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The Maryland Manufacturing Extension Profit, a nonprofit operating in the state of Maryland, has enlisted Ron Hawkins as its new account manager for the Eastern Shore and Anne Arundel County areas operations. Hawkins will help MD MEP in its goal to grow and strengthen the manufacturing industry in the state, as well as its client […] More
Bechtel has won an engineering and technology innovation award from Fiatech’s CETI Award for its use of radio frequency identification technology on its liquefied natural gas projects in Australia. Bechtel won the CETI Award in the intelligent and automated construction jobsite category, the company announced Tuesday. Bechtel used the Atlas RFID Solutions Inc.-developed Jovix system […] More
Fulcrum has been selected for the 2014 Helios Apollo “Tessera” Award by a panel of senior human resources executives and industry leaders for conducting activities and programs centered on employee development and engagement. The Centreville, Va.-based technology firm was presented the award during last week’s Helios HR awards ceremony in Virginia, Fulcrum said Thursday. “This award recognizes all facets of […] More
Patrick de Castelbajac has been appointed CEO of French aviation firm ATR, a joint venture of Airbus Group and Finmeccanica‘s Alenia Aermacchi. Airbus said Monday the appointment follows the end of Filippo Bagnato’s four-year mandate as CEO in May. De Castelbajac has experience in both legal and aeronautical fields, previously working with MBDA before joining Baker & McKenzie as a lawyer. He […] More
IntelliDyne has won Helios HR‘s 2014 Helios Apollo Award in the Tria category for work to conduct programs and activities centered on employees’ professional development and engagement. The company was presented the award at a ceremony hosted by Helios HR last week after being selected by a panel of human resources executives and industry leaders, IntelliDyne said […] More
Kim Stevenson, corporate vice president and chief information officer of Intel, has been appointed to the board of directors at enterprise data management firm Cloudera. “Kim’s experience and strategic role as CIO of Intel are particularly valuable as she represents the voice of the customer and has a deep understanding of how data and insight can transform […] More
Louisa Jaffe, CEO and president of Technical and Project Engineering, has been re-appointed to the advisory board of the National Contract Management Association for program year ending June 30, 2015. Jaffe has been a member of the NCMA’s board of advisors since 2008, providing guidance to national officers on contract management issues, TAPE said Monday. “With each year […] More
IBM, SMRT Corporation Ltd., StarHub and the Land Transport Authority of Singapore have teamed up to develop a public transportation system using fusion analytics. The team will apply analytic models to build the Fusion AnalyticS for public Transport Emergency Response blueprint for crowd management and information services, IBM said Monday. Chew Hock Yong, LTA’s chief […] More
The Defense Department has awarded a $150,000 grant to medical device firm Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp. to develop a carbon-nanotube-based biosensor technology for early detection of organ injuries, an expansion of PKC’s current Nano-Impedance Biosensor. PKC said Monday that it was awarded the grant through the DoD Defense Health Program’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative after the Pentagon carried out a review process. […] More
The TechAmerica Foundation has a new version of its “Cloud Buyer’s Guide for Government,’ a 30-page document designed for federal cloud investment decision makers, Fedscoop reported Friday. Jake Williams writes the guidelines include best practices, techniques and strategies available for information technology and contract officers to explore and consider, supplemented by business cases and case […] More
AECOM and IBM have collaborated to design a benchmark tool to help UN member states’ local governments assess their level of preparedness for earthquakes, floods, storms and fires. The companies developed the scorecard for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with the goal of helping cities withstand natural disasters as well as protect lives […] More
DigitalGlobe has partnered with Cloudera to develop a new geospatial analytics technology intended to help customers fulfill security and governance requirements. Bob Gourley, former chief technology officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said DigitalGlobe intends to build the geospatial big data analytic tool around Cloudera’s Enterprise Data Hub, DigitalGlobe said Friday. The analytics system will work to collect […] More
