Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More

Molly Rector has joined DataDirect Networks to serve as the company’s first-ever chief marketing officer as DDN aims to expand into new markets. Rector will be responsible for increasing corporate brand visibility outside traditional markets, helping grow the partner ecosystem and driving an end-to-end customer experience, DDN announced Tuesday. She succeeds Jeff Denworth and will report directly […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

DataDirect Networks-built storage infrastructures work to power more than 60 percent of TOP500.org’s list of the world’s largest computing systems by performance. The performance of computers listed in the top 10 increased by 14 times in less than five years and nine of those systems currently use DDN technology, the company said Monday. “Commercial and […] More

Jim Haughwout has joined Savi Technology as the new chief architect, where he will direct the company’s software technology strategies and work to build up its machine learning and artificial intelligence portfolio. Haughwout most recently served as senior vice president of engineering and operations at CustomMade Ventures, the company announced Thursday. He is also a former vice […] More