Arti Arthur serves as vice president of business development at Philips‘ federal government business and is a more than 17-year healthcare industry veteran. In this capacity, she oversees the company’s healthcare-related partnerships with the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. She joined the company in September 2013 after six years of work as VP of […] More

The April release of documents for a draft request for proposals on a future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further examine how it can make greater use of commercial technologies. Also in April, Defense Department announced its own move to explore the commercial sector’s offerings in April with the release of Better Buying Power […] More

This is part two of our in-depth conversation with Cal Shintani, senior vice president and chief growth officer at Oceus Networks. Click here to read part one. ExecutiveBiz: Where are the opportunities for broadband wireless at the state and local levels? Cal Shintani: Most of the state and local governments are watching FirstNet and are […] More

Paul Harrington serves as the Client Development Leader for the U.S. Public Sector Practice  at McKinsey & Co. In this role, Paul leads a team composed of client development advisors, proposal managers and market research/competitive intelligence resources that work with the PSP Leadership to expand the firm’s ability to serve clients at scale and thereby […] More

Preparations for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft’s December maiden flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station will begin with its rollout from NASA’s Launch Abort System Facility on Nov. 10. The facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida currently houses the aircraft designed for manned exploration of deep space. NASA said Thursday it has planned […] More

Linde will supply NASA with approximately 360,000 tons of liquid nitrogen and 64,000 tons of liquid oxygen to support the operations of six research and space flight centers across the U.S. The company said Monday the agency uses nitrogen for pressurization, purging, inerting and pneumatic actuation, while oxygen is used as oxidizer for cryogenic rocket engines. The research and space […] More

Rick Rubin, senior vice president at Michael Baker International, has been promoted to regional director of the West region, covering the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. The company said Monday the promotion is part of a company reorganization to establish business units on seven national and international corporate regions. “This reorganization will further […] More