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Tina Dolph on ASRC Federal’s Data Analytics Initiatives, Her First 7 Months at Company

Tina Dolph started another chapter of herÂ 20-year GovCon market careerÂ in January when she joinedÂ ASRC FederalÂ as president of the Beltsville, Md.-based company’sÂ information and technical solutions operating group. In prior executiveÂ roles at PAE, DolphÂ led efforts to integrate Computer Sciences Corp.’s applied technology divisionÂ after PAE purchased that organization in 2013. Dolph recently spoke to ExecutiveBiz for an in-depth […] More

July 20, 2015, 1:11 pm
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Dirk van der Vaart on His Agenda for GardaWorld’s US Arm and Security Sector Trends

Dirk van der Vaart took the role of president in April at GardaWorld Government Services — theÂ U.S. subsidiary of global security services contractor Garda World. The 20-year defense and security market veteran’s background includes executive roles atÂ GLOBAL Integrated Security and Raytheon, as well as service in theÂ Coast Guard Reserve and intelligence community. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

July 13, 2015, 1:09 pm
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Brian Neely on American Systems’ Ongoing Cloud Migration, His Dual CIO-CTO Hats

Brian Neely started his career at American Systems in 1996 forÂ his first post-college position in industryÂ and now holds the dual roles of chief information officer and chief technical officer at theÂ employee-owned government services contractor. Neely oversees planning and management functions for the company’s technology and information management-related resourcesÂ and has also supported acquisition initiatives there. ExecutiveBiz […] More

July 9, 2015, 1:33 pm
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LGS CEO Kevin Kelly on His Outlook for Commercial Tech in Gov’t, the Defense Industrial Base and GovCon’s M&A Picture

The AprilÂ releaseÂ ofÂ documents for a draft request for proposals onÂ aÂ future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further examine how it can make greater use ofÂ commercial technologies. Also in April,Â Defense Department announced its own move to explore the commercial sector’s offerings in April with the release of Better Buying Power […] More

July 8, 2015, 1:12 pm
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Part 2 of Q&A With LGS CEO Kevin Kelly

This is part two of ourÂ chatÂ with Kevin Kelly, LGS Innovations‘ CEO.Â Click hereÂ for part one. ExecutiveBiz: How would you describe the current state of the GovCon M&A market? What do LGS and other companies look for in potential targets? Kevin Kelly: It is very active. In the course of the last twelve months, LGS has looked […] More

July 8, 2015, 2:40 am
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Tom Lydon on Vistronix’s 2014 Acquisition Spree, ‘Agile Development’ in C4ISR

Tom Lydon joined Reston, Va.-basedÂ information technology contractor Vistronix in January 2013 as senior vice president of business development and brings almostÂ 25 years of defense industry experience to the company. Vistronix announced three acquisitions in DecemberÂ 2014 –Â buys of ACG, ExaTech andÂ Objective Solutions — and said the purchases were made to grow in the intelligence sector. Lydon […] More

July 6, 2015, 12:58 pm
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Mike Tanner on Hitachi Data Systems’ US Federal Market Entry, Data Center Consolidation Trends

Mike TannerÂ serves asÂ president and CEO ofÂ Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp. — the U.S. government market subsidiary of HDS — and has led the organization since its launch on April 1, 2013. He originally joined HDS in 2007 as a district sales manager and also spent seven years at Hewlett-Packard, where he helped lead sales of […] More

June 30, 2015, 1:56 pm
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Mac Curtis, Steve Omick: New ‘Vencore Labs’ Org to Have Gov’t, Commercial Sector Footprints

Vencore has relaunched and rebranded the organization formerly known as Applied Communications SciencesÂ as part of a push to offer new technologies for cybersecurity, data analytics and communications to government agencies and commercial customers. The new Vencore Labs organization is also one part of Vencore’s strategy to maintain its status as a “high-end” services company withÂ intellectual […] More

June 29, 2015, 1:54 pm
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Michael Shrader on Carahsoft’s Federal Market Partnerships, Role of Product Resellers

Michael Shrader leads theÂ intelligence and innovative solutions business unitÂ atÂ Carahsoft as a vice president for the Reston, Va.-based technology product reseller. He previously spoke to ExecutiveBiz in February 2013 for a wide-ranging discussion on his company’s partnership with Splunk to offer data analytics software in the public sector and Carahsoft’s work to help its partners market […] More

June 29, 2015, 12:53 pm
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Randy Wotring on URS’ Integration Into AECOM, His Federal Infrastructure Market Outlook

Randy Wotring joined AECOM upon that company’s estimated $4 billion acquisition of URS Corp. in late 2014 and now holds the titleÂ of group president of management services at AECOM. The 30-year public sector andÂ infrastructure veteran led URS’ federal services arm for 10 years as president prior to the transaction. Wotring discussed the integration of URS […] More

June 24, 2015, 1:00 pm
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Cal Shintani on Oceus’ Public Safety Market Emphasis, Federal Broadband’s Evolution

Cal Shintani leadsÂ capture strategy, corporate strategy and proposal development functions for Oceus Networks as senior vice president and chief growth officer at the Reston, Va.-based mobile services contractor. Shintani last spoke to ExecutiveBiz for a Q&A conversation on his role at Oceus and GovCon market trends in June 2012, nearly five months after he joined […] More

June 24, 2015, 11:53 am
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Part 2 of Q&A With Cal Shintani, Oceus SVP and Chief Growth Officer

This is part two of our in-depth conversation with Cal Shintani, senior vice president and chief growth officer at Oceus Networks. Click here to read part one. ExecutiveBiz: Where are the opportunities for broadband wireless at the state and local levels? Cal Shintani: Most of the state and local governments are watching FirstNet and are […] More

June 24, 2015, 12:31 am