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  • SOS International Promotes Mike Franz as VP of Business Devt; Julian Setian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOS International Promotes Mike Franz as VP of Business Devt; Julian Setian Comments

    Mike Franz, former business development director at SOS International, has been promoted as the company’s vice president for business development. SOSi said Thursday Franz will succeed former business development VP Jim Edwards, who has recently joined the U.S. government following four years with the company. “As the deputy of our business development organization, [Franz] consistently helped lead our team to […] More

  • EmeSec Unveils Advisory Board of Cybersecurity Leaders to Support Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EmeSec Unveils Advisory Board of Cybersecurity Leaders to Support Expansion Efforts

    Chantilly, Virginia-based EmeSec has formed an advisory board that consists of information technology, business development and government professionals in the cybersecurity industry. The cloud computing, security and engineering services company said Wednesday its new advisory board will work to provide perspective on market and business development opportunities, macro-economic trends as well as EmeSec’s customer service and go-to-market strategies. “As cloud cybersecurity services and […] More

  • Sentient Vision Updates Automated Land & Maritime Object Detection Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentient Vision Updates Automated Land & Maritime Object Detection Software

    Australia-based computer vision systems provider Sentient Vision Systems has unveiled the latest update to its automated object detection software for land and maritime applications. Sentient said July 19 the Kestrel 4.0 update includes functions that work to cut image processing requirements by 50 percent and support high-definition image processing on a processor. “This upgrade allows our ground-based customers […] More

  • SBA Taps 21 Partners to Support Agency's Small Biz Innovation Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Taps 21 Partners to Support Agency’s Small Biz Innovation Programs

    The Small Business Administration has awarded $325,000 in grant funds to 21 organizations to assist the agency in efforts to help entrepreneurs get more involved in the government’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs. SBA said Thursday it chose 16 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, colleges and universities to receive a combined $125,000 under the […] More

  • Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President

    Jim Batina has been appointed by the Chemring Group as business development vice president for its Chemring Ordnance subsidiary and will handle the business development efforts of that unit and Chemring Military Products. Batina started at COR in 2012 under its business development group and has since worked in the areas of defense business capture, manufacturing and research and development, COR […] More

  • Parsons Names Jon Moretta Regional Business Development SVP for Industrial Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Names Jon Moretta Regional Business Development SVP for Industrial Unit

    Parsons has named Jon Moretta as the industrial business unit’s North America West division senior vice president of business development. The company said Wednesday Moretta will work to drive support to refining and chemical industry clients through the advancement of Parsons’ industrial growth strategies. “Jon has considerable experience in strategic development in upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum, chemicals and […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Appoints Dave Nieuwsma as Information Management Services SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Appoints Dave Nieuwsma as Information Management Services SVP

    Rockwell Collins has appointed Dave Nieuwsma, formerly vice president of strategy and business development for the company’s government systems business, as senior VP for information management services. The company said Monday Nieuwsma succeeds Jeff Standerski, who will assume the role of SVP for people and inclusion. “Dave brings a fresh perspective to our IMS organization as we look […] More

  • Greg Bury Named VP for Canada Business Devt at Huntington Ingalls' UPI Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Greg Bury Named VP for Canada Business Devt at Huntington Ingalls’ UPI Subsidiary

    Greg Bury, former director of business development at Gas Liquids Engineering, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary UniversalPegasus International as vice president of business development for the unit’s Canadian operations. He will report directly to UPI President Philip Luna and bring more than 30 years of business development experience to his new position, HII said Tuesday. […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Announces Leadership Moves Within Ingalls Shipbuilding Arm; Brian Cuccias Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Announces Leadership Moves Within Ingalls Shipbuilding Arm; Brian Cuccias Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries will make a series of leadership moves within its Ingalls Shipbuilding division following the planned retirement of Richard Schenk from his role as vice president of program management. HII said Friday Kari Wilkinson will assume the role of Ingalls’ VP for program management on May 23 as the successor to Schenk, who will retire on July 1 after […] More

  • Ryan Norris Named Strategic Planning, BD Director for Huntington Ingalls' AMSEC Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ryan Norris Named Strategic Planning, BD Director for Huntington Ingalls’ AMSEC Arm

    Ryan Norris, a 12-year veteran of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been appointed director of strategic planning and business development at the company’s marine engineering and naval architecture services subsidiary AMSEC. He will report to AMSEC President Harris Leonard and oversee the organization’s strategic planning, BD, capture, proposal and marketing functions in his new position, HII said Wednesday. Norris has previously held […] More

  • Kay Sears Named Lockheed Space Systems VP for Strategy & Business Devt; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kay Sears Named Lockheed Space Systems VP for Strategy & Business Devt; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Kay Sears, former president of Intelsat General and a 28-year satellite communications industry veteran, has been named vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment. Her appointment takes effect April 4 and she will oversee the organization’s strategic planning, expansion initiatives, advanced technology development and work with commercial and government customers in her […] More

  • Kelly Goggin, Mark Redford Take New Roles at Constellation West; Lisa Wolford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Goggin, Mark Redford Take New Roles at Constellation West; Lisa Wolford Comments

    Constellation West has promoted Kelly Goggin, a former legislative liaison of U.S. Cyber Command, and Mark Redford, a former U.S. Air Force officer, to new roles within the company. The company said Thursday  Goggin, previously a director of business development, will support strategic BD and execute programs for existing contracts with the federal sector and other markets in her new senior BD director […] More