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  • Forbes, Bessemer Venture Partners Recognize Cloudera on List of Top 100 Cloud Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forbes, Bessemer Venture Partners Recognize Cloudera on List of Top 100 Cloud Companies

    Cloudera has been recognized in Forbes and Bessemer Venture Partners‘ 2016 top 100 list of private cloud companies that lead the cloud technology revolution as well as the rising stars in the field. Cloudera said Wednesday it has ranked 5th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list due to the company’s revenue growth and its Apache Hadoop-based data management and […] More

  • IDC Report Labels Unisys a "Leader" Among Systems Integrators for Feds; PV Puvvada Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Report Labels Unisys a “Leader” Among Systems Integrators for Feds; PV Puvvada Comments

    An IDC MarketScape report designated Unisys a “leader” among systems integrators that serve the U.S. federal government and recognized the company’s security and cloud portfolio. Unisys said Friday the vendor assessment report noted the company’s offerings such as the Unisys Stealth micro-segmentation software and its DevOps and Agile software development methodologies. The company added the IDC report also indicate that government customers point […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems CIO and VP of IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems CIO and VP of IT

    Mona Bates works for Raytheon‘s Integrated Defense Systems business unit where she serves as the chief information officer and vice president of Information Technology. A 17-year IT veteran, Bates has held multiple senior leadership positions with increasing responsibilities and led IT programs both in the commercial and government sectors including the Defense Department, Missile Defense Agency and […] More

  • Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division

    John Olson, formerly vice president of Sierra Nevada‘s space systems group, has joined Polaris Industries as vice president and general manager of the defense division at the Minnesota-based motorized products manufacturing company. The 28-year public and private sector veteran will oversee the division’s profit-and-loss functions as well as help develop the company’s long-term growth strategy in defense market, Polaris said […] More

  • Mike White Named Johns Hopkins APL Air & Missile Defense Sector Head - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike White Named Johns Hopkins APL Air & Missile Defense Sector Head

    Mike White, mission area executive for air and missile defense at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory since 2005, has been appointed to lead the APL’s air and missile defense sector. The 35-year APL veteran will succeed Conrad Grant, who has led the sector for 11 years before he was named as the lab’s chief engineer earlier this year, […] More

  • Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer

    Darryl Albertson, formerly Cubic vice president of corporate human resources, will take the new role of chief HR and diversity officer at the company. Cubic said Tuesday Albertson will help broaden the company’s efforts to support and promote diversity and inclusion among its customers, suppliers and employees. “Darryl plays an integral role in bringing qualified talent to Cubic and his new role […] More

  • Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat'l Lab Campaigns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat’l Lab Campaigns

    Battelle‘s energy alliance business that oversees the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory has opened the application process for two fiscal year 2017 campaigns that each focus on a distinct audience and purpose. INL said Monday it will accept proposals for charitable donations for the Fiscal Year 2017 Community Giving Campaign and Fiscal Year 2017 Technology-based Economic Development Campaign until October […] More

  • Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments

    John Kefaliotis, formerly Exelis vice president of international strategy and business development, has been appointed as president of Airbus Group‘s air traffic management subsidiary. Airbus said Monday Kefaliotis provides more than 40 years of air traffic management experience in operational air traffic control, government services and systems contracting to support Metron Aviation‘s mission. “With air traffic doubling […] More

  • UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments

    Peter Wall, a 40-year British army veteran and director of strategic leadership advisory firm Amicus, has been elected to General Dynamics‘ board of directors. He previously served as director of operations at the U.K. defense ministry, commander-in-chief of the land command and army chief of the general staff before he retired from military service in 2014, General Dynamics […] More

  • Cheryle Jackson to Lead AAR's African Operations; David Storch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cheryle Jackson to Lead AAR’s African Operations; David Storch Comments

    Cheryle Jackson, vice president of government affairs and corporate development at AAR, has been named president of the Wood Dale, Illinois-based aerospace and defense contractor’s business unit in Africa. AAR said Tuesday she will be responsible for helping grow the company’s aviation maintenance and supply chain operations across the African continent. Jackson and her team will also conduct in-depth market […] More

  • Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO

    Outgoing Washington city council member Vincent Orange has been selected as the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s next president and CEO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Andy Medici writes Orange, who currently serves as chairman of the committee on business, consumer and regulatory affairs, will continue his term as councilman until January 2017 and will take helm as D.C. […] More

  • Richard Montoni: Maximus Foundation's Florida Disaster Fund Donation to Support Victims of Orlando Shooting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: Maximus Foundation’s Florida Disaster Fund Donation to Support Victims of Orlando Shooting

    Maximus‘ philanthropic arm has donated $20,000 from employee contributions and corporate matching funds to the Florida Disaster Fund of Volunteer Florida Foundation in memory of the victims in the Orlando shooting. Maximus said Thursday the Florida Disaster Fund is an official state private fund that works to support organizations that serve survivors, families and others in need of assistance and help communities respond and recover […] More