Stanley, Inc. to Acquire Oberon Associates

Phil Nolan, CEO of Stanley, Inc.

On Tuesday Stanley, Inc. made an announcement that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oberon Associates, Inc. for approximately $170 million in cash. This brings together two high-fliers that have experienced significant growth and success in the past few years. Stanley, a leading systems integrator has swelled to 3,500 employees while Oberon Associates, which delivers engineering, intelligence operations and information technology services, ranked #1 on Washington Technology’s 2007 Fast 50 list with a compound annual growth rate of 191.75 percent. Click here to read the rest of the story. Click here to read a past interview with Phil Nolan.

First Review of New 3G Apple iPhone

The next generation Apple iPhone is out and the reviews are in. It promises to have improved ergonomics, reception, usability and locator technology. A hi-tech toy for the mobile CEO or the new essential business tool? Read more.

Top Government CIOs Speak at ExecutiveBiz

David Zeppieri, Linda Cureton, Barry West, Bill Vajda, and Peter Ostrow

A capacity crowd filled the Skyline Room at the Tower Club on June 3rd. Over 60 Washington area executives converged to see ExecutiveBiz’s CIO Expert Panel event in our popular Government IT Series. This event, made possible by Technical Communities, brought together some of the leading CIO voices in the government in an interactive session which spanned wide ranging, relevant topics such as outsourcing and Web 2.0. Click here to read more about this event.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse Speaks at the Potomac Officers Club

You may know him from his “wireless revolution” commercial on TV. But on Thursday, June 5, more than 200 members of the Potomac Officers Club and their guests had the opportunity to see Sprint CEO Dan Hesse up close and in person. Hesse, for his part, didn’t miss a beat. Before addressing the audience at the Ritz Carlton in Tyson’s Corner, he straightened his tie, leaned into the microphone, and said, “I hate to use the line, ‘Can you hear me now but … ‘”

Customers and industry experts have been hearing Hesse loud and clear in the year since he took over as CEO of Sprint. In that time, he has helped turn around a lagging customer base and address various other challenges resulting from a merger with Nextel that had been overseen by his predecessor. Click here to read more about the event.

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Interview with Dan Johnson, President of General Dynamics Information Technology

Dan Johnson

Since his days at the U.S. Naval Academy, Dan Johnson has focused on solving problems and enhancing operations for DoD and civilian agencies. That focus has only grown with each and every successive role. In April, Johnson became president of General Dynamics Information Technology (IT), a tier-one professional IT services organization that supports clients across the spectrum, from defense to intelligence. In the following A&A, Johnson talks about his goals for the year, where the greatest opportunities for growth reside, and what it takes to be successful in today’s government contracting space.

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How can small businesses team with large contractors? Ask Shiv Krishnan

Shiv Krishnan, president and CEO of INDUS, knows what it takes for a small company to rise to the top. Krishnan is the incoming chairman of a rapidly growing industry organization, Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum. SECAF has more than 175 small businesses as members, and is focused on helping small businesses achieve success as government contractors.

How can a business persevere — and thrive — in the government contracting space?

Shiv Krishnan: When you’re starting in the federal government business, you first need to figure out your strength. Once you figure out exactly what your strengths are — what you know how to do exceptionally well — then start focusing on that. Then you will know who within the government maybe is looking to buy those kinds of services.

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Jeff Handy of Fulcrum IT

As president of Fulcrum IT Services Company, Jeff Handy oversees the company’s growth in the technical services arena. In the following Q&A, Handy talks about Fulcrum’s long-term growth initiatives on behalf of defense, civilian, intelligence and commercial customers.

What is your background?

Jeff Handy: My personal background is engineering. I started at the Naval Research Laboratory and moved to operational technology as I assumed executive level positions.

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National Health IT Week

Aneesh Chopra

This is National Health IT Week, an annual forum where public and private sector organizations unite to promote the common goal of interoperable health IT adoption. National Health IT Week brings together key healthcare constituents — information technology firms, healthcare providers, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, and consumer protection groups — in a unifying call for action.

In the following Q&A, Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, shares the latest on the importance of Health IT and why it’s so essential to ensuring Virginia’s future. In 2007, the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society awarded Secretary Chopra its 2007 State Leadership Advocacy Award for Virginia’s innovative approach to the topic.

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Best of the ExecutiveBiz Blog

• Models of CTOs: which role matches your business needs?
  June 11th, 2008 by Bob Gourley
  In his classic work describing the state of the Chief Technology Officer discipline ”The Role of the CTO”, Tom Berray of Cabot Consultants articulates four models of CTOs ...
• Top Government CIOs Speak to Packed Room
  June 11th, 2008 by JD Kathuria
  A capacity crowd filled the Skyline Room at the Tower Club on June 3rd. Over 60 Washington area executives converged to see ExecutiveBiz’s CIO Expert Panel event in our popular Government IT Series. This event, made possible by Peter Ostrow of Technical Communities, brought together some of the leading CIO voices in the government in an interactive session which spanned wide ranging, relevant topics such as outsourcing and Web 2.0. Former CIO of the Department of Commerce, Barry West (current Executive Vice President at SE Solutions), looked right at home moderating a panel featuring Bill Vajda, CIO of the Department of Education, Linda Cureton, CIO of NASA and David Zeppieri, CIO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  
  
• John Chapel, CEO of AVIEL Systems, talks about his next move
  June 10th, 2008 by Lisa Singh
  CEO John Chapel incorporated AVIEL Systems, Inc., in January 2006 in order to bring AVIEL’s two subsidiaries, OPTIMUS and PMC, together under a single banner. “We were able to take a $33 million dollar company and grow it to about $75 million with a decrease in the number of overhead personnel,” says Chapel of AVIEL’s success. In the following Q&A, Chapel shares a few tips on moving a deal forward and discusses what’s next for him as he looks beyond his role as CEO.
  
  
• Mr. Lockheed has passed on, but Skunk Works endures
  June 9th, 2008 by Brian Lustig
  In the bowels of today’s American corporate culture that prides itself on innovation and autonomy, “Skunk Works” may not be considered a revolutionary concept. But when Skunk Works® was coined in 1943 by an engineer at Lockheed Martin to describe its Advanced Development Programs responsible for advanced aircraft design, it operated in rarefied air.
  
  
• Wes Cruver talks about KZO Innovations
  June 5th, 2008 by Lisa Singh
  Some 25-year-olds are just getting started in their careers. Not Wes Cruver. At the tender age of 11, he co-founded a non-profit company called Kidz Online, which focused on video technology. Then, in 2007, after 15 years of pioneering work in the video market, Cruver decided to start a new company that would sell a product instead of services. Over the past year, KZO Innovations has been doing just that. In the following Q&A Cruver talks about the latest news with KZO, and some of the hot trends he’s tracking in software development.
  
  

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Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in Greater Washington announced
Save The Date – June 19, 2008

ExecutiveBiz is a media sponsor for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in Greater Washington. This group of exceptional entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners will be revealed at a gala event on June 19 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.

To make reservations for the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards gala on June 19th, contact Erika Chambers of Ernst & Young at 703-747-0858 or erika.chambers@ey.com by June 12. Tickets are $395 per person. For more information about the Greater Washington program, please visit response.ey.com/?EOY_regForm.

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