Neel Mehta

AECOM has appointed Carolyn Flowers, former acting administrator at the Federal Transit Administration, as leader of the company’s North American transit practice. She brings knowledge and experience to her new position that will help clients to address  public transportation challenges, Fred Werner, president of AECOM’s design and consulting services business, said in a statement published Tuesday. “Most importantly she […] More

Pete Briere, a 20-year geospatial industry veteran and former general manager at Premier Geospatial, has been appointed general manager of Continental Mapping‘s civil works division. He will be responsible for business development, field acquisition and production functions for the company’s federal survey and mapping services in his new position, Continental Mapping said. “Pete is an excellent addition […] More

ViON has received the Top Small Business Fundraising Company award in recognition of its efforts during the 2016 Greater Washington Heart Walk. The company said Monday it raised $30,000 in funds during the Heart Walk event held Nov. 5 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in support of the American Heart Association’s goal to raise […] More

NASA plans to hold a media day on Feb. 13 at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to discuss an agency project that aims to measure the amount of water in snow with remote sensing methods. More than 100 scientists from U.S., Europe and Canada will test various sensors and techniques to optimize snow measurements over different terrains as […] More

Intel‘s board of directors has promoted Steven Rodgers, Aicha Evans and Leslie Culbertson to new corporate leadership roles. Rodgers, formerly a senior vice president, elevated to executive VP role and will continue to serve as general counsel of Intel, the company said Monday. Evans, general manager for the communication and devices group, transitioned from her additional position of corporate VP to senior […] More

Jeff Lawrence, a licensed unmanned aerial vehicle pilot and former project manager at Collier Engineering, has joined GEO Jobe to oversee business development of UAV services at the Tennessee-based geographic information system services provider. He holds 30 years of experience in government and commercial project management, planning, geospatial services, data planning and GIS development and administration, GEO Jobe said Jan. 23. Neill Jobe, […] More

John Lainhart, a former leader of the U.S. public sector cybersecurity and privacy group at IBM, has been appointed as senior strategist at Grant Thornton‘s cyber risk advisory practice. He will oversee the development of cybersecurity offerings for the public sector in his new position, Grant Thornton said Thursday. “It’s essential for agencies to invest in cyber defense and preparedness, […] More

Mukesh Dalal, former chief scientist at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has joined Charles River Analytics as principal scientist of the decision management division at the Massachusetts-based defense and intelligence systems developer. Dalal’s research efforts focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and reasoning, probabilistic modeling and optimization, decisionmaking and big data analytics, Charles River said Monday. He has obtained more than 10 patents and authored at […] More

Clete Johnson, former senior adviser for cybersecurity and technology to Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker, has joined law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer as a partner. The firm said Wednesday Johnson will be based at its Washington, D.C., office and bring experience from his work in the federal government, the national security and intelligence communities and the private […] More

Raytheon has partnered with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education to award new scholarships to six women in an effort to encourage them to pursue degrees and careers in cybersecurity. The Center for Cyber Safety and Education will oversee the company’s Women’s Cybersecurity Scholarship program that will select three female college students and three mid-career […] More