One of the two Naval Undersea Warfare Center divisions will host multiple virtual industry days this month to provide insights into how small businesses can pursue U.S. Navy business opportunities. NUWC Division Newport partnered with the National Contract Management Association's Rhode Island chapter to facilitate the webinars on Oct. 20, 22, 27 and 29, Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday.
Read More »SAIC’s Kim Rupert Named to 2018 ‘Women Who Mean Business’ List; Steve Mahon Quoted
Kim Rupert, chief risk officer at Science Applications International Corp., has been included in the Washington Business Journal’s 15th annual list of top 25 influential businesswomen in the Washington, D.C., metro area. The journal received approximately 400 nominations for the 2018 Women Who Mean Business list that recognizes women for …
Read More »TAPE SVP Ted Harrison Joins National Contract Management Association’s Standards Group
Theodore “Ted” Harrison, senior vice president of innovation learning at Technical and Project Engineering, has been appointed to the inaugural standards consensus body of the National Contract Management Association. He will work with other SCB members in efforts to develop contract management practices and requirements in support of NCMA’s initiatives as …
Read More »Altamira Receives NCMA Award for Support on Contract Personnel’s Certification
Altamira has received a a Certification Support Award from the National Contract Management Association in recognition of the company’s efforts to support its employees in acquiring NCMA certifications. NCMA presented the award in Chicago during the World Congress 2017, the company announced Tuesday. “Our commitment to supporting the educational advancement of procurement and acquisition …
Read More »CTC Gets ‘2020 Women on Boards’ Award for Commitment to Gender Diversity; Ed Sheehan Comments
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received for the second time the Winning Company recognition from the nonprofit organization 2020 Women on Boards in acknowledgement of CTC’s efforts to promote gender diversity on its board of directors. CTC said Tuesday 2020 Women on Boards runs a 10-year campaign that seeks to raise by at …
Read More »LexisNexis’ Suzanne Charleston Named to FedHealthIT’s Top 100 Influencers List
Suzanne Charleston, a senior business development executive at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, is included on FedHealthIT magazine’s list of 100 top influencers in the federal health information technology sector. Haywood Talcove, CEO of government business at LexisNexis, said in a statement released Tuesday the 2017 FedHealthIT 100 award reaffirms Charleston’s knowledge about strategic programs, …
Read More »Bill Birkhofer on Jacobs’ Support for US Space Program & Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Convergence
Bill Birkhofer leads the aerospace and defense portfolios of Jacobs Engineering Group as a senior vice president with additional responsibilities over the Pasadena, Calif.-based contractor’s global infrastructure and telecommunications The two-time inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 group holds four decades of experience in the engineering and construction fields and participates in GovCon …
Read More »Federal Acquisition Vet Stephen Yuter Joins Red Team Consulting as Director of Capture Strategy
Stephen Yuter, formerly director of acquisition management and head of the contracting activity at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service, has joined Red Team Consulting as the director of capture strategy. Yuter will manage Red Team’s strategic capture projects and advise customers on the government contract …
Read More »CTC President and CEO Edward Sheehan to Keynote at NCMA Forum
Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., will deliver a keynote address at the National Contract Management Association’s Subcontract Management Training Forum on March 17 and 18 in Virginia. The forum would tackle practices and knowledge on the government, commercial and supply chains along with addressing current issues faced …
Read More »Executive Profile: Kim Rupert, SVP for Contracts & Pricing at SAIC
Kim Rupert is the senior vice president for contracts and pricing at Science Applications International Corp., where she is in charge of enterprise compliance to relevant federal regulations and business systems. As part of her role, she also serves as the company’s liaison with acquisition and contracting leaders in the …
Read More »CACI’s Jack London: Character, Integrity Keys in Contract Mgmt Operations
Jack London, CACI International‘s executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors, said during a keynote speech Wednesday at a National Contract Management Association event that ethical practices are fundamental to the government contracting process. “Trust, confidence, and integrity are what drive successful contract management … and they are …
Read More »Executive Profile: Linda Asher, Booz Allen Corporate Director of Contracts
Linda Asher serves as corporate director of contracts at Booz Allen Hamilton and offers acquisition lifecycle support to defense clients. Her work includes strategic planning, market and acquisition analysis, client relationship management, contract execution and risk mitigation. She joined the firm in 2005 after a stint as deputy director of operations for Mnemonics, where she provided business …
Read More »Executive Profile: Linda Asher, Booz Allen Corporate Director of Contracts
Linda Asher serves as the corporate director of contracts at Booz Allen Hamilton. In her role, she provides a full range of acquisition lifecycle support across the Defense client-base, to include strategic planning, market and acquisition analysis, client relationship management, contract execution and risk mitigation. Prior to joining Booz Allen …
Read More »Northrop’s Wes Bush: Decision-Making Flexibility Needed to Bring Gov’t Contracting Efficiency
Wes Bush, chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman, urges the government to allow federal contracting personnel flexibility in making procurement decisions to achieve efficiency, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Bush spoke at the recent National Contract Management Association World Congress about the need to practice a flexible acquisitions approach amid the government’s tendency …
Read More »Northrop CEO Wes Bush: Gov’t Acquisition Leaders Need Flexibility, Efficiency in Buying
Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has urged acquisition officials to be more open to new ways of completing mission tasks, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Amrita Jayakumar writes that Bush believes public procurement professionals should have flexibility in a domain where they are asked to do more with less. “The predicate of …
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