Stephanie Payne has been appointed to serve as the director of human resources for the aerospace group at Eaton. Payne will report directly to Nate Manning, vice president and general manager of Eaton’s fluid and electrical distribution division, the company announced Tuesday. “Stephanie’s experience in compensation, employee relations and recruitment combined with her human resources generalist background make […] More

Curtis Carlson, SRI International president and chief executive officer, is retiring after 16 years in the position and 40 years in the company, as the company looks his successor. Carlson will serve as vice chairman for innovation at SRI, upon his retirement, SRI announced. “My new position as Vice Chairman for Innovation will permit me […] More

Deloitte has signed an academic support partnership agreement with Scotland-based Strathclyde Business School for an analytics project, business7.co.uk reported Tuesday. Scott McCulloch writes that the partnership will focus on maintenance analytics. “Our new partnership will help companies analyse and utilise their data in a wide range of ways, from automating maintenance on offshore wind farms to […] More

Benjamin Yiu has been appointed general manager of Asia-Pacific operations for the aerospace group at Eaton, where he will handle all the company’s business activities in the region. He will based in Shanghai, China and report directly to Uday Yadava, Eaton aerospace group president, the company announced Friday. Yiu was most recently the mobile business […] More

Granite Telecommunications has been added to a General Services Administration contracting vehicle, through which federal agencies will have access to the company’s technology offerings. Granite said Friday the GSA contract was awarded after the agency evaluated the company’s operations, among other criteria. Rob Hale, Granite CEO, said the company aims to grow its government customer base through […] More

Pat Finn, senior vice president for the U.S. public sector at Cisco, has proposed a two-pronged approach to dealing with potential mobile security risks in government. He writes in a blog post published Monday that the first step is to train the workforce, noting a recent Cisco poll that 25 percent of civil servants have […] More

Airbus and a Singapore-based research agency have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore areas of mutual interest such as data analytics.  The partnership with Singapore’s agency for science, technology and research is intended to help customers manage fuel efficiency through new methods of operational data analysis, Airbus said Feb. 10. Asia-Pacific region business accounts […] More

Boeing has selected Galaxy Technologies Corp. as a recipient of a 2013 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. Galaxy was chosen for the award by maintaining a “Gold” composite performance rating of 100 percent for quality and delivery between October 2012 to September 2013, Galaxy announced Monday. Boeing picked 582 companies out of more than 10,000 suppliers […] More

Tony Cole serves as vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye, where he works with public sector agencies and other systems integrators to gain knowledge of the global cyber threat landscape and adapt enterprise approaches to address the threats. The former U.S. Army officer and Symantec business development leader addresses security conferences […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Octo Consulting Group holds a prime position on a potential five-year, $400 million information technology services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the FBI. The company will compete for task orders to assist in software deployments, infrastructure and other technology processes for FBI missions, Octo said Wednesday. Octo supported previous FBI programs in national security, cyber, science and […] More

A DynCorp International subsidiary holds a position on a potential $2.5 billion contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development promote democracy and peace in nations undergoing political transition. Casals & Associates will work with USAID’s office of transition initiative and local agency partners that work to fulfill U.S. foreign policy goals of promoting […] More