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  • Hortonworks Wins 3rd Straight Teradata Award for Big Data Intelligence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hortonworks Wins 3rd Straight Teradata Award for Big Data Intelligence

    Hortonworks has received awards for its big data portfolio and collaborative revenue as part of the annual Teradata EPIC Awards program for the data analytics sector. Hortonworks said Tuesday that its data analytics partnership with Teradata centers on the Hortonworks Data Platform 2.3 offering. The platform works with the Teradata Portfolio for Hadoop to create a data lake and support scalable data processing […] More

  • Executive Profile: Clifton Poole, Chief IT Security Architect for Intelligence Information & Services at Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Clifton Poole, Chief IT Security Architect for Intelligence Information & Services at Raytheon

    Clifton Poole is chief information technology security architect for intelligence information and services at Raytheon. In this capacity, he oversees all IT security governance operations for program networks and related IT system infrastructure. Poole has been with Raytheon for eight years and has held various IT leadership positions within the firm’s intelligence and information systems […] More

  • Executive Profile: James Norcross, IBM Defense & Intell VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: James Norcross, IBM Defense & Intell VP

    James Norcross serves as vice president for IBM’s defense and intelligence business, with responsibility for the company’s portfolio in the Defense Department and intelligence organization community. He previously served as a partner with IBM’s global business services segment, where he was responsible for the U.S. Navy account. Norcross was also IBM’s operations lead for the public […] More

  • Sudeep Dharan Joins Acendre as CTO; Mike Giuffrida Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sudeep Dharan Joins Acendre as CTO; Mike Giuffrida Comments

    Sudeep Dharan, formerly senior vice president of product development at Razorsight, has joined cloud-based talent management software provider Acendre as chief technology officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of Acendre’s technology goals and product roadmap, Acendre said Monday. “Sudeep brings a strong track record of technology-driven innovation that will enable us to meet […] More

  • Intelsat CFO Michael McDonnell to Join Quintiles as Finance Chief - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat CFO Michael McDonnell to Join Quintiles as Finance Chief

    Michael McDonnell, chief financial officer at Intelsat since 2008, will depart the satellite services conglomerate in mid-December to take the CFO position at contract research organization Quintiles. Quintiles said Monday McDonnell will succeed current CFO Kevin Gordon, who has held that role since 2010 and will move into the chief operating officer capacity at the Durham, N.C.-based company. Both McDonnell and […] More

  • Executive Profile: Todd Bisang, Dell Federal Systems CFO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Todd Bisang, Dell Federal Systems CFO

    Todd Bisang is the chief financial officer at Dell‘s federal systems business and oversees financial operations and performance of the unit. The more than 15 year company veteran has also served in multiple finance positions within the software, manufacturing, corporate finance and sales organizations. Dell credits Bisang with helping to integrate AppAssure Software, Boomi and Ocarina Networks […] More

  • Executive Profile: Paul Raggio, Security Strategic President at Chenega - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Paul Raggio, Security Strategic President at Chenega

    Paul Raggio serves as president of the security strategic business unit at government services contractor Chenega Corp. He oversees growth strategies, market share capture and financial operations for seven of Chenega’s subsidiaries in the sector. Raggio is a 12-year veteran of the Chenega enterprise and his prior roles have included president of the corporation’s security and […] More

  • HII SN3's Frazer Lockhart Named to DOE's Environmental Mgmt Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII SN3’s Frazer Lockhart Named to DOE’s Environmental Mgmt Advisory Board

    Frazer Lockhart, vice president for waste operations at the Stoller Newport News Nuclear subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has received an appointment to the Energy Department‘s environmental management advisory board. HII said Friday Lockhart will join 14 other advisory board members who will provide recommendations on relevant corporate matters to the assistant secretary of environmental management […] More

  • Executive Profile: Eric Rickard, Booz Allen VP and SIG Group DoD-Intell Cyber Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Eric Rickard, Booz Allen VP and SIG Group DoD-Intell Cyber Lead

    Eric Rickard serves as vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton and head of Defense Department and intelligence cyber programs for the firm’s Strategic Innovation Group. Rickard helps oversee investments and the delivery of predictive intelligence and cyber defense services to clients. He previously served as a director of customer innovation at Raytheon and held a research and development […] More

  • Executive Profile: Dave Dzaran, Integrity Applications Inc. CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Dave Dzaran, Integrity Applications Inc. CEO

    Dave Dzaran leads engineering and software services contractor Integrity Applications Inc. as the company’s president and CEO. Dzaran works with IAI’s board of directors and senior executive team to craft and implement corporate strategies, assess financial performance and oversee the firm’s operations. He is a two-decade veteran of systems acquisition and integration and program management related to space-based intelligence, […] More

  • Parsons' Heather Shinn Elected to CMAA Board; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ Heather Shinn Elected to CMAA Board; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Heather Shinn, a vice president and program manager in Parsons‘ government services business, will serve a three-year term as a board member at the Construction Management Association of America. Parsons said Friday that Shinn, who is a Certified Construction Manager and a CMAA member since 2003, will help provide guidance to the organization on its programs. “Parsons […] More

  • OpenGov Names Marc Andreessen to the Board; Raises $25M in Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OpenGov Names Marc Andreessen to the Board; Raises $25M in Funding Round

    OpenGov, a provider of a cloud-based financial reporting platform for government agencies, has appointed Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to the board of directors. Andreessen will advise OpenGov on corporate growth matters and help the firm further develop its cloud platform, OpenGov said Thursday. “It’s exciting to have the support of […] More