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  • 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

  • Executive Profile: Doug Sickler, Sales VP at Unisys Federal Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Doug Sickler, Sales VP at Unisys Federal Systems

    Doug Sickler serves as vice president of federal sales at Unisys Federal Systems. He brings more than two decades of sales experience in the information technology area to his role at Unisys and oversees the activities of the company’s federal sales team. Prior to joining Unisys in 2011, Sickler spent two years at Dell Services as vice […] More

  • ULA-Ball Aerospace Event Features Rockets, Payloads Built by Students, Interns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA-Ball Aerospace Event Features Rockets, Payloads Built by Students, Interns

    The United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Student Rocket Launch event featured sport rockets and payloads built by students and interns as part of efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and math careers. ULA said Saturday interns at the two companies and K-12 students from Colorado worked with mentors to design, build and test […] More

  • Defense Business Board Adds 8 Members; Ashton Carter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Business Board Adds 8 Members; Ashton Carter Comments

    The Defense Department has elected new members to the Defense Business Board who will work to advise the defense secretary and other DoD officials on business standards. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the appointments on Thursday. “I welcome the new business leaders joining our ranks, and pleased to see former members return at such an important […] More

  • Unisys Wins Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Network Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Wins Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Network Security Tech

    Unisys has won a Frost & Sullivan award for a technology the company designed to secure network endpoints and data in cloud environments. Frost & Sullivan said Thursday it awarded Unisys the market research firm’s 2015 North American Award for New Product Innovation for the technology company’s Stealth security platform. Unisys developed its Stealth product […] More

  • Parsons’ David Sikorski Joins IPFA US Branch Council; Dean Harwood Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ David Sikorski Joins IPFA US Branch Council; Dean Harwood Comments

    David Sikorski, senior bid director for Parsons Enterprises, has joined the International Project Finance Association’s U.S. Branch Council as a member. Sikorski’s three decades of industry experience includes work in delivering transportation projects with focus on public-private partnerships, design-build and program management, Parsons said Thursday. “We congratulate David on his recent council designation,” said Dean […] More

  • NJVC's Dara Dirth Elected to Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NJVC’s Dara Dirth Elected to Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce Board

    Dara Dirth, director of marketing and communications at NJVC, has been elected to the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors for 2015 to 2016. The company said Wednesday Dirth will also co-chair DRCC’s GovConnections committee, which will work with small and midsize businesses on current issues in the government contracting space. “NJVC is proud to […] More

  • Executive Profile: Jacklyn Wynn, VP for Global Public Sector Strategy & Market Devt at RSA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Jacklyn Wynn, VP for Global Public Sector Strategy & Market Devt at RSA

    Jacklyn Wynn is vice president for strategy and market development for RSA‘s global public sector business and is responsible for strategy execution, project implementation and global partnerships. She previously served as head of the global residency practice at EMC‘s global professional services arm, where she handled P&L management and the implementation of the global services sales enablement […] More

  • Red Hat Honors Carahsoft as Public Sector Distribution Partner for 2015; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Honors Carahsoft as Public Sector Distribution Partner for 2015; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat has named Carahsoft Technology its 2015 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year for supporting sales of Red Hat products and services in the public sector. “We value our relationships with our public sector channel partners and the award winners who were chosen based on their success delivering innovative open source solutions to customers,” Paul Smith, […] More

  • NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has announced the roster of its board of directors for the trade association’s 2015-16 fiscal year. NVTC also announced Tuesday the election of 27 new and returning board members, and 16 three-year-term members to the board. Officers of the board of directors include: Chair: Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for […] More

  • Craig Ravenell Joins Secure Communication Systems as Business Development Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Ravenell Joins Secure Communication Systems as Business Development Director

    Craig Ravenell, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has been appointed director of business development at Secure Communication Systems. He will be based out of Orlando, Florida, and help the company build partnerships with defense and commercial organizations, Secure Communication Systems said Tuesday. Ravenell will also oversee the company’s programs to build live fire audio/video training […] More

  • Digital Reasoning Selected as 2015 FX Week Best e-Surveillance Provider; Tim Estes, Rob Metcalf Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Digital Reasoning Selected as 2015 FX Week Best e-Surveillance Provider; Tim Estes, Rob Metcalf Comment

    Digital Reasoning has received the designation as the 2015 FX Week best e-surveillance provider for helping global foreign exchange clients monitor their network using the company’s electronic communications surveillance system. Tim Estes, CEO of Digital Reasoning, said Tuesday the company’s Synthesys technology is designed “to find concealed relationships and hidden risks within electronic communications.” “That […] More