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  • Benedetto Demonte Named Kroll North America Cyber Practice Leader - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Benedetto Demonte Named Kroll North America Cyber Practice Leader

    Benedetto Demonte, a managing director at Kroll, has taken the additional role of North America leader for the firm’s cybersecurity and investigations practice. Kroll said Monday Demonte will lead a team of cyber investigators and digital forensic professionals who aim to help clients address challenges related to information and computer security, incident response, identity and intellectual theft, internet fraud and insider […] More

  • CSRA to Unveil milCloud 2.0 Provisioning Portal at AFCEA West Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Unveil milCloud 2.0 Provisioning Portal at AFCEA West Event

    CSRA will introduce its cloud provisional portal and other service offerings intended for Defense Department customers during a three-day event hosted by Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association in San Diego. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology services contractor is also a platinum sponsor for this year’s AFCEA West conference and exposition that kicked off Tuesday, CSRA said Monday. CSRA […] More

  • DOJ Vet Kathleen McGovern Named EY Principal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOJ Vet Kathleen McGovern Named EY Principal

    Kathleen McGovern, a 14-year veteran of the Justice Department, has joined Ernst & Young‘s Washington, D.C. office as a principal in its fraud investigation and dispute services practice. EY said Friday McGovern joins other former government officials working in the company’s FIDS group and brings more than two decades of prosecutorial experience to her new position. She most recently served […] More

  • NASA Names Top Three Teams in Technology Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Names Top Three Teams in Technology Competition

    NASA has announced the top three teams to perform in cycle one of the agency’s competition on innovative technologies. The selection follows the iTech 2018 competition’s recent phase wherein ten finalist groups developed technology projects seeking to improve space exploration and terrestrial life, the agency said Friday. NASA chief technologists, potential investors and leaders from the […] More

  • Greg Wallig Appointed Managing Partner for Grant Thornton's Metro DC Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Greg Wallig Appointed Managing Partner for Grant Thornton’s Metro DC Operations

    Greg Wallig, formerly regional leader of Atlantic Coast advisory services business at Grant Thornton, has been named as the company’s managing partner for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Grant Thornton said Monday Wallig will oversee customer service, growth and talent development efforts at the company’s office in Arlington, Virginia. The 13-year company veteran succeeds Jamie Fowler and will work […] More

  • Joseph Averkamp Joins Parsons as VP, Systems Product Sales Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph Averkamp Joins Parsons as VP, Systems Product Sales Lead

    Parsons has appointed Joseph Averkamp, formerly chief technology lead at Conduent‘s tolling and intelligent transportation systems business, as a vice president and systems product sales lead. Parsons said Thursday Averkamp will support business development and marketing growth efforts of the company’s systems group within the eastern U.S. region. He holds more than 28 years of industry experience in the areas […] More

  • Former PwC Partner Jean Hobby Elected to CA Technologies Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former PwC Partner Jean Hobby Elected to CA Technologies Board

    Jean Hobby, a 33-year PwC veteran and former global strategy partner of the professional services firm, has been elected to serve on CA Technologies‘ board of directors. She will also serve on CA Technologies’ audit committee and her appointment will bring the number of board members to 11, the company said Thursday. Hobby served as PwC global strategy […] More

  • CTC CEO Ed Sheehan Receives Pennsylvania Business Leadership Recognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC CEO Ed Sheehan Receives Pennsylvania Business Leadership Recognition

    Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has been named to Pennsylvania Business Central’s annual top 100 list of executives recognized for their business and economic development leadership in the state. CTC opened in August 2017 the Center for the Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing in Pennsylvania under Sheehan’s purview, according to his profile information published Jan. […] More

  • Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives

    Siemens‘ philanthropic arm has announced plans to launch new educational and training programs to boost student engagement in science, technology, engineering and math. The company said Thursday these initiatives will replace Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology that ended in 2017 after 19 years of providing annual scholarship opportunities to high school students. Siemens Foundation […] More

  • IBM Vet Sanjay Brahmawar to Join Software AG as CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Vet Sanjay Brahmawar to Join Software AG as CEO

    Sanjay Brahmawar, a 14-year IBM veteran, has been appointed by Software AG‘s supervisory board to serve as CEO of the enterprise software vendor effective Aug. 1. Software AG said Wednesday he will succeed Karl-Heinz Streibich, who is due to retire from the company after 14 years at the helm. Brahmawar currently serves as general manager for global revenue […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary Holds Spot on $998M Air Force TETRAS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Holds Spot on $998M Air Force TETRAS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a position on a potential $998 million contract to develop range test and evaluation systems for the U.S. Air Force. Kratos RT Logic is one of 14 contractors selected to participate in the Air Force’s Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum program, the company said Wednesday. Frank Backes, vice […] More