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Executive Spotlight: Kathleen Robinson, General Manager of Federal System Integrators, Defense Industrial Base Partners at Intel

Kathleen Robinson is a general manager and sales director for Intel’s business with federal system integrators and the defense industrial base. She spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the strategic importance of Intel’s partner programs, the recently passed CHIPS Act, and the five “superpowers” of opportunity in our latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with […] More

December 7, 2022, 11:59 am
in Executive Spotlight, Competitive Intelligence, Executive Spotlights

Maxar VP of Strategic Growth Jon Love Shares Insights on Satellite Imagery Business, NRO & NGA Contracts

Since his time as president of Pitney Bowes’ government solutions arm in the 2000s, Jon Love has been deeply involved in capturing technology business in the public sector. Love subsequently built on this experience with positions of increasing responsibility at General Dynamics Information Technology and Microsoft, before joining Maxar Technologies in 2020. Today, as Maxar’s […] More

December 5, 2022, 11:38 am
in Executive Moves, News

CGI Federal Taps Bruno Pesanti to Head Navy, Marine Corps Sector as VP; Horace Blackman Quoted

Bruno Pesanti, an executive with extensive technology delivery experience to the federal government, has been named vice president at the defense intelligence and space business unit of CGI’s public sector arm. In his new role, Pesanti will serve as the aforementioned CGI Federal unit’s consulting services and sector lead for the Navy and Marine Corps markets, […] More

December 2, 2022, 11:39 am
in Press Releases

Booz Allen’s Matt Tarascio Talks CDAO, Trends in Business Development, Retaining Workforce

Matt Tarascio has navigated a long, unexpected journey to reach his current position as senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. For two decades, Tarascio worked at Lockheed Martin (incl. Sikorsky) and he was convinced that the future of his career lay in the design of advanced aircraft. The executive was even a crucial part […] More

December 1, 2022, 11:43 am
in Executive Spotlight, Executive Spotlights, Government Technology

Bill Marion of Accenture Federal Services: Learning Models Have to be More Agile, Modular

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

November 16, 2022, 11:36 am
in Executive Moves, News

Thomas Sullivan Named Chief Growth Officer at DecisionPoint; Brian Flood Quoted

Former CACI and Deloitte executive Thomas Sullivan has been appointed chief growth officer at public sector-serving information technology integrator DecisionPoint Corp. In his new role, Sullivan will be tasked with facilitating business development efforts and working to help DecisionPoint capture new contracts through proposals and growth-minded strategy, the Gaithersburg, Maryland-headquartered company said Tuesday. Brian Flood, president and CEO of DecisionPoint, noted […] More

November 8, 2022, 11:47 am
in C4ISR, Competitive Intelligence, News

New REMUS 620 UUV Debuted by HII for Long-Distance Navy Usage; Duane Fotheringham Quoted

A division of shipbuilding company HII has introduced a new unmanned underwater vehicle optimized for U.S. Navy deployment. The REMUS 620 was constructed by HII Mission Technologies for duties such as intelligence gathering, mine protection, electronic warfare and hydrographic surveys, the McLean, Virginia-based business unit said Monday. Duane Fotheringham, president of the unmanned systems group within Mission Technologies, […] More

November 7, 2022, 11:45 am
in Industry News, News, Videos

5 Major GovCon Leaders Share Advice for Career Success

Government contracting as it exists in 2022 is a field both flushed with more financing than ever before but also, naturally then, steeped in competition between companies, executives and ideas. In the most recent Executive Mosaic video, five major executives — nearly all CEOs, all Wash100 Award winners — address up-and-coming GovCon aspirants with advice on how […] More

November 3, 2022, 11:44 am
in Executive Moves, News

Sue Gordon, 6 Others Appointed to DOD Defense Innovation Board

Former Central Intelligence Agency executive Susan Gordon has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board along with several other new inductees. Gordon, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, will join leaders such as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen and LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the board, to help encourage a technology pipeline […] More

October 18, 2022, 11:52 am
in Contract Awards, News

Accenture’s Federal Arm Books $189M Contract to Migrate CDC Applications to Cloud; Jill Olmstead Quoted

The government-focused arm of information technology and consulting services company Accenture has secured a three-year, $189 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the optimization and transfer of data to the cloud. During the next few years, Accenture Federal Services will help the CDC update and prepare its data and application arsenal for […] More

October 13, 2022, 11:11 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Events

CDAO CTO William Streilein: Training, Agile Acquisitions Crucial to Gaining Traction in AI Technology Implementation

Some of the biggest impediments to the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies across the Department of Defense are lack of trust in the technologies and resistance to them amongst the general public. According to William Streilein, chief technology officer at the Chief Digital and AI Office, these lingering doubts can be dissuaded through training and informational […] More

October 13, 2022, 12:02 am
in C4ISR, Contract Awards, News

Leidos Awarded $1.5B DOD Task Order for C5ISR Tech Implementation; Gerry Fasano Quoted

Leidos, a contracting company specializing in defense, aviation and information technology services, has won a potential five-year, $1.5 billion task order from the Department of Defense for joint forces technology support. The innovation-focused Sentinel award charges Leidos with developing and installing new command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions throughout the gamut […] More

October 12, 2022, 11:47 am