Leonsis Gives "Ted's Tips" on Surviving the Financial Crisis

Ted Offers Advice on Navigating the Financial Crisis

As world markets continue their volatile tumble, the impact of the financial crisis is being felt in the corridors of our own Beltway region. There is no regional immunity from the tough economic climate but, according to Ted Leonsis, there are methods of navigation that will reduce its impact. We caught up with Ted Leonsis, Washington Caps owner and Vice Chairman Emeritus of AOL, who tells us how to do just that. Click here to read the details of his tips for CEOs who not only want to survive, but thrive!

Have you heard of the "Card Check Bill"?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has chosen to highlight the potential problems with the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800, S. 1041), better known as the Card Check Bill. The main purpose of this bill is to allow unions to organize more easily. However, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is concerned because unions would no longer be required to administer a secret ballot determining if employees want to be unionized; rather, the unions would be allowed to collect “authorization cards” directly from the employees. Read more about the Chamber of Commerce’s position here.

Representing America’s union workers, the AFL-CIO has a different position. The AFL-CIO believes that the majority of American workers would like to have union representation, and are regularly impeded by their employers. Read more about the AFL-CIO’s perspective here.

On Tuesday, October 29, 2008, the Potomac Officers Club welcomed Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra and Rock Creek Partners Managing Director and Obama Technology Advisor Julius Genachowski. They spoke to a crowd of a few hundred local executives on a variety of issues, but most notably recognizing Virginia’s technological growth and what’s in store for the region’s technology future. Read more about this event.

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As senior vice president for corporate development at Alion Science and Technology, a McLean, Va.- based technology solutions company, Steve Kimmel is responsible for overseeing the company’s organic growth, strategic planning and acquisitions. In the following Q&A, Kimmel shares his top priorities for the coming year and his take on what’s needed to be a successful business development executive.

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Jim Geiger came to Unisys in March of this year, having wrapped up a 27-year career at BearingPoint. He started off at BearingPoint in 1980 as a consultant and for a while ran the DOD and Intelligence community business. His last role was as executive vice president working in the office of the CEO. “I then had the opportunity to come over here and run a P&L organization again, which is what I really wanted to do,” says Geiger. These days, Geiger’s charter is to grow the business in the DOD space. Recently, Geiger debriefed on how that mission is coming along.

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Best of the ExecutiveBiz Blog

• HSCC Wins $10.8 Million Contract for Safety and Ecology Corporation
  October 23rd, 2008 by JD Kathuria
  

  Safety and Ecology Corporation (SEC), the environmental remediation subsidiary for Homeland Security Capital Corp. (HSCC), was awarded a contract worth up to $10.8 million to provide construction installation services for a Tennessee manufacturer’s capital improvement expansion project.
  
  Arlington-based Homeland Security Capital (OTCBB: HOMS) specializes in technology-based radiological, nuclear, environmental, disaster relief, and security solutions for government and commercial customers.

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