Tag Archives: Northern Virginia Technology Council

Unisys has won the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2015 Destination Innovation Award in the safety and security category for the company’s Stealth product. One of four finalists, Stealth received the award after a series of presentations by Unisys representatives to a panel of judges, Unisys said Tuesday. The product is designed …

Anne Altman, general manager of U.S. federal and government industries at IBM, has been appointed a member of the board of directors at manufacturing firm SPX Corp. and will serve a three-year term. SPX Chairman, President and CEO Christopher Kearney said Monday Altman brings experience in marketing, workforce optimization and organizational management. “Drawing on her many years of experience …

John Allen serves as CEO and co-founder of Bluestone Capital Partners, where he directs customer relationships, daily operations and strategic planning. Allen was co-owner of Windsor Group until its acquisition by BB&T Corp. in 2005 before he co-founded Bluestone. He also founded Windsor Capital Partners Fund I after he served …

The Northern Virginia Technology Council will auction off regional and industry c-level executives in a fundraising event scheduled on Feb. 4. Attendees will bid electronically for a chance with c-level executives within 12 months and gain insights, forge business connections and learn about future plans of various companies, the NVTC said. …

Vencore has received the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Top Technology Company of the Year award in the category of firms with more than $50 million in annual revenue. The company said Tuesday it was chosen from among six finalists and 100 total nominees from Northern Virginia’s technology community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Vencore rebranded to its current name from …

David K. Shepherd, a senior consultant at firm LMI, has offered strategies that he believes information technology leaders can adopt to minimize damage in event of a cyber attack. Shepherd indicated in an Oct. 30 guest post on the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s blog that proper risk mitigation procedures should …

David Walker, MAXIMUS CFO, has been named Public Company CFO of the Year at the 18th Annual Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards, MAXIMUS said Tuesday. The award was presented to Walker by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and is meant to recognize outstanding financial leaders in the D.C. area.   “David …

A new study from Chmura Economics & Analytics indicates that the Northern Virginia and Potomac region have continued to expand their big data footprints. The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the George Washington University and Attain LLC released the report on the growth of big data assets in those areas, NVTC said …

The open source semantic software developed by LMI has won the most innovative technology award in the government category of a months-long competition sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and The Washington Post. LMI’s OpenPolicy tool won the Destination Innovation 2014 award for how it helps organize massive data …

The Northern Virginia Technology Council has chosen the winners of a four-week innovation competition that had 29 participating technology companies. The Destination Innovation competition amassed 75,000 total votes during the course of the competition through the Washington Post’s Capital Business website, NVTC announced Thursday. LynxFit won the social category, Homesnap …

A tool developed by Three Wire Systems LLC to connect veterans with career coaches was has been nominated for an innovation competition run by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Three Wire’s VetAdvisor platform will compete in the social category of the competition’s preliminary stage, the company announced Monday. The Washington …

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 …

The new website developed by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide to help veterans find work in the information technology sector is now live. USTechVets.org is designed with a skills translator to help users match their backgrounds with available jobs and built to contain a …

The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide is launching USTechVets.org on Jan. 8, an online community aimed to connect military veterans with possible employment in the information technology sector. “USTechVets seeks to facilitate veterans’ transition to civilian careers, reduce veteran unemployment and provide America’s veteran …

Cheryl Campbell serves as senior vice president of health and compliance and oversees defense agency programs at CGI Federal where she is responsible for the management, development and execution of business with many federal agencies. Under her leadership, CGI’s has grown at a double digit rate each year and attained CMMi Level 5 certification. …