Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer of Engility Holdings, has said the company’s decision to acquire professional services provider TASC in 2014 through a $1.3 billion stock deal was driven by the latter’s intelligence business, Virginia Business reported Friday. Rehberger said TASC’s intelligence business “helped balance Engility’s strategic portfolio.” He was instrumental in the 2015 integration of both […] More

Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer at Engility, has won the Virginia Business magazine’s CFO award in the publicly traded companies category in recognition of his dedication to financial stewardship. The magazine announced the recipients of this year’s Virginia CFO awards during the 12th annual awards gala held Thursday at Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, Engility said […] More

BAE Systems has selected Deloitte to succeed KPMG as the British defense contractor’s auditor following a formal tender process led by BAE’s audit committee. Deloitte’s proposed appointment as auditor is subject to approval by BAE shareholders at the latter’s annual general meeting in May 2018, BAE said Friday. If approved, Deloitte will serve as auditor for the financial year ending Dec. 31, […] More

Asked to gauge the impact disruptive technologies will have, industry experts attending KPMG’s 2017 Global Analyst Day in Boston ranked cognitive technology, robotic process automation and the Internet of Things as the top technologies that will have the greatest impact over the next three years, reported PR NewsWire. “Disruption knows no boundaries and, like us, […] More

Paul Sale, formerly chief human resources officer at electronic design automation company Mentor Graphics, has joined sensor technology manufacturer FLIR Systems as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. FLIR said Tuesday Sale will report to President and CEO Andrew Teich and oversee the company’s organizational strategy, talent acquisition and development, compensation, benefits and corporate culture functions. “Paul […] More

Brian Harper, formerly managing director of Deloitte‘s consulting business, has joined technology and mission support services contractor Sabre Systems as senior executive director of operations. Sabre Systems said Harper will manage U.S. Navy and federal civilian programs for the Warrington, Pennsylvania-based company in his new position. During his industry career, Harper has managed accounts for customer agencies such as  the Naval Sea […] More

Valerie Abend, former senior critical infrastructure officer at the Treasury Department, has joined Accenture‘s security business as managing director of financial services in North America. The company said Thursday Abend brings more than 20 years of public and private sector experience in the areas of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure to her new position. “[Abend’s] vision in sector-wide […] More

Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry and the information-technology promotion agency have revised a set of guidelines in effort to highlight the responsibility of corporate executives in cybersecurity and include IPA’s supplementary cyber guidebook. The revised Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership calls for business executives to advance investments in cyber measures in an effort to […] More

The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

The National Association of Corporate Directors has gathered retired and current military officers during its annual From Battlefield to Boardroom program intended to help soldiers transition to the private sector. With support from KPMG and CACI International, the program provides insights on the roles and responsibilities of a corporate director and discusses oversight and stakeholder management issues, […] More

Virginia-based software company Tangible Security has appointed Matt Rahman as the company’s commercial cyber solutions senior vice president and general manager. The former IOActive chief strategy officer and executive vice president joins Tangible Security to lead the commercial cyber business practice in an effort to drive focus on company growth, Tangible Security said Tuesday. “We are […] More

Rob Silverman is a senior vice president of the commercial and civil services unit of management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The 14-year veteran Silverman has provided analytics, operations research and program management expertise for the company since he started his role in April 2002. Silverman has held other roles under different companies such as Logistics […] More