Booz Allen Hamilton announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Liberty IT Solutions for $725 million in an effort to strengthen the former's digital solutions capabilities and improve the its ability to work with strategic industry partners to help clients adapt and transform. "Liberty IT has been extremely successful in helping to operationalize Salesforce within federal market so it’s not difficult to see why this transaction makes sense for Booz Allen,” said John Song, managing director at Baird, which serves as Liberty’s exclusive financial adviser.

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Maximus has completed its $430 million acquisition of the federal division of Attain. Attain Federal will become a part of Maxar’s U.S. Federal Services Segment. Baird served as exclusive financial advisor and Holland & Knight served as legal counsel to Attain while Hogan Lovells served as legal counsel to Maximus. 

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Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, is delighted to announce that John Song, managing director of Baird, has received the first Wash100 Award of his career. Executive Mosaic congratulates Baird and John Song on receiving the most prestigious award in GovCon for the first time.

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NuWave Solutions has purchased a ProModel Corp. business segment that offers analytic software platforms to the U.S. government, for an undisclosed sum. “ProModel Government Services is uniquely qualified to help federal government agencies with their decision making,” said Reggie Brothers, CEO of NuWave and a GovCon Expert.

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John Song and Jean Stack, managing directors with Baird, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the organization’s recent efforts within mergers & acquisition (M&A), following the close of NuWave’s acquisition of BigBear and Jacobs’ recent purchase of The Buffalo Group. The two leaders also discussed current market trends, and provided insight into Baird's upcoming Government & Defense Conference.

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EverWatch announced its acquisition of BrainTrust Holdings, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions to the intelligence and defense communities, on Monday for an undisclosed sum to further expand technical service offerings and contract pursuits in the intelligence sector. The deal was overseen by Baird, who served as the exclusive financial advisor to BrainTrust for the acquisition.

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Incentive Technology Group has agreed to be acquired by ICF for approximately $255M. Financial services company Baird advised ITG on the transaction.

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John Kavanaugh, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Perspecta, was featured as a keynote speaker during Baird’s 2019 Government & Defense Conference on Wednesday at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va.

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Jean Stack, a managing director at Baird and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, offered insight into market trends during the financial services company's annual Government and Defense Conference on Wednesday at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va.

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Jonathan Alcabes and Jen Baird, both from Accenture Federal Services wrote in a joint article published Wednesday that agencies should combine what they describe as conversational AI tools to create an end-to-end customer experience.

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Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Jean Stack, a managing director at financial services company Baird, as the newest inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena — for her leadership and experience providing technology and professional services to federal agencies. This marks Stack’s first Wash100 award.

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Conduent Incorporated has agreed to sell its Local and Municipal Constituent Government Software Solutions unit to Avenu Insights & Analytics, the Florham Park, N.J., company announced Monday. Conducted with Baird’s financial advising assistance, the move represents Conduent’s strategy to divest itself of $1 billion in revenue from non-core assets. Platforms Avenu will gain in the […] More