Neel Mehta

Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s public sector, has received recognition from FedScoop as part of an annual list of notable female executives in the Washington government information technology community. FedScoop said Thursday that Crouther and 49 other women honorees have demonstrated  leadership in efforts to help federal agencies to carry out IT […] More

Howard Byrd, director of federal contracts at Deloitte Services LP, joined other panelists in a Compusearch Software Systems-hosted discussion on the migration to the “next generation” of government contracts management. The GovCon Contracts Maturity panel discussion was the first in Compusearch’s Executive Panel series on GovCon best practices, Compusearch said Tuesday. Other panelists include Kelly […] More

The World Affairs Council held its annual gala at Ritz Carlton-Washington, D.C., on March 29 to honor organizations that contributed to global education, international affairs and global communications. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter was the event’s keynote speaker and also received the International Public Service Award, World Affairs Council said March 11. IBM Corp. was among […] More

Kevin Peters and Dennis Huber, respectively former executives at AT&T and CenturyLink, has joined the advisory board of management consulting and managed technology services company Cartesian. Both appointees will support and provide advice to the company’s leadership team on strategic planning, business development and operations management efforts, Cartesian said Thursday. “Dennis and Kevin bring tremendous experience […] More

IBM has named Bob Lord, former AOL president, as chief digital officer, Re/code reported Sunday. Arik Hesseldahl writes the appointment was announced internally on Monday in a company statement circulated to employees which said Lord will oversee IBM’s digital operations and ecosystem. Lord left AOL six months after Verizon bought the internet company, Re/code noted. Prior to joining […] More

Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, will deliver a keynote speech at the three-day 2016 Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium that will kick off April 20 in Washington. He will discuss how to build and protect the Defense Department‘s networks from potential cyber attacks at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International-hosted event, AFCEA International […] More

Northrop Grumman has unveiled an online competition that aims to incite students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math education through makeovers of classrooms and technology laboratories in U.S. public middle schools. The second annual Fab School Labs competition will award up to $100,000 in grants to five winning schools to help them equip their classrooms […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle co-sponsored a data science competition that has challenged participants to produce algorithms to enable automated analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging scans. More than 993 people of different genders and ages submitted approximately 1,392 algorithms for Kaggle’s second annual Data Science Bowl contest, Booz Allen said Wednesday. “This particular challenge was one that the medical community […] More

Joseph Teixeira, Inmarsat aviation safety and cybersecurity vice president, has received the James L. Oberstar Sentinel of Safety Award from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association for his leadership in the field of aviation safety. Inmarsat said Thursday the award is given annually to recognize a non-NATCA member who has significantly contributed to aviation safety efforts. NATCA presented the award to Teixeira […] More

Dianne Guensberg, a 36-year veteran of the Government Accountability Office, has been appointed managing director of the public sector assurance practice at consulting and audit services firm Grant Thornton. Guensberg will work with the firm’s audit clients in government, Grant Thornton said Tuesday. “She brings more than 30 years of experience at GAO, a deep understanding of public sector […] More

Joanne Isham, an independent defense and intelligence consultant and former career officer with CIA, has joined the federal advisory board of HyTrust. The federal advisory board will work to help HyTrust build on its cloud and virtualization offerings to the public sector, the company said Monday. “We’re privileged to have Joanne join our federal advisory board […] More

Kroll has appointed Stephen Kopeck as associate managing director for its cybersecurity and investigations practice, where he will report to practice leader Tim Ryan. The risk mitigation services provider said Monday Kopeck, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, holds experience in work with law enforcement and other private sector companies. “He brings extraordinary levels of technical expertise as […] More