core areas: intelligence and cybersecurity; readiness and sustainment of existing weapons systems; and electronic systems, Linda Hudson, president and CEO of the company’s U.S. unit, has told Reuters. “The strategy is pretty straightforward,” she said last week in an interview with Reuters. “We’ve decided where […] More
In his groundbreaking book, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell argued that success is as much a function of cultivation as it is talent. Maybe even more so. It's a philosophy that Bob Fecteau holds to in surveying the next generation of CIOs. “What CIOs execute everyday is extremely complex,“ says Fecteau (right), sector CIO at BAE Systems, […] More
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