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  • Grant Begley Appointed to UAS Drone Corp. Board; Chris Nelson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Begley Appointed to UAS Drone Corp. Board; Chris Nelson Comments

    Grant Begley, a leader in the field of drone technology and formerly corporate senior vice president of Alion Science and Technology, has joined UAS Drone Corp. as a member of the board of directors. UAS Drone Corp. said Wednesday Begley, who has also served as senior adviser for unmanned aerial systems at the Defense Department, brings experience […] More

  • Executive Profile: Barry Morris, Federal Division VP at EMC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Barry Morris, Federal Division VP at EMC

    Barry Morris serves as vice president of the federal division at EMC and has three decades of federal sales experience. In this capacity, he oversees information technology projects with federal agencies and manages the company’s collaboration efforts with other government contractors and systems integrators. Prior to EMC, Morris spent more than a decade at Polycom, […] More

  • Executive Profile: Phil Horvitz, AECOM CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Phil Horvitz, AECOM CTO

    Phil Horvitz serves as chief technology officer of AECOM, where he is responsible for the company’s efforts to set its technology goals and strategy. Horvitz leads the development of various offerings such as cloud computing, cybersecurity and agile methodologies. He was CTO of Apptis from November 2003 through July 2011 before he joined AECOM (previously […] More

  • Former RSA CEO Art Coviello Joins Cylance Board of Directors; Stuart McClure Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former RSA CEO Art Coviello Joins Cylance Board of Directors; Stuart McClure Comments

    Art Coviello, formerly CEO and executive chairman of RSA, has joined the board of directors of Cylance. Coviello led RSA’s growth to a $1 billion-revenue business at present from a $25 million-revenue company in 1995, Cylance said Tuesday. “Art’s reputation in the industry, coupled with his deep domain expertise and operating experience will greatly assist us […] More

  • Executive Profile: Tim Winter, Market Devt VP for Northrop's Electronic Systems Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Tim Winter, Market Devt VP for Northrop’s Electronic Systems Sector

    Tim Winter has served as vice president of the market development organization within Northrop Grumman‘s electronic systems sector since November 2006 and oversees the organization’s strategic initiatives and capture activities. Prior to this role, he directed the company’s naval and missile defense business. The 34-year company veteran has held technology research, systems development, program management, strategic planning and marketing roles throughout […] More

  • Executive Profile: Alan Bloodgood, BD SVP at Siemens Government Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Alan Bloodgood, BD SVP at Siemens Government Technologies

    Alan Bloodgood serves as senior vice president for business development at Siemens‘ U.S. federal business organization — Siemens Government Technologies — and supports agencies in the healthcare, energy and infrastructure arenas. He has nearly 30 years of experience in government contracting, program management, aviation and software engineering with companies such as Metron Aviation and Lockheed Martin. […] More

  • Shifting Gears Program Certifies 101 Soldiers as Automotive Technicians; Todd Fox Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shifting Gears Program Certifies 101 Soldiers as Automotive Technicians; Todd Fox Comments

    A training program sponsored by Raytheon, the U.S. Army and General Motors has graduated 101 soldiers as certified automotive technicians. The Shifting Gears Automotive Technician Training Program covers 12 weeks of classroom, online and hands-on technical training, Raytheon said Monday. “Fort Hood soldiers are highly-technical, mechanically-inclined, self-disciplined and dedicated candidates for General Motors,” said Col. […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls' Mike Petters Recognized for Coast Guard Foundation Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters Recognized for Coast Guard Foundation Support

    Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters has received commendation that recognizes his company’s support of the Coast Guard Foundation’s educational, moral and financial assistance programs for U.S. Coast Guard families. The foundation honored Petters during the nonprofit’s annual Salute to the USCG event that was held Thursday at New York Marriott Marquis, the […] More

  • Dynetics Recognized as NASA Aerospace Contractor; Ron Nyberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Recognized as NASA Aerospace Contractor; Ron Nyberg Comments

    Dynetics has received a recognition from NASA for the company’s role as an aerospace contractor of the space agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA presented the Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year award to Dynetics and a set of other awards to other recipients during the 2015 Industry & Advocates Awards […] More

  • Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments

    Dan Cloyd, former director of maritime operations at the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, has been named corporate director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and naval aviation programs at Northrop Grumman. Northrop said Friday Cloyd will report to Timothy Jones, vice president of aviation and ISR programs, and will coordinate corporate strategies with the U.S. Navy. […] More

  • Ari Schwartz Named Venable Cyber Services Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ari Schwartz Named Venable Cyber Services Managing Director

    Ari Schwartz, formerly senior director for cybersecurity policy at the White House’s National Security Council, has joined Venable as managing director of cybersecurity services at the Washington-based law firm. Venable said Wednesday that Schwartz will work with enterprise clients to help them develop risk management plans and strategies in order to secure their systems against […] More

  • Steven Griffin Joins Vencore as SVP, NASA Engineering Contract Lead; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Griffin Joins Vencore as SVP, NASA Engineering Contract Lead; Mac Curtis Comments

    Steven Griffin, formerly senior director of operations and business development within Chicago Bridge and Iron’s federal services division, has joined Vencore as a senior vice president and program manager. Vencore said Tuesday Griffin will lead the company’s work to help NASA develop technologies and systems the agency will use to process space launch vehicles, spacecraft and payloads on the […] More