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Cisco Vice President and Treasurer Roger Biscay has joined the DataDirect Networks board of directors, saying he saw an opportunity to help “bring about major change in the way that data is managed the web scale and HPC markets.” The company said that the capital markets, corporate finance and “business resiliency” veteran was one of its […] More
Steven Rust, a Battelle senior research leader, has been selected to receive the nonprofit research and development organization’s  annual Inventor of the Year Award. Rust was chosen for the honor for leading a team that developed a health care analytics tool for big data sets in order to ensure safety of medicines, the company announced Tuesday. […] More
Informatica Corp. has selected 11 companies and individuals to receive the company’s 2013 Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards are for partners that use Informatica products such as PowerCenter and Informatica Vibe Virtual Data Machine, the company announced Monday. Awardees were recognized during a recent ceremony at the company’s Sales Kickoff/Partner Summit in […] More
Rami Branitzky has SAP Ventures, an independent venture capital firm affiliate with SAP AG, as managing director and will lead a global market development team. Branitzky most recently served as CEO at Grok Solutions, formerly known as Numenta, SAP announced Tuesday. SAP Ventures noted that the global market development team will also handle business development and marketing. […] More
Jerry Jason, a former NASA flight director for the International Space Station, has been appointed vice president of spacecraft operations and engineering at EchoStar Corp. subsidiary EchoStar Satellite Services LLC. Jason will handle flight operations, engineering and analysis functions for the company’s 23 owned, leased and managed spacecraft, the company said Tuesday. He will also […] More
Parsons has chosen a group of engineers to receive this year’s National Engineers Week Award of Excellence in recognition of their work, commitment and innovation in the field of engineering. One recipient, Abe Neemeh, serves as a program director for the Expressway Program in Doha, Qatar, the company said Tuesday statement. Guy Mehula, Parsons’ Middle […] More
Washington, D.C. businessmen Russ Ramsey and Ted Leonsis have been named chairman and vice chairman of the nonprofit organization campaigning for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the capital region, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Greg Otto and Douglas Fruehling write that DC 2024 announced its intention to bid for the Olympics in August. Ramsey […] More
CA Technologies has been named a corporate partner of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and will support research, workshops and conferences covering business impacts of technology. The company said Wednesday the partnership also involves CA’s Silicon Valley Technology Center and Wharton’s M.B.A. campus in San Francisco. “All businesses, no matter the […] More
A Turner Construction project team in Los Angeles set a new Guinness World Record in February for the longest continuous concrete pour. The team poured 82 million pounds of concrete through more than 200 trucks at the Wilshire Grand Center for a period of 18-and-a-half hours, the company announced Wednesday. The 73-story Wilshire Grand Center will be […] More
Mark Garfiled, formerly senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Brightstar, has joined Symantec to serve as CAO at the security software maker. The appointment took effect Monday and he will report to Symantec Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert, the company announced Monday. During his time at Brightstar, Garfield implemented SOX level internal controls such as an […] More
Boeing is showing a model of the company’s all-electric propulsion 702SP satellite Monday through Thursday at the Satellite 2014 Conference & Exhibition in Washington The company’s booth 6009 will also feature the 502 Phoenix, a commercial version of Phantom Works’ Phantom Phoenix prototype introduced last year, the company announced Friday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager […] More
Jon McCabe, formerly vice president of financial planning and analysis at SafeNet Inc., has succeeded Mike Branca as the information security firm’s chief financial officer. He will report to President and CEO Dave Hansen and oversee functions such as accounting, tax, controllership, treasury and financial planning, among other areas, SafeNet said Tuesday. Hansen said McCabe […] More
