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  • Josh Sawislak Joins AECOM as Global Resilience Director; Jason Prior Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Josh Sawislak Joins AECOM as Global Resilience Director; Jason Prior Comments

    Josh Sawislak, formerly associate director for climate adaptation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has joined AECOM as global director of resilience. He will report to Jason Prior, group chief executive of buildings and places at AECOM’s end market group, and will oversee the company’s strategic initiatives for climate adaptation and resilience efforts, […] More

  • Sandy Carter: IBM Launches Programs to Train Students, Professionals on Cloud App Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sandy Carter: IBM Launches Programs to Train Students, Professionals on Cloud App Development

    IBM has invested in several educational programs meant to encourage university students, entrepreneurs and information technology professionals to learn how to develop cloud computing applications with IBM technology. The company said Wednesday it launched the Academic Initiative for Cloud to incorporate the Bluemix platform into cloud development curricula at 210 universities worldwide. The program offers the universities access to IBM’s instructional materials, […] More

  • Jacobs Designated Cisco Gold Partner; Darren Kraabel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Designated Cisco Gold Partner; Darren Kraabel Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced Wednesday, it has achieved a gold certification as a partner of Cisco in providing telecommunication technology services to customers. “Cisco Gold status is a significant achievement for Jacobs, one that complements and enhances our value-added reseller and technology lifecycle management services,” said Darren Kraabel Jacobs Vice President. He also went on […] More

  • Serco-Led Alliance Introduces Business Mgmt Apprenticeship Program in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco-Led Alliance Introduces Business Mgmt Apprenticeship Program in UK

    Serco has partnered with 40 British universities and employers to create a degree-level apprenticeship program that offers business management training to U.K.-based workers. The company said Thursday that the British Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has approved the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship with the goal of increasing the number of professional managers across the […] More

  • Glen Ackermann Appointed VP for Business Devt at Dynamic Aviation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Glen Ackermann Appointed VP for Business Devt at Dynamic Aviation

    Glen Ackermann, formerly senior director of business development at DynCorp International, has joined Dynamic Aviation as vice president of business development. “His leadership will be instrumental in successfully guiding the business development team and influencing the direction of the organization,” Michael Stoltzfus, president and CEO of Dynamic Aviation, said in a statement Thursday. Ackermann is a […] More

  • CA Technologies, RMIT University Receive Risk Research Grant from Australian Research Council; Steve Versteeg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies, RMIT University Receive Risk Research Grant from Australian Research Council; Steve Versteeg Comments

    CA Technologies and RMIT University have received a grant from the Australian Research Council to conduct a research on risk continuous authentication. The grantees began to carry out the research project in May with focus on risk adaptation and continuous verification, CA Tech said Tuesday. “This grant is about furthering our expertise through informed research and […] More

  • Deirdre Evens Joins Iron Mountain as Chief HR Officer; William Meaney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deirdre Evens Joins Iron Mountain as Chief HR Officer; William Meaney Comments

    Deirdre Evens, formerly executive vice president of human resources at Clean Harbors, has moved into a new role as chief people officer at Iron Mountain Inc. Evens will be responsible for Iron Mountain’s global human resources, operations and strategy, and report to President and CEO William Meaney, Iron Mountain said Tuesday. “As someone who has […] More

  • Grant Thornton Adds Terrance Bilbo to Senior Leadership Team; J. Michael McGuire Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton Adds Terrance Bilbo to Senior Leadership Team; J. Michael McGuire Comments

    Grant Thornton has announced that Chief Administrative Officer Terrance Bilbo will officially join the company’s senior leadership team on Aug. 1. “Terry is an accomplished leader who has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to solve complex organizational issues and improve operations and profitability,” J. Michael McGuire, CEO of Grant Thornton, said Tuesday. Bilbo holds more than […] More

  • Executive Profile: Amanda Brownfield, SVP and National Intell Account Executive at Engility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Amanda Brownfield, SVP and National Intell Account Executive at Engility

    Amanda Brownfield is a senior vice president at Engility and concurrently serves as the company’s national intelligence account executive. Brownfield joined Engility in 2015 upon the company’s acquisition of TASC, where she managed the company’s intelligence and analytics services portfolio for two years. She also spent 15 years at Science Applications International Corp. She managed […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mark Connel, SRA International VP of Contracts, Procurement and Subcontracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mark Connel, SRA International VP of Contracts, Procurement and Subcontracts

    Mark Connel serves as vice president of contracts, procurement and subcontracts at SRA International. He has more than three decades of government contract management experience. Connel oversees the negotiation and management of all contracts related to SRA’s information technology platforms and services and directs contract policy implementation and compliance with government regulations. Prior to joining […] More

  • Executive Profile: Tom Richey, VP & Partner for Federal Growth, Sales at IBM GBS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Tom Richey, VP & Partner for Federal Growth, Sales at IBM GBS

    Tom Richey serves as a vice president and partner for federal growth and sales at IBM‘s global business services organization and works from the company’s Washington office. He has held the position since March 2012 and is in charge of GBS Federal’s sales and growth activities and workforce for capture management, marketing research, proposal development […] More