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Jessica Nielsen, Lockheed VP of Comms & Marketing, Discusses Branding, Int’l Expansion and Her Georgetown Professorship

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’sÂ Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

by David J. Barton July 11, 2014, 1:39 pm
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Bill Downer, Federal BD Manager at Seagate Technology, on the Evolving GovCon and Intell Communities

Bill Downer serves as manager of federal business development at Seagate Technology where heÂ is helping to build a federal subsidiary that will focus on storage offerings for U.S. government customers. Downer worked in BD forÂ Xyratex before it was acquired by Seagate and was vice president of federal sales at DataDirect Networks beginning in 2012. He […] More

by David J. Barton July 11, 2014, 9:27 am
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Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Lands New Navy Logistics Services Work

Engility HoldingsÂ has won an $11 million recompete order to provide technical support for the U.S. Navyâ€™s military command in Florida,Â a contract award that Engility President and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo says is part of the company’s logistics services portfolio. TheÂ contract covers logistics assistance work forÂ the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Divisionâ€™s landing craft air cushion […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh July 8, 2014, 10:20 am
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Dan Allen: Serco Inc. Adds Parking, Traffic Control Support Work in LA Suburb

Serco Inc., the Britain-based contractor’s North American subsidiary, has won a 10-year, $25 million contract to provideÂ parking enforcement services and manageÂ parking meter and traffic control operations in Inglewood, California. The company said Monday it willÂ supportÂ daily traffic,Â parking, dispatch and customer services in the Los Angeles suburb as well as monitor scofflaws using license plate recognition technology. […] More

by Admin July 7, 2014, 11:59 am
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Matt Desch: Int’l Maritime Agency Subcommittee Backs Iridium’s Proposed Mobile Satcom Offering

An International Maritime Organization subcommittee has endorsed the approval of Iridium‘s application to offer satellite communication services through the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. The application is still subject to review by an independent expert panel before final approval by IMO’s maritime safety committee, Iridium said Monday. “The overwhelming support for our application to […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 7, 2014, 11:32 am
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Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Payment Mgmt Support for Fiscal Service Bureau

Engility HoldingsÂ President and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo says the company is continuing its decade-long support for the Treasury DepartmentÂ through a recompete contract forÂ the department’s Secure Payment SystemÂ program. The company announced WednesdayÂ that its Dynamics Research Corp. subsidiary was awardedÂ the $13.4 million contract fromÂ the department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Engility expects to to help the bureau’s payment […] More

by Admin July 3, 2014, 5:47 am
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Gene Colabatistto: CAE Boosts Training Portfolio With 4 New Int’l Contracts

CAEÂ has secured four training systems contracts totalingÂ $103.3 million from global defense clients, as group president for defense and securityÂ Gene ColabatisttoÂ reiterates the company’s focus on its integrated training solutions portfolio. The company said WednesdayÂ its new contracts are to provide or upgrade training and visual systems for the New Zealand, German and Iraqi air force, as well […] More

by Admin July 2, 2014, 9:11 am
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IBM’s Anne Altman: Hybrid Model to Play a Key Role in Gov’t Cloud Adoption

Anne Altman, general manager for IBM‘s U.S. federal business, suggests that a blend of public and private cloud elements could offer government agencies more control and better security, Nextgov reported Monday. She writes that the hybrid model is gaining traction in the federal market as agencies migrate their information technology functions to the cloud. “It […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 1, 2014, 6:29 am
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Ron Fouse on His Compliance Focus at ASRC Federal, Lessons Learned From Time at NAVAIR

Ron Fouse oversees legal affairs for government services contractor ASRC Federal and its subsidiaries as chief compliance officer and general counsel for the Greenbelt, Md.-based company. FouseÂ holds legal experience from both sides of the GovCon sector as he also served as an associate counsel to the Naval Air Systems Command and as a trial attorney […] More

by Ross Wilkers June 27, 2014, 9:47 am
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Ken Asbury: M&A a Top Priority at CACI

CACI InternationalÂ CEO Ken AsburyÂ has said theÂ company is regularly looking at opportunities for mergers and acquisitionsÂ nearlyÂ seven months after its $820 million acquisition of Six3 Systems, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “We’re continuing to look at companies in the M&A space to add a new customer, a new set of techniques, particularly as we see the […] More

by Admin June 26, 2014, 12:20 pm
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ATK’s Jeff Kubacki on the CIO’s Business Responsibilities, How Leaders Set IT Strategy

(Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge itsÂ aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences.Â Click here to readÂ GovCon Wire’s coverage of bothÂ transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

by Ross Wilkers June 25, 2014, 11:16 am
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Jonna Ward, CEO at Visionary Integration Professionals, on the Company’s Founding and Growth Strategy

Jonna Ward is the founder and CEOÂ ofÂ Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more thanÂ 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked forÂ Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More

by David J. Barton June 23, 2014, 8:26 am