Tag Archives: Octo Consulting

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). 

Travis Szabo, former director of the Defense Health Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs programs at Octo Consulting, has been named senior vice president of business development at data analytics company Unissant.

Leslie Siddeley, former vice president of Brillient’s health solutions arm, has been appointed senior director for health growth at Octo Consulting, FedHealthIT reported Monday.

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.

The Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute has appraised Octo Consulting at level four in recognition of the company's compliance with program management standards. The appraisal honors Octo's efforts to manage projects for continuous development and alignment with business goals, the company said Tuesday.

Octo Consulting has been selected to provide Agile software engineering services to help U.S. Air Force's Kessel Run Experimentation Laboratory transform legacy information technology applications.

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.

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.

Octo Consulting has won a multiyear, $15M contract to develop and sustain software platforms for the U.S. Air Force‘s financial systems operations. The company said Thursday it will update the FMSuite, eFinance and LeaveWeb applications as part of an effort to automate financial data management and processes at the military service. The eFinance and …

Octo Consulting has won an approximately $75M multiyear contract to support the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, which operates under the National Institutes of Health. Octo will provide IT services and ServiceNow cloud implementation support to the CBIIT to help the institute address its IT needs …

Intelligence community investment firm In-Q-Tel and Fugue have partnered in a move to help agencies secure cloud-based systems and manage policy compliance. Fugue said it will introduce its cloud infrastructure security and compliance automation technology to the IC through the strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel. Phillip Merrick, Fugue CEO, noted the company’s …

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 …

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 …

The General Services Administration‘s 18F digital services agency has suspended the implementation of the Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement after a company filed a new protest with the Government Accountability Office, Nextgov reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes GSA notified companies that won positions on the pre-approved list of 16 contractors for …

Octo Consulting Group has received a five-year, $34 million contract to provide operations, software engineering and support services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s Agile Web Presence program. The company will develop NGA’s internal and external Internet services and various unclassified and classified networks under the AWP program, Octo said Dec. 1. NGA’s …