ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/13/2022

Kate Johnson, a veteran technology executive, will join Lumen Technologies to serve as president, CEO and a board member, effective Nov. 7. She will succeed the retiring Jeff Storey, who will stay with the company through the end of December to facilitate the transition process, Lumen said Tuesday. Johnson spent four years at Microsoft, where […]

Greg Taylor, senior director of DOD Sales for Comcast Business, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his role with the company as well as how recent DISA commercial ethernet gateway wins have helped to leverage the network modernization efforts for their customers and why Comcast presents such a unique play in the federal sector during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. […]

SkyePoint Decisions announced its acquisition of SNR Government IT Services, a subsidiary of Arrowpoint Corporation, to help the company’s defense customers manage and modernize the security of their networks, systems and applications. “This acquisition reflects SkyePoint’s determined and unrelenting focus on growth and delivering excellence to our federal government customers,” said Frank Sturek, president of SkyePoint. “Our […]

Danya Trent, vice president of F-16 Programs at Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business, was tapped to take on an additional role as site lead for the defense contractor’s aircraft manufacturing facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Under Trent’s leadership, Lockheed said Monday the Greenville facility will seek to grow its F-16 production and maintain support for warfighter […]

Tidelift, which provides platforms meant to improve the resilience of open source software supply chain, expanded its Series C financing to $33.5 million after securing additional investments from AEI HorizonX, a venture capital group formed by AE Industrial Partners and Boeing, and Cisco Investments. Tidelift said it will use the additional funding to expand its […]

Enterprise search engine developer Sinequa has opened a new office in Huntsville, Alabama, where its newly established business practice will operate to cater to federal agencies and other customers in the aerospace and defense industry. Alexandre Bilger, CEO of Sinequa, said in a statement posted Monday the development of the new division is among the […]

Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said Department of Defense customers have completed fielding the company’s cloud service offering to handle sensitive data at Impact Level 5. The company secured the Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s IL5 provisional authorization in 2021 that allows Splunk Cloud Platform to […]

VMD will provide information technology cybersecurity services to the Transportation Security Administration under a potential five-year task order with a one-year base period. The company said Monday it will recruit information security professionals to collaborate with development, operational and infrastructure support teams and agency directors to identify approaches for protecting mission-critical systems against cyberthreats. Under […]

Government business leaders at Amazon Web Services and ServiceNow, said education programs and flexible work arrangements are among the ways for agencies to develop and retain information technology professionals, FedTech Magazine reported Monday. Max Peterson, vice president of the worldwide public sector unit at AWS and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, emphasized the importance for […]

Parsons and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors hosted the 15th Annual TAPS Golf Outing on Thursday in Joppa, Maryland, to raise funds to provide support for the families of U.S. fallen soldiers. The company said Monday it has helped TAPS secure over $1 million by hosting and serving as the lead sponsor of the […]