Neel Mehta

Boeing‘s defense business in Australia has appointed Australian military veteran Mark Donaldson to serve as a strategic defense adviser. The company said Wednesday Donaldson will support Boeing Defense Australia‘s growth strategy in the areas of joint and land systems. Darren Edwards, vice president and managing director for Boeing Defense Australia, said Donaldson will provide strategic counsel that will […] More

Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intel‘s public sector in the Americas, will deliver a keynote address at the Telecom Exchange NYC 2018 event to be hosted by Jaymie Scotto & Associates and slated to take place June 20 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He plans to discuss the opportunities and challenges of network platforms based on artificial intelligence and data […] More

Tyler Wall, formerly vice president and general counsel at Red Book Connect, has joined Nutanix as chief legal officer at the California-based cloud computing software provider. The more than two-decade technology industry veteran will manage Nutanix’s legal department in his new position, the company said Tuesday. Dheeraj Pandey, founder, chairman and CEO of Nutanix, said Wall will oversee […] More

Polaris Alpha has appointed retired military officers James “Kevin” McLaughlin and Robert Latiff to its board of advisers. McLaughlin and Latiff will provide the leadership team with strategic guidance and advice as the defense technology company delivers services to government, intelligence community and military clients, Polaris Alpha said Wednesday. McLaughlin is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general […] More

Craig Cooning, an 11-year Boeing veteran and president of its network and space systems business, has joined the board of directors at satellite communications technology firm BridgeSat. BridgeSat said Tuesday it added Cooning as a board member as the company aims to build an advanced optical communications network designed to help address a growing demand for satellite data. Cooning previously […] More

A KeyW subsidiary has secured a spot on the General Services Administration‘s potential $50 billion Alliant 2 unrestricted information technology procurement vehicle. Sotera Defense Solutions will be able to offer IT services to agencies under the governmentwide acquisition contract, which has a five-year base performance period and a five-year option, KeyW said Tuesday. Kirk Herdman, executive vice […] More

Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has been appointed to the board of directors of The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial. Sheehan will bring philanthropic experience to the board and build on his company’s support for Friends of Flight 93-hosted annual events such as the September 11 Observance, the nonprofit said Wednesday. […] More

A computing platform that CSRA upgraded for the National Institutes of Health has been named to the Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. NIH’s Biowulf cluster ranked 66th on the Top500’s 2017 list, CSRA said Monday. Biowulf works to process simultaneous computations related to genomics, statistical analysis, image processing and other areas in biomedical research. CSRA […] More

Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the Small Business Administration will serve as keynote speakers at the Senior Executives Association’s 2017 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit on Dec. 7. DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will headline the inaugural event, which aims to recognize the service of […] More

Rockwell Collins will display its portfolio of simulation and training products at the  Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2017 that will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The company said Tuesday it will showcase technology platforms designed to facilitate live, virtual and blended training environments, as well as demonstrate a […] More

Kirsten Nielsen, former director of investor relations at global engineering and manufacturing company Arconic, has joined Cubic as vice president of investor relations. She will be responsible for implementing Cubic’s investor relations program that covers strategic positioning, messaging and communications functions, the company said Monday. Nielsen served as corporate development manager for Alcoa prior to renaming itself […] More