David Egts is a lifelong engineer and software expert who has garnered accolades throughout his career, with significant stints at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Silicon Graphics and Red Hat. He spent 15 years at the latter company, completing his tenure as its chief technologist and senior director of the North American public sector business. Egts came […] More

With nearly two decades at IBM, Don Fenhagen has held a variety of roles across the company’s commercial and government sectors. He is currently part of IBM Consulting’s federal market organization as a managing client partner overseeing the organization’s national security sector. When explaining his tenure at IBM, Fenhagen cited the company’s wide range of opportunities, positive work […] More

SandboxAQ, a quantum computing technology startup that spun off from Alphabet in 2022, has raised $500 million in a round of funding from several investors to advance quantum and cybersecurity work, Reuters reported Tuesday. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who serves as chairman of SandboxAQ, T. Rowe Price funds, Breyer Capital and Time […] More

Cybersecurity industry veteran Eric Trexler is motivated by the complementary forces of technology and business. He began his career as an airborne ranger and communications specialist in the U.S. Army before pivoting to the private sector, holding roles of increasing responsibility at companies such as EMC (now owned by Dell), Salesforce, McAfee, Forcepoint, and now Palo Alto Networks. The […] More

The Department of the Treasury has selected REI Systems to implement a cloud-based grant management system for a U.S. foreign assistance agency that backs grassroots development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean region. REI said Monday the Inter-American Foundation will adopt the company’s GovGrants software-as-a-service platform, an offering based on the Salesforce customer relationship management application. […] More

Guidehouse named 24 new partners within the firm to help strengthen its consulting services to the public and commercial sectors. The newly appointed professionals are adept at fields including defense and security, energy and sustainability, health and technology, the consulting and managed services provider said Thursday. Guidehouse Chief Technology Officer Dan Hushon and cybersecurity director […] More

Navancio has received a potential five-year, $23 million blanket purchase agreement from the Small Business Administration to help SBA advance automation, broaden capabilities within its Salesforce environment and facilitate workflows in support of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The company said Monday it will design and build a software-as-a-service platform to improve audit reporting […] More

Bill Marion brings extensive experience as a public servant to his work in the private sector. Marion, a managing director at Accenture Federal Services, spent years with organizations such as the U.S. Air Force and the Air Combat Command, holding positions including deputy chief information officer overseeing digital transformation, personnel pay and services, as well […] More

ICF has been named a prime contractor for the platform-as-a-service domain area of a potential five-year, $340 million contract that aims to modernize information technology systems across the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mark Lee, executive vice president for public sector at ICF, said in a statement published Monday the company will bring its expertise […] More

GlaxoSmithKline is a leading global biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. It specializes in discovering, developing, and marketing a broad range of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health care products. The company’s origin traces back to when Plough Court Pharmacy was established in 1715. It was founded in 2000 through the merger of Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham […] More

Barry Broadus, chief financial officer of ICF, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about joining the company as its CFO, his strategic growth goals and how recent acquisitions and partnerships have helped drive innovation and mission goals in the federal sector during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Barry Broadus below. ExecutiveBiz: Congrats on your […] More

Amazon Web Services and Splunk have initiated a project with 15 other technology companies to develop a common framework for standardizing cybersecurity data formats. Splunk said Wednesday the consortium aims to simplify taxonomy meant to help security professionals accelerate the process of ingesting and analyzing data through the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework. The initiative builds […] More