Intel, Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff have won the IJIS Institute’s 2016 Innovation Award for the Internet of Public Safety Things. The award honors technical contributions to further the interoperability of justice, public safety and homeland security projects, Mutualink said Thursday. “We are glad to be honored with Mutualink and the San Mateo […] More

Steve Lubniewski serves as vice president and industry leader for the defense and intelligence group within IBM‘s global business services-public sector business. He leads the organization that provides enterprise resource planning, application development and management, cost takeout, cloud computing, business analytics, consulting and information technology infrastructure support services to the defense and intelligence sectors. Lubniewski rejoined IBM in February […] More

Philip Luna, corporate vice president and president of UniversalPegasus International, has joined the senior executive team at UPI parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries in a move that takes effect immediately. HII said Friday it also appointed Michael Smith, corporate VP for development and nuclear and environment sciences, to serve as corporate VP for strategy and development beginning […] More

WidePoint and consulting firm Bob Day & Associates have formed a partnership to pursue business opportunities in the homeland security and cyber technology markets. Retired Coast Guard Rear Adm. Robert Day Jr., principal at Bob Day & Associates, will collaborate with WidePoint to seek new homeland security and cyber clients, WidePoint said Tuesday. “We are […] More

Melody Barnes, formerly a domestic policy strategist and vice provost and senior fellow at New York University, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton’s board of directors. Barnes will serve as a member of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, Booz Allen said Friday. Her term is set to end in the summer of 2016. […] More

Chris Sullivan joined Serco Inc. — the North American subsidiary of Serco Group — in January 2013 as chief information officer to oversee strategic direction, operation and overall business management of information technology systems. The 27-year IT and GovCon veteran previously held the CIO role at Computer Sciences Corp.’s North American public sector for four years. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke to […] More

Sherry Dold serves as the chief human resources officer at Modern Technology Solutions Inc., an employee-owned technology company based in Alexandria, Virginia. She is in charge of strategic planning, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruitment and retention, organizational performance and other related programs and functions. She also oversees policy and process updates at MTSI to […] More

Gordon Foster became the chief financial officer at ASRC Federal in March of this year,  following several financial and business management roles at Northrop Grumman. As ASRC Federal’s CFO, he is in charge of financial functions, including financial planning, corporate accounting, program control and pricing, cash delivery and enterprise IT support. He has nearly 20 years […] More

Thomas Verbeck is the chief technology officer and vice president for strategy and business development at NCR Corp.‘s government solutions unit. He oversees NCR’s technology development, strategic planning and customer relations with government clients worldwide and is also the founder and CEO of TJV. He previously served as the information technology and cyber team leader at The […] More

John Allen serves as CEO and co-founder of Bluestone Capital Partners, where he directs customer relationships, daily operations and strategic planning. Allen was co-owner of Windsor Group until its acquisition by BB&T Corp. in 2005 before he co-founded Bluestone. He also founded Windsor Capital Partners Fund I after he served as president of Quarterdeck Investment […] More

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, oversees direction and policy functions for the British satellite services provider’s U.S. government business unit. The nearly three-decade aerospace and defense veteran is also a former member of the Senior Executive Service and served as a program executive officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency before she entered the private […] More

Drenda Harkins, formerly chief information officer for Arkansas’ division of medical services, has joined CSG Government Solutions healthcare and human services practice. Harkins most recently led the state of Arkansas’ effort to modernize its Medicaid management information systems, CSG said Wednesday. “She has successfully led large MMIS, ICD-10 code-set transition, and electronic health records implementations, providing her with an […] More