Christine Thropp

oversees day-to-day content production for ExecutiveBiz, a publication under Executive Mosaic's media group covering government contracting industry news. She also writes about executive movements and commentaries, M&A activities, contract awards and technology and service offerings of medium-sized businesses and other GovCon companies. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities with EBiz, Thropp produced daily competitive intelligence briefings for the company's GovCon customers.

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Q&A With Cloudera Government Solutions President Rob Carey Highlights Company Partnerships, Importance of Government-Industry Collaboration

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, GovCon Wire spoke with Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, to talk about the company’s strategic vision, partnerships and other growth initiatives. The Q&A also tackled how the industry and the federal government could collaborate better in order to accelerate innovation and meet emerging mission needs. Here’s an […] More

November 23, 2022, 11:41 am
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Q&A With Torch.AI Chief Strategy Officer Adam Lurie Highlights AI Capabilities, Company Growth Efforts

Adam Lurie, chief strategy officer of Torch.AI, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He discussed the company’s use of artificial intelligence to help its customers address data-related challenges. The Q&A also tackled Torch.AI’s growth initiatives as well as the government agencies’ efforts aimed at staying ahead of innovation. Here’s an excerpt […] More

November 21, 2022, 11:39 am
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Paperless Innovations Highlights Use of Collaborative Tools to Support Hybrid Work Arrangements; Mike Tocci Quoted

Paperless Innovations noted that flexible work arrangements for federal employees are continuously sought by many agencies as one of the priorities under the President’s Management Agenda focuses on elevating the customer experience. To support the government workforce even those away from offices, Paperless Innovations highlighted the use of software-as-a-service tools capable of facilitating remote operations […] More

November 18, 2022, 11:37 am
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Paperless Innovations on Adopting Cloud HR Systems for IT Provisioning; Mike Tocci Quoted

Paperless Innovations underscored how adopting enterprise cloud-based human resources systems could streamline HR-driven information technology provisioning for each organization worker throughout their employment lifecycle. In an article published Friday, the company cited complexities in IT provisioning of user roles and permissions that might cause record inaccuracies over time and said using Workday, ServiceNow, SAP SuccessFactors, […] More

November 11, 2022, 11:36 am
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Akima Subsidiary Books DIA Contract for Knowledge Management Support; Duncan Greene Quoted

Akima subsidiary RiverTech will provide the operations directorate of the Defense Intelligence Agency with knowledge management support services under a potential five-year, $13 million contract. RiverTech is tasked to help DIA with business data ingestion, transformation and maintenance efforts by developing technology-powered automation, products and organization aids, Akima said Wednesday. KM support services will be […] More

November 10, 2022, 11:33 am
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CNSI, Kepro Eye Expanded Health Care Offerings via Merger; Todd Stottlemyer, Susan Weaver Quoted

Health information technology company CNSI and care management services provider Kepro have agreed to merge into a new organization with expanded capabilities to support government-sponsored health care programs. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the companies said CNSI CEO Todd Stottlemyer will take the helm of the new organization while Kepro President and CEO Susan […] More

November 9, 2022, 11:55 am
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Inmarsat Government Lands $410M DISA Award for Force Tracking Network Services; Susan Miller Quoted

Inmarsat‘s government business arm has received a potential five-year, $410 million blanket purchase agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide the U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker network services. Inmarsat Elera-powered, L-band satellite communications will be used to enable connectivity between BFT platforms and satellite earth stations, the company said Monday. The new work […] More

November 7, 2022, 12:00 pm
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GovCon, Federal Leaders to Headline Baird’s 2022 Government & Defense Conference

Michael McCord, comptroller of the Department of Defense; John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI; Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR; and Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, are some of the government and industry leaders set to participate in Baird‘s Government & […] More

November 4, 2022, 11:54 am
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A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Alan Merten

Alan Merten, the late president of George Mason University who passed away in 2020, was among the recipients of the Technology Good Scout Award from the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was presented with the recognition in 2012. The fifth Mason president held the post for over 15 years. […] More

October 26, 2022, 11:54 am
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Susan Penfield: Booz Allen’s Velocity Publication Offers Emerging Tech, Mission Transformation Insights

Booz Allen Hamilton released Velocity, a publication of contributions from the company’s talent and partners who seek to provide government and industry leaders with expertise in workforce, national security, defense, society and technology as well as other technical areas. In her published opening remarks, Susan Penfield, chief technology officer of Booz Allen, said the first […] More

October 24, 2022, 11:54 am
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A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: James Gilmore

James Gilmore III, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Technology Good Scout Award in 1998, a time when he was serving as the 68th governor of Virginia. During his term from 1998 to 2002, Gilmore […] More

October 21, 2022, 11:42 am
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A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: MicroStrategy Co-Founder Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, was named the Technology Good Scout Award recipient of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 2000. His career has been dedicated to growing MicroStrategy, which was launched in 1989 to advance business intelligence through graphical operating systems and client server computing. […] More

October 20, 2022, 11:43 am