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  • Executive Profile: Joe Ayers, HP Federal Enterprise Group VP & GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Joe Ayers, HP Federal Enterprise Group VP & GM

    Joe Ayers, a former U.S. Army aviation officer, serves as vice president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard‘s U.S. federal enterprise business group, where he works with federal partners to deliver private cloud and other technology and consulting services. Prior to HP, he managed the federal business at Dell for two years as vice president and general manager and oversaw […] More

  • Executive Profile: Andrew Maner, Federal Managing Partner at IBM Global Business Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Andrew Maner, Federal Managing Partner at IBM Global Business Services

    Andrew Maner serves as a managing partner for the U.S. federal business at IBM Global Business Services and focuses on managing profit-and-loss for the unit. Maner served as CEO of National Interest Security Co., a provider of information and technology management consulting services, until IBM acquired the capital-backed firm in 2010. He works to develop services in data center consolidation, cloud […] More

  • Matthew Clarke Named VP at TAPE's Strong Point Research Division; Louisa Jaffe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matthew Clarke Named VP at TAPE’s Strong Point Research Division; Louisa Jaffe Comments

    Matthew Clarke, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined TAPE LLC as vice president of modeling, simulation and training at the company’s Strong Point Research division. The company said Wednesday that Clarke begins work for his new role this month and will lead a division that was formed following TAPE’s acquisition of Strong Point Research in September 2013. “This executive role requires […] More

  • Donna Gregg to Head APL's Assymetric Operations Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Donna Gregg to Head APL’s Assymetric Operations Sector

    Donna Gregg, former mission area executive for cyber operations at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has moved into a new role as head of the lab’s asymmetric operations sector. Gregg will be responsible for overseeing APL’s work in cyber operations, homeland protection and special operations, the lab said Friday. She assumes the role previously held by 40-year […] More

  • Homi Kapadia to Lead Deloitte Life Sciences Consulting Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Homi Kapadia to Lead Deloitte Life Sciences Consulting Practice

    Homi Kapadia, a 28-year veteran of Deloitte, has succeeded Terry Hisey as vice chairman and national life sciences head at the financial advisory firm. Kapadia will be based in Philadelphia and be responsible for overseeing the company’s consulting services for pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and healthcare organizations, Deloitte said Monday. He holds experience in advising […] More

  • Marta Martinez: IBM Helps Madrid Build 'Smart' Environmental Services Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marta Martinez: IBM Helps Madrid Build ‘Smart’ Environmental Services Mgmt Platform

    IBM has partnered with the government of Madrid to leverage an analytics-based infrastructure in helping the city manage environmental services for its three million residents. The $20 million project will use IBM’s intelligent operations and asset management platforms to monitor street maintenance, waste management, lighting, irrigation, green spaces across the Spanish city, IBM said Monday. […] More

  • Laurent Collet-Billon Joins Thales Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laurent Collet-Billon Joins Thales Board of Directors

    Laurent Collet-Billon, a former executive at France’s defense procurement agency and representative of the state’s golden share in Thales, has been elected into the company’s board of directors following Bruno Parent’s resignation as board member. The company said Wednesday Bertrand Le Meur, a general armaments engineer, will replace replace Collet-Billon as the French state’s representative. Collet-Billon will serve as board member until Thales’ […] More

  • Francesco Cordua Joins RTKL as Commercial Practice VP; Lance Josal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Francesco Cordua Joins RTKL as Commercial Practice VP; Lance Josal Comments

    Francesco Cordua has been appointed vice president of the commercial practice at RTKL, where he will oversee the group’s retail and interior brand strategy and manage The Environments Studio at the company’s Washingto office. “[Francesco] understands the process behind good design and knows how to translate these concepts to meet client objectives,” Katie Sprague, an RTKL senior vice president, said […] More

  • Mary Henry to Become Independent Director on Avaya’s Board; Kevin J. Kennedy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Henry to Become Independent Director on Avaya’s Board; Kevin J. Kennedy Comments

    Mary Henry, formerly partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs, will become an independent director of Avaya’s board of directors. Henry also serves as a director of personal business analytics provider FirstRain and Avida Labs, which provides services for cancer patients, Avaya said Thursday. “Her expertise and perspective will be a tremendous asset to the […] More

  • Executive Profile: Greg Pelton, Avaya Government Solutions CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Greg Pelton, Avaya Government Solutions CTO

    Greg Pelton serves as chief technology officer at Avaya Government Solutions, where he oversees the business division’s technical assets for serving federal government clients. Pelton developed the unit’s sales engineering organization and works to apply government standards to Avaya’s offerings, as well as to create go-to-market products and collateral. He started his career at Nortel, where he developed telecommunication […] More

  • Steve Brunner Appointed North America Operations VP for Cubic Transportation Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Brunner Appointed North America Operations VP for Cubic Transportation Systems

    Cubic Transportation Systems has appointed Steve Brunner vice president of operations in North America and will oversee the subsidiary’s projects within that continent. Brunner will lead the company’s North American program management team and programs to work toward growth, Cubic said Wednesday. “Steve has a strong and diverse portfolio of program management, business development and technology innovation experience at […] More