John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

George Newstrom leads Dell Services Federal Government as its vice president and general manager, a position he rose to after joining the firm in 2011 to help expand its reach in the cybersecurity and intelligence spaces. Newstrom is a retired U.S. Marine Corps electronics and communications officer and also served as secretary of technology for the […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Angela “Angie” Messer leads the firm’s initiatives in emerging technologies and mission solutions within its Strategic Innovation Group. In that role, the former U.S. Army officer and former leader of Booz Allen’s Army business focuses on mission areas including C2ISR, cloud computing, social media, data science, enterprise technology, and […] More

Former Transportation Department official Oliver McGee warned against rising instances of online attacks on enterprises, utilities and educational institutions in an interview with GSN magazine published Thursday. “Cybersecurity is about protecting the critical infrastructure of America, which is our food, water, finances, healthcare, transportation, businesses, shopping, personal identities and records, schools and colleges,” said McGee, who served deputy assistant transportation […] More

Tripwire Chief Technology Cfficer Dwayne Melancon and Brian Honan, BH Consulting owner and CEO, are scheduled to discuss strategies for disrupting active cyber attacks at the RSA Conference. Melancon and Honan will host the 20-minute session on Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. Eastern time, Tripwire announced Saturday. “Cyberattacks are a fact of life and every CISO […] More

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

Charles Sowell serves as senior vice president in Salient Federal Solutions‘ system and software engineering solutions business unit, where he oversees work in the areas of security clearances, insider threat prevention and detection and big data analysis. He most recently served as deputy assistant director for special security for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […] More

Chris Braccio serves as vice president of human resources at AMERICAN SYSTEMS where she is responsible for the company’s human capital function which includes talent management, compensation and benefits as well as community affairs and charitable programs. The more than 25-year HR veteran has held leadership roles at World Kitchen, StarBand Communications and Sunrise Assisted Living and is a […] More

Leidos has teamed up with a supercomputer laboratory at the University of California, San Diego to design an information technology architecture for managing and securing electrical microgrids. The Leidos-funded research project’s goal is to analyze cybersecurity aspects of a microgrid system operated by UCSD on campus and develop methods for reducing cyber risks to critical […] More

On the heels of the late 2013 release of his second book, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare, Juan Zarate caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his and the Treasury Department’s work in the years after 9/11 to promote U.S. national security interests through sophisticated global financial campaigns. As the […] More

Cherreka Montgomery joined SAP NS2 – the independent national security subsidiary of SAP — in late 2012 to serve as national vice president for corporate development. In this role, the State Department and intelligence community veteran works to help agencies in the defense and intelligence arenas manage their missions. Her career in government services includes […] More