Octo has partnered with QinetiQ on the RS3 92 Situational Awareness and Augmented Reality Technologies contract to deliver machine learning (ML) and deep learning capabilities in support of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program (IVAS). “Winning contracts like IVAS is part of our focus on emerging technologies as a means of helping the government leverage these newly available solutions to maximize mission effectiveness,” said Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo.
Read More »Octo Names Letitia ‘Tish’ Long to Board of Directors; Mehul Sanghani Quoted
Octo has appointed Letitia “Tish” Long, a former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, to the company's board of directors. Long's appointment will place greater focus on the Intelligence Community (IC) as Octo's core customer. “Having Long on our Board of Directors is a massive boon to our ability to understand and support the Intelligence Community,” said Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Octo.
Read More »Mehul Sanghani: Octo-Sevatec Merger Aims to Establish ‘Pure Play’ Federal IT Services Provider
Reston, Virginia-based information technology contractor Octo has merged with software development firm Sevatec in a deal of an undisclosed sum to create a combined entity that will focus on helping federal government customers to address IT modernization goals. Baird and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman served as Sevatec's financial and legal advisers on the transaction, respectively, while Sheppard Mullin acted as Octo's legal adviser.
Read More »Octo Consulting Rebrands After Acquisition of Connexta; Mehul Sanghani, Jay Shah Quoted
Octo Consulting Group has rebranded as “Octo,” after the company completed the acquisition and integration of Connexta, an IT company based in Phoenix. Octo Consulting acquired Connexta in July 2019 to bolster its existing client base in the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense (DoD).
Read More »Octo Consulting Partners with Indica Labs to Launch COVID-DPR; Mehul Sanghani, Susan Gregurick Quoted
Octo Consulting and Indica Labs have partnered to launch the online COVID Digital Pathology Repository, a virtual collection of high resolution microscopic COVID-related human tissue images hosted at the National Institutes of Health, Octo announced on Thursday.
Read More »Octo Consulting Names Rob Albritton AI CoE Senior Director; Mehul Sanghani, Sujey Edward Quoted
Octo Consulting has appointed Rob Albritton, an award-winning artificial intelligence and machine learning leader, as senior director of the company’s AI Center of Excellence, Octo announced on Tuesday.
Read More »Octo Consulting Receives Army Contract to Maintain Asset Accountability Software
Octo Consulting has secured a five-year, $11M contract for the operation and maintenance of an enterprise software program used by the U.S. Army to organize equipment records and keep track of military assets.
Read More »Arlington Capital Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Octo Consulting; Mehul Sanghani Quoted
Arlington Capital Partners announced its strategic investment in Octo Consulting Group on Thursday. Octo develops solutions for federal government clients in health care, national security, civilian and defense agencies.
Read More »Accenture Federal Services’ Dave McClure: Data, Computing Capacity Drive Gov’t Tech Modernization
Dave McClure, principal director and CIO advisory lead at Accenture Federal Services, has said the availability of more data, the increasing computing capacity and the software environment are some of the factors driving the pace of technology modernization in the government, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “And you combine all three of these together, and it creates an accelerated path for modernization that we just simply have never had before in government,” McClure said at a WBJ-hosted forum.
Read More »Octo Consulting Part of DMI-Led Army HR System Support Contract Team
Octo Consulting Group will participate in a DMI-led industry team that secured a potential five-year, $20 million contract to provide engineering and programmatic services for the U.S. Army‘s automated human resource systems. Octo said Tuesday it will help the service branch’s program executive office for enterprise information systems to design, build, implement and sustain …
Read More »Octo Consulting Opens New Reston Corporate HQ
Octo Consulting Group has moved to a new 25,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia, as part of the digital services provider’s expansion efforts. The company said Tuesday its newly opened HQ at 10780 Parkridge Blvd. will house the OLabs Innovation center designed to foster collaboration opportunities for Octo employees, partners and …
Read More »Octo Consulting to Help Modernize Army’s Electronic Medical Records System
Octo Consulting Group has secured a potential three-year, $5 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s medical communications for combat casualty care product management office to support the service branch’s military health records system modernization project. The company said Thursday it will develop a medical information system for the Army to manage …
Read More »Octo Consulting to Support GSA Award Mgmt Platform Modernization Effort
The General Services Administration has awarded Octo Consulting a potential five-year, multimillion dollar task order to help GSA modernize a technology platform for agency personnel to manage federal financial assistance services, contracts and intergovernmental transactions. Octo Consulting said Wednesday it will provide development, testing, information security, training, and user support services for …
Read More »Octo Consulting Secures Army Data Infrastructure Task Order; Mehul Sanghani Comments
Octo Consulting Group has received a $29.8 million task order to provide digital services for a U.S. Army program that aims to modernize global network infrastructure for warfighters and coalition partners. The company said Wednesday it will work to manage programs, design business process and develop enterprise network for the Army Project Manager Installation Information …
Read More »Mike Raymond Named Chief Strategy Officer of Octo Consulting
Mike Raymond, a 37-year government information technology market veteran and former senior vice president at Dynanet Corp., has joined Octo Consulting Group as chief strategy officer of the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based digital services provider. He will oversee Octo Consulting’s business development and growth strategies in his new position and will report directly to …
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