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  • Joseph D’Alu Named RMF Virginia Division Manager; Duane Pinnix Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph D’Alu Named RMF Virginia Division Manager; Duane Pinnix Comments

    Joseph D’Alu, a 16-year architectural and mechanical engineering veteran, has been promoted to the role of division manager for RMF Engineering’s Virginia facilities. He will oversee the Virginia office staff, act as the point-of-contact for customers, manage project completion and handle RMF projects in the state, RMF said Friday. “When it came time to make […] More

  • Lynne Doughtie Elected KPMG Chairman, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lynne Doughtie Elected KPMG Chairman, CEO

    Lynne Doughtie, former head of KPMG LLP’s advisory business, has been elected to the roles of chairman and CEO at the accounting and consulting firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Michael Rapoport writes Doughtie will begin her five-year term on July 1. She will succeed current chief executive John Veihmeyer, who will remain as […] More

  • Military Times Ranks Lockheed as Top Defense Employer on 'Best for Vets' 2015 List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Military Times Ranks Lockheed as Top Defense Employer on ‘Best for Vets’ 2015 List

    Lockheed Martin came in as the top-ranked aerospace and defense contractor in the 2015 edition of Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets” list, which evaluates how companies recruit and retain veterans for their workforces. Military Times submitted a survey of at least 80 questions potential candidates for the list to find out about their requirements for specific […] More

  • Executive Profile: Keith Salzman, Chief Medical Information Officer at IBM Federal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Keith Salzman, Chief Medical Information Officer at IBM Federal

    Keith Salzman has held the position of chief medical information officer for IBM‘s federal business since April 2014. He previously served as CMIO at CACI International, where he supported efforts to expand the company’s clinical informatics and healthcare information technology offerings. Salzman was also CMIO for the U.S. Army‘s Madigan Army Medical Center under the Western Regional Medical Command before […] More

  • Jan Hamby Joins Cubic’s Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jan Hamby Joins Cubic’s Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments

    Jan Hamby, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, has joined the board of directors of Cubic Corp. She also serves as chancellor of the National Defense University’s information resources management college, Cubic said Monday. Walter Zable, executive chairman of Cubic’s board, said the company sought Hamby’s cybersecurity and information technology background to aid in how Cubic deals […] More

  • Kathleen Alyce Waters to Lead Health Net’s Corporate Legal Functions; Jay Gellert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathleen Alyce Waters to Lead Health Net’s Corporate Legal Functions; Jay Gellert Comments

    Kathleen Alyce Waters, formerly a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, has joined Health Net as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. She will lead the company’s corporate legal functions and report to President and CEO Jay Gellert when she starts on April 27, Health Net said Wednesday. Waters will succeed the retiring Angelee Bouchard. […] More

  • MapR's Ted Dunning Outlines New Role for Apache Software Foundation Incubator Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR’s Ted Dunning Outlines New Role for Apache Software Foundation Incubator Project

    Ted Dunning, chief application architect at MapR Technologies, has taken the additional role of vice president for the Apache Software Foundation Incubator Project, which supports the development of new software projects. In an interview published Thursday on the MapR blog, Dunning told Michele Nemschoff that the incubator project works to familiarize contributors on the legal standards and […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Host Coding Tilt for Students; Anne Mullins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Host Coding Tilt for Students; Anne Mullins Comments

    Lockheed Martin is set to host a computer programming contest on April 18 for hundreds of high school students. Participants will be divided into novice and advanced teams and and tasked to complete a series of coding challenges within two and a half hours, Lockheed said Thursday. The Code Quest challenge is part of the company’s […] More

  • DB Networks Completes Cync Incubator Program; Chris Valentino Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DB Networks Completes Cync Incubator Program; Chris Valentino Comments

    DB Networks has graduated from Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC’s joint Cync incubator program for startup businesses. Northrop said Thursday that the continuous monitoring service provider is the fifth cyber startup to complete the Cync program. Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC formed the program with the goal of helping cyber, data sciences, big data and secure mobility […] More

  • Jonathan Kirchner Joins Globecomm as Corporate Strategy, Product Mgmt SVP; Keith Hall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jonathan Kirchner Joins Globecomm as Corporate Strategy, Product Mgmt SVP; Keith Hall Comments

    Jonathan Kirchner, formerly president and chief operating officer of GeoOptics, has moved to Globecomm as senior vice president of corporate strategy and product management. He will report to CEO Keith Hall, with responsibility for the company’s initiatives to develop global corporate and product strategies, Globecomm said Tuesday. Hall said Kirchner’s experience would help Globecomm grow […] More

  • Former Lockheed CTO Ray Johnson Joins QxBranch Board; Michael Brett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Lockheed CTO Ray Johnson Joins QxBranch Board; Michael Brett Comments

    Dr. Ray O. Johnson, formerly chief technology officer and senior vice president at Lockheed Martin, has joined Washington-based quantum computing analytics firm QxBranch as a member of the board of directors. “He brings deep insight into the underlying technology, the strategic needs of our customers and research partners, and relationships at the top level of […] More

  • Mike Petters Nominates Irwin Edenzon for Navy League Nimitz Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Petters Nominates Irwin Edenzon for Navy League Nimitz Award

    Navy League of the U.S. has presented the 2015 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award to retired Irwin Edenzon, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding from 2011 to 2014, citing his decades-long work on sea services for the military branch. Edenzon was nominated for the prize by Mike Petters, president and CEO of Ingalls parent company Huntington […] More