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James Kilbride on Security’s Role in Cloud Adoption, General Dynamics’ Work to Integrate Technology with Business Viewpoints & Managing Innovation

At General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, James Kilbride deploys the capabilities of the firm’s Cyber and Intelligence Solutions division to help government customers advance their missions. Kilbride joined General Dynamics in 2005 and earned with a doctoral degree in computer science one year later, which he holds in addition to his M.B.A. degree fromÂ Rensselaer Polytechnic […] More

April 15, 2014, 9:55 am
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CenturyLink Employee Receives Award for National Guard and Reserve Support

Donna Kludsikofsky, an employee at CenturyLink, has been honored byÂ an agency of the Department of Defense for her work to support theÂ Washington State National Guard and Reserve. The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve presentedÂ Kludsikofsky with the Patriot Award for her work with the DoD organizations. â€œThe Patriot Award was created by ESGR to […] More

April 14, 2014, 12:00 am
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John Thomas on Investing in Leidos’ Organic Growth, Opportunities in its Core Markets & the Draw of Working With the Right People

John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

April 7, 2014, 9:41 am
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George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Navy to Conduct 1st Ship-Based Fire Scout Flights in Summer

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman plan to carry out the first set of ship-based flights of theÂ MQ-8C Fire Scout this summer, said George Vardoulakis, Northrop vice president of medium range tactical systems. “Land-based flight tests of the system are progressing well and…Â We expect the MQ-8C Fire Scout will be ready for operations by year […] More

April 7, 2014, 8:42 am
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Rob Zitz on Leidos’ Transition to a Standalone Business, Cyber Trends and Infrastructure Support for DHS

Rob Zitz joined LeidosÂ in August 2011Â –Â when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. –Â as senior vice president and chief ISR systems architect after a three-decade government career that culminated in a deputy director role at the National Reconnaissance Office. The Wash100 inducteeÂ and former seniorÂ Secret Service deputy associate director leads Leidos’ work to help intelligence […] More

April 2, 2014, 9:35 am
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Julian Cracknell: BAE Helps London Transport Agency Launch New Website

BAE SystemsÂ has helped to launchÂ Transport for London’sÂ new website as part of the agencyâ€™s project to offer more public services through digitized systems and platforms, BAE UK Services Managing Director Julian Cracknell says. Cracknell said Tuesday that the company and TfL aim to help up to millions of people each month plan their journeys through London. […] More

April 2, 2014, 8:37 am
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Erik Buice on Accelerating Scientific Discovery Through Bioinformatics, the Goals of Northrop’s Health IT Partnerships & Applying an Engineering Approach to Healthcare Innovation

Erik Buice leads Northrop Grumman‘s health systems management unit as vice president and leads a team of more than 800 personnel who help federal health agencies manage their information technology systems. Buice’s career has included stops at firms ranging from large to small, including IT and consulting roles at companies such as CGI, Patriot Technologies, […] More

March 28, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Executive Profile: Teresa Carlson, Amazon Web Services VP of the World Wide Public Sector

Teresa Carlson serves as the vice president of the world wide public sector at Amazon Web Services where she is responsible for operations, strategy, sales and business development. The more than 20-year industry veteranÂ is also the head public policy advisor for the global public sector at AWS andÂ oversees revenue and partnership strategy. Prior to joining […] More

March 28, 2014, 12:00 am
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Jim Cook of MITRE Named to 2014 Federal 100 List

James Cook, MITRE Corp.Â vice president and director of the Center for Enterprise Modernization, has been named to Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 list, the company said Wednesday. Cook first appeared on the list in 2007 for his work with the Internal Revenue Service. The list of award winners is based on employees that “have gone […] More

March 27, 2014, 12:00 am
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Alicia Ryan: Pentagon Approves LSINC-Deloitte Mentorship Arrangement

Deloitte will work to help Huntsville, Ala.-based small business LSINC compete for prime and subcontract awards under the Defense Departmentâ€™s Mentor-Protege program. LSINC said Thursday it brings its woman-owned small business status, community connections and its engineering and manufacturing offerings to the partnership as the companies pursue federal and commercial projects in the U.S. â€œWe […] More

March 25, 2014, 9:03 am
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BIll Doll: Battelle Tool Built to Help Navy Dig for Bomb Debris

Battelle has developed a metal detecting tool forÂ U.S. Navy helicopter crews to help cleanup personnel at the Pinecastle Bombing Range in Florida find bomb debris, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday. Erica Rodriguez writes that theÂ tool will be used to plot the locations of bomb and target debris on a heat map following pilot training exercises, […] More

March 25, 2014, 8:15 am
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Carl Willis-Ford of SRA Named Senior Member at ISSA; Bill Ballhaus Comments

Carl Willis-Ford, SRA International senior technical advisor, has been named a senior member at theÂ Information Systems Security Association, SRA said Thursday. The 25-yearÂ data security and security policy expert hasÂ consulted and educated members of government on data security during his career andÂ serves on the Technical Working Group for the NIST-sponsored Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association. […] More

March 21, 2014, 12:00 am