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  • INSA Elects New Members to Boards of Directors, Advisers; Letitia Long Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Elects New Members to Boards of Directors, Advisers; Letitia Long Comments

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has elected leaders from industry and academia as new members of its board of directors and board of advisers. The six new directors will oversee INSA’s strategic planning and operations over a two-year term while the nine new advisers will each serve a term of one year, INSA said […] More

  • Executive Profile: Ron Costella, AECOM Enterprise IT Sector SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Ron Costella, AECOM Enterprise IT Sector SVP

    Ron Costella serves as senior vice president of enterprise information technology sector within the management services group of AECOM, with responsibility in profit and loss, growth and information technology service delivery. Costella previously served as a VP and executive director of training and operational services segment at American Systems between February 2013 and September 2015 after […] More

  • Executive Profile: Andy Strampach, Leidos Global Services Group VP of BD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Andy Strampach, Leidos Global Services Group VP of BD

    Andy Strampach serves as vice president of business development for the global services group at Leidos, where he oversees the organization’s business pursuits, growth strategy and capture activities in the U.S. defense and intelligence markets. He joined the company in May 2015 after more than three years of work as a division vice president of BD and strategy at Parsons‘ […] More

  • Parsons Small Business Program Secures NASA Award; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Small Business Program Secures NASA Award; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has received an award from NASA in recognition of the company’s support to small businesses through the Facility Construction, Engineering, and Technical Services contract. The company was selected for the Fiscal Year 2015 Small Business Industry Award based on its work as a prime contractor on the FaCETS contract at the space agency’s Goddard […] More

  • Rodney Slater, Mary Schapiro Join Mitre's Board of Trustees; Alfred Grasso Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rodney Slater, Mary Schapiro Join Mitre’s Board of Trustees; Alfred Grasso Comments

    Rodney Slater and Mary Schapiro have joined Mitre Corp. as members of the company’s board of trustees. Slater is a former secretary of the Transportation Department and Schapiro most recently served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mitre said Monday. “Their knowledge and experience will serve Mitre well in overseeing the seven federally […] More

  • Executive Profile: Joshua Petty, Booz Allen Hamilton VP & Deputy General Counsel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Joshua Petty, Booz Allen Hamilton VP & Deputy General Counsel

    Joshua Petty serves as vice president and deputy general counsel at Booz Allen Hamilton. In this capacity, he leads a team of attorneys and oversees counseling management operations at the technology and management consulting services contractor. Petty spent 14 years at Accenture, where he previously served as managing director of legal services and global government […] More

  • Digital Reasoning Named in Publication's Most Promising Defense Tech Companies List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Digital Reasoning Named in Publication’s Most Promising Defense Tech Companies List

    Digital Reasoning is included on CIO Review magazine’s list of the “20 most promising defense technology solution providers” in the U.S. for 2015. The publication honored Digital Reasoning for the company’s efforts to help defense customers examine huge amounts of unstructured data with its cognitive computing analytics platform Synthesys, the company said Tuesday. “We have proven our ability to perform […] More

  • Executive Profile: Jim Lee, Director and Chief of Staff to Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector Services VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Jim Lee, Director and Chief of Staff to Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector Services VP

    Jim Lee serves as director and chief of staff to Microsoft’s worldwide public sector services vice president at the global software giant. He previously served as Microsoft’s general manager for state and local government, education and healthcare business between May 2010 and September 2013. Lee was the U.S. general manager of sales and delivery for public sector at […] More

  • Harris CEO William Brown to Join Celanese Board in January - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris CEO William Brown to Join Celanese Board in January

    William Brown, the chairman, president and CEO of Harris Corp., will serve on the board of directors at technology and specialty materials firm Celanese Corp. beginning Jan. 1. Harris said Wednesday Brown’s appointment will bring the total members of the Celanese board to 10. “His ingenuity and proven skill developing alternative strategies while enhancing margins — especially with acquisitions […] More

  • Deanna Doan Joins Allegheny as Defense, Intell Programs Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deanna Doan Joins Allegheny as Defense, Intell Programs Director

    Deanna Doan, a nearly 20-year program management professional, has joined Allegheny Science & Technology as director of defense and intelligence programs at the McLean, Virginia-based government services provider. She succeeds George Spencer, who will transition into an executive vice president role and support the company’s research, development and demonstration projects in the federal sector, Allegheny […] More

  • CNAS Adds James Murdoch to Board of Directors; Michele Flournoy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Adds James Murdoch to Board of Directors; Michele Flournoy Comments

    James Murdoch, CEO of mass media company 21st Century Fox, has joined the Center for a New American Security policy think tank as a member of the board of directors. CNAS said Tuesday Murdoch will work with other board members to provide oversight and support for the organization’s strategic direction. “James’ experience as a global business and […] More