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  • LexisNexis Receives Cogswell Award for Industrial Security Practice; Haywood Talcove Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Receives Cogswell Award for Industrial Security Practice; Haywood Talcove Comments

    LexisNexis Special Services Inc. has received a James S. Cogswell industrial security award for the company’s security program at its facility. The Defense Security Service handed the award to LexisNexis during the National Classification Management Society 2015 conference, LexisNexis said Wednesday. “We are proud to serve the defense community and honored that our facility is being […] More

  • HP to Sponsor 35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games; Joe Ayers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP to Sponsor 35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games; Joe Ayers Comments

    Hewlett-Packard will sponsor the 35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games conducted by Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Paralyzed Veterans of America said Tuesday nearly 600 veterans are competing in the 2015 games that kicked off on Monday through Friday in Dallas, Texas. HP also sponsors the Kids Day event where children with […] More

  • Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments

    Kathy McElligott, formerly Emerson’s chief information officer, has joined McKesson as executive vice president, CIO and chief technology officer. McElligott will succeed Randy Spratt on July 20 as the McKesson veteran is set to retire after nearly three decades of service for the company, McKesson said Monday. McElligott will oversee McKesson’s enterprise business technology strategy, […] More

  • Washington Post Recognizes GovCon Firms in 2015's 'Top Workplaces' List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Washington Post Recognizes GovCon Firms in 2015’s ‘Top Workplaces’ List

    The Washington Post has selected several GovCon firms for recognition in the newspaper’s annual list of the 150 “Top Workplaces” in the greater Washington area. The Post chose the recipients based on overall employee perceptions of leadership quality, pay and benefits and work-life balance strategies at the organizations. Companies selected for the list were broken up into […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Lambeth, CIO at PAE

    John Lambeth is chief information officer at PAE, where he oversees the company’s information technology strategy, IT support delivery and corporate application development operations. Before PAE, he worked at QinetiQ North America as CIO and managed the firm’s process quality training and management team and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program cloud practice. The […] More

  • Executive Profile: Susan Lawrence, SVP for Defense at Booz Allen Hamilton - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Susan Lawrence, SVP for Defense at Booz Allen Hamilton

    Susan Lawrence is a senior vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton and is involved in many of the company’s defense and security programs and businesses. Her work covers the markets for C4ISR, enterprise information technology, cyber, joint information environments, integrated mission systems and emerging technologies. She joined Booz Allen Hamilton after retiring from military service in 2013 […] More

  • Carahsoft's Craig Abod Named 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Craig Abod Named 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington

    Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, has received recognition as the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Greater Washington region under the “Government Services Large” category. Carahsoft said Friday the award is for entrepreneurs who have worked to bolster financial performance, innovation and personal commitment to the […] More

  • Frank Calderoni Joins Red Hat as CFO, Operations EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Calderoni Joins Red Hat as CFO, Operations EVP

    Frank Calderoni, formerly executive adviser, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cisco, has been appointed CFO and EVP of operations at Red Hat. He will directly report to CEO Jim Whitehurst, oversee the company’s financial strategies worldwide and manage the operations and information technology groups, Red Hat said Monday. Calderoni will succeed the retiring Charlie Peters […] More

  • Bechtel’s Bill Dudley Receives Honorary Doctorate from Purdue University - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel’s Bill Dudley Receives Honorary Doctorate from Purdue University

    Bechtel CEO Bill Dudley has received an honorary doctorate from Purdue University. Dudley holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue, Bechtel said Friday. He was named CEO of Bechtel in 2014 after time as president and chief operating officer of the company. The 34-year Bechtel veteran has served on the company’s board of directors since […] More

  • Executive Profile: Julie Gravallese, Mitre VP and Chief HR Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Julie Gravallese, Mitre VP and Chief HR Officer

    Julie Gravallese serves as vice president and chief human resources officer at Mitre and is a 33-year veteran of the nonprofit research and development organization. She previously oversaw the organization’s open systems and information technology centers as well as served as director of geospatial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs. In the latter role, Gravallese managed […] More

  • QTS Hosts Forum on Cybersecurity, Compliance Topics in Enterprise IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Hosts Forum on Cybersecurity, Compliance Topics in Enterprise IT

    QTS Realty Trust‘s Information Security and Compliance Forum on Tuesday gathered at least 100 enterprise information technology professionals to discuss current issues and strategies in the field of cybersecurity. The company said Thursday this year’s forum featured keynote speakers Stephen Coty, chief security evangelist at Alert Logic, and Justin Somaini, vice president and chief trust officer of Box. “We’re […] More

  • Steve Pusey Named to FireEye’s Board; David DeWalt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Pusey Named to FireEye’s Board; David DeWalt Comments

    Steve Pusey, group chief technology officer at Vodafone Group PLC, has been elected to the board of directors at FireEye. David DeWalt, board chairman and CEO of FireEye, said Wednesday that Pusey will share his experience and perspective as the company works to deliver platforms designed to protect enterprises against cyber attacks. “Steve Pusey is that […] More