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  • Jennifer Nelson Named Finch AI COO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jennifer Nelson Named Finch AI COO

    Jennifer Nelson, a national security industry leader, has assumed the role of chief operating officer at Finch AI. She will oversee business development, sales and marketing, customer engagement and product development and management operations as COO, Finch AI said Wednesday. Nelson most recently served as general manager of national security at Amazon Web Services. The […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems

    Marshall Choy, senior vice president of product for SambaNova Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the values of the company that drives its success in such a competitive market and the work that U.S. service branches are doing to ensure our warfighters have the tools and capabilities they need to protect our national security interests during the latest Executive […] More

  • Former Presidio Exec Lee Tanner Named Blackwatch's Strategic Growth SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Presidio Exec Lee Tanner Named Blackwatch’s Strategic Growth SVP

    Lee Tanner, formerly a senior vice president at Presidio Government Solutions, has returned to Blackwatch International as SVP of strategic growth. He holds over three decades of experience in federal information technology, having built and led sales, proposal, contract capture and partner management teams, Blackwatch said Monday. His career includes executive-level work at General Electric, […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Davis Johnson, VP of Riverbed Technology's Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Davis Johnson, VP of Riverbed Technology’s Public Sector

    As if there was not enough instability in our current political climate, Congress has plans to limit funds for the U.S. Army‘s battlefield network development program until they submit a modernization plan for its tactical communications and data networks, according to a recent report by C4ISRNET. The final annual defense policy bill contains language to […] More

  • Former Oracle EVP Hasan Rizvi Joins Bridge Growth Partners as Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Oracle EVP Hasan Rizvi Joins Bridge Growth Partners as Senior Adviser

    Hasan Rizvi, a more than two-decade veteran of Oracle, has joined private equity firm  Bridge Growth Partners as a senior adviser and he will be based in San Francisco. Bridge Growth Partners said Tuesday Rizvi is currently a member of the board of directors of its portfolio company Solace. He established and led virtual agent technology developer Qlue as CEO […] More

  • Report: Boeing Vet Roger Roberts Named Hera Systems CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing Vet Roger Roberts Named Hera Systems CEO

    Roger Roberts, who led Boeing‘s space and intelligence systems business from 1997 to 2015, has joined Hera Systems as CEO of the Earth observation satellite company, Space News reported Friday. The report said Roberts succeeds Hera founder Bobby Machinski, who will transition to a new role as chief business development officer of the satellite startup. Roberts […] More

  • Gigi Schumm Joins ThreatQuotient as Worldwide Sales SVP; John Czupak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gigi Schumm Joins ThreatQuotient as Worldwide Sales SVP; John Czupak Comments

    Gigi Schumm, a founding partner of Accelerated Government Strategies, has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales at Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm ThreatQuotient. ThreatQuotient said Wednesday Schumm brings more than 25 years of sales and services experience to her new position and aims to help drive the company’s revenue growth and global channel strategy. “Gigi’s track […] More

  • Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region

    Gabriel Breeman, formerly senior director of partner sales for the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets at Brocade, has joined F5 Networks as vice president of partner sales and alliances for the APAC region. F5 Networks said Monday he will be responsible for helping grow the company’s sales channels and alliance partner network in his new position. Adam Judd, senior VP […] More

  • IT Vet Robert Youngjohns Joins Blueprint's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IT Vet Robert Youngjohns Joins Blueprint’s Board of Directors

    Robert Youngjohns, a senior adviser at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, has joined Blueprint‘s board of directors. The Toronto, Canada-based software company said Thursday that Youngjohns brings experience in various leadership roles from his time leading the information technology industry. “Robert is a true pioneer and trailblazer in the world of software and I am very […] More

  • Former US CIO Tony Scott to Serve as Board Member at Baldrige Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former US CIO Tony Scott to Serve as Board Member at Baldrige Foundation

    Tony Scott, former federal chief information officer and administrator of the Office of Management and Budget‘s e-government and information technology unit. is set to join Washington-based Baldrige Foundation in April as a member of the board of directors. Al Faber, president and CEO of the Baldrige Foundation, said in a statement released Tuesday that Scott played a key role […] More

  • Ron Pasek Named NetApp CFO; George Kurian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron Pasek Named NetApp CFO; George Kurian Comments

    Sunnyvale, California-based computer storage and data management company NetApp has appointed former Altera Chief Financial Officer Ron Pasek to the roles of executive vice president and CFO. The three-decade financial leadership veteran will join the company on April 11 to replace interim CFO Jeffrey Bergmann, NetApp said Wednesday. Prior to Altera, he spent 20 years in finance positions at […] More