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  • ATCA, Raytheon Announce Aviation Scholarship for Women; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATCA, Raytheon Announce Aviation Scholarship for Women; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon and the Air Traffic Control Association have introduced a scholarship program for female college students pursuing aviation-related degrees. ATCA said Wednesday the Raytheon Women in Aviation scholarship includes a summer internship within the company’s intelligence, information and services, transportation and support services units. “This new scholarship aims to encourage women to pursue exciting and challenging career […] More

  • CenturyLink’s Cynthia Shelton to Speak at NATO Conference’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink’s Cynthia Shelton to Speak at NATO Conference’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum

    Cynthia Shelton, director of special program sales for government markets at CenturyLink, is scheduled to speak today, Oct. 19, at the three-day NATO Information Assurance Symposium that kicked off Tuesday in Mons, Belgium. Shelton will serve as a panelist at the annual symposium’s Women in Cybersecurity Forum and discuss her experience in overseeing CenturyLink’s relationship […] More

  • Jonathan Goldberger Joins Unisys as Global Security VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jonathan Goldberger Joins Unisys as Global Security VP

    Jonathan Goldberger, formerly director of Cisco Systems‘s advanced security services group, has been named vice president of the global security business at Unisys. Unisys said Tuesday Goldberger will oversee the company’s integrated sales and services efforts for managed security and security consulting service offerings in his new position. He will report to Harvey King, VP of services, and help drive […] More

  • Former Commerce Sec Penny Pritzker Nominated to Microsoft Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Commerce Sec Penny Pritzker Nominated to Microsoft Board of Directors

    Penny Pritzker, former secretary of the Commerce Department, has been nominated to serve on Microsoft‘s board of directors. The company said Monday Pritzker will be presented for election at its annual meeting for shareholders on Nov. 29 alongside Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International. “Penny and Arne are both strong leaders with impressive accomplishments and contributions […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls' Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers

    Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters has been appointed to the board of directors at the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents more more than 14,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. NAM said Friday Petters will help advance the trade group’s manufacturing policy agenda as a board member. “I look forward to sharing my […] More

  • Leidos’ Roger Krone Wins CR Magazine's 'Responsible CEO of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Roger Krone Wins CR Magazine’s ‘Responsible CEO of the Year’ Award

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has received the “2017 Responsible CEO of the Year” award from the CR Magazine in recognition of leadership and commitment to employee outreach, charitable efforts and other corporate responsibility programs. The magazine presented the award to Krone at its annual COMMIT!Forum held Thursday at MGM National Harbor in […] More

  • Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of 'Fastest-Growing' Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of ‘Fastest-Growing’ Companies

    Professional services firm Sehlke Consulting has been named in Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 “fastest-growing” U.S. companies for 2017, with a recorded 2016 revenue of $6.9 million and three-year growth rate of 1,371 percent. The service-disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Arlington, Virginia, is placed at No. 319 in the 2017 Inc. 5000 ranking, No. 25 […] More

  • Joshua Seckel Named Chief Solutions Architect at Sevatec's Agile/DevSecOps Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joshua Seckel Named Chief Solutions Architect at Sevatec’s Agile/DevSecOps Practice

    Joshua Seckel, former chief of the applied technology division at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has joined Sevatec as chief solutions architect for the company’s agile and DevSecOps practice. He led USCIS’ efforts to transform and modernize information technology systems at the agency during his tenure there, Sevatec said Wednesday. Seckel also has more than 20 years of experience managing software […] More

  • Report: Brett Newell Appointed Boeing South Australia Regional Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Brett Newell Appointed Boeing South Australia Regional Director

    Brett Newell, P-8 Poseidon program manager at the Australian defense business of Boeing, has been named as the unit’s regional director for South Australia, Defence Connect reported Monday. The report said the nearly 11-year company veteran will lead Boeing Defence Australia’s industry collaboration, education partnership,  community engagement and workforce growth initiatives across the region in his new position. […] More

  • BAE's Australian Arm Seeks to Promote Defense Industry Careers Through Roadshow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Australian Arm Seeks to Promote Defense Industry Careers Through Roadshow

    BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary is conducting a roadshow to encourage university students to pursue careers in defense industry. The company said Wednesday it aims to create up to 1,000 positions for graduates and apprentices if BAE Systems Australia wins the contract to build SEA 5000 Future Frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. The SEA 5000 program could open new […] More

  • Vencore to Highlight RF Mapping Platform at Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Highlight RF Mapping Platform at Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Forum

    Vencore has agreed to sponsor a symposium co-hosted by Association of Old Crows and the U.S. Army’s program executive office for intelligence electronic warfare and sensors. The company said Tuesday it will serve as title sponsor of the Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Symposium that will take place at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland from Oct. 16 to 19. David Shur, senior […] More

  • Women of Color Magazine Recognizes Mitre Employees for STEM Contributions; Julie Gravallese Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Women of Color Magazine Recognizes Mitre Employees for STEM Contributions; Julie Gravallese Comments

    Seven Mitre employees have received recognition from the Women of Color magazine for their contributions to the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The nonprofit said Tuesday the awards were presented at the two-day 2017 Women of Color STEM Conference that kicked off on Friday in Detroit, Michigan. The conference honors multicultural women across U.S. for their technical achievements, […] More