Interview with Paul Cofoni, CEO of CACI

Paul Cofoni

With one year under his belt as CEO of CACI, Paul Cofoni already has a lot to show for it: CACI has added $400 million of business in the last year, about half of through acquisitions, the other half through organic growth. “This is a company that has grown so fast, from being a $400 million company at the turn of the century, to being a $2.4 billion company eight years later — that’s a sixfold increase in size,” says Cofoni. In an exclusive talk with ExecutiveBiz, Cofoni talks about this remarkable growth, and his personal passion for bridging intelligence and security services in the continued war on terrorism. Click here to read the entire interview.

Carleton Jones

Carleton Jones Joins Indus

From humble origins to a leading provider of Federal IT services, Indus took another step forward in its growth plans by announcing the hiring of Carleton Jones as vice chairman. Jones, a veteran Federal IT executive, will be charged with providing strategic guidance for Indus going forward, and will work hand-in-hand with Shiv Krishnan for areas including business development and in guiding the company through both organic and acquisitive growth. Click here to read more.

Apple iPhone—Shaken, not Stirred

A gadget worthy of 007 can enable one person to fly a team of unmanned airplanes. No, it’s not a top-secret device stored in the bowels of a CIA building. It’s an Apple iPhone. A team of Berkeley teachers and students used the iPhone to pick tasks for a drone squadron, input coordinates and send the planes on a reconnaissance mission.

This will surely thrill remote-control hobbyists—reenacting the Battle of Britain on one’s own will surely be fun. But who else can use this technology for darker purposes? Read more ...

Fast-approaching Fingerprinting ID—Are You Ready?

Mortgage and real-estate execs, have your Purell soap handy. Senators Feinstein (D-Ca) and Martinez (R-Fla) authored a bill that creates a national fingerprint registry. This recently breezed through the Senate Banking Committee as part of a larger housing bill.

What’s the scope of the bill? It depends on who you ask. A Martinez press release states it will only create “licensing and oversight standards for residential mortgage originators.” But John Berlau of the Competitive Enterprise Institute predicts that thousands of individuals “working even tangentially” within the mortgage and real-estate industries will be impacted. Read more ...

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John Chapel, CEO of AVIEL Systems, talks about his next move

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.

Tell us briefly how AVIEL Systems came together and what your role in it was?

John Chapel: I joined OPTIMUS Corporation in May of 2005, not long after the CHM sale. Eric Adolphe, founder and majority owner of OPTIMUS, had previously discussed my joining OPTIMUS and once the CHM sale closed, it seemed like the right time to do it. Eric had some other interests he wanted to pursue, including spending more time with his young children. We came to an agreement where I would come in as president and part owner, with an option to purchase all of the company at a later date. My first tasks were improving OPTIMUS and looking for an appropriate acquisition. Through an introduction, I started negotiations with Performance Management Consultants (PMC), a provider of management services to DHS. We closed the transaction in September of 2005 and immediately began integrating the two companies

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Aneesh Chopra

Interview with Aneesh Chopra

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.

You are serving as the Honorary National Co-Chairman for National Health IT Week. What does that entail?

Aneesh Chopra: This week, a broad coalition of public, private and non-profit leaders gathered in Washington, DC to bring focus to an important lever in our fight to improve our nation’s healthcare system – the transformative power of IT. I was humbled to serve as honorary co-chair and am pleased to report three advances in Governor Kaine’s Health IT strategy.

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