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  • Donald Carty, Anthony Bates Join VMware Board; Pat Gelsinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Donald Carty, Anthony Bates Join VMware Board; Pat Gelsinger Comments

    Donald Carty, a director at EMC, and GoPro President Anthony Bates have joined the board of directors of VMware. “With their business insight and experience across diverse industries as well as technology companies, their perspective and counsel will prove invaluable for the VMware board and executive team,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said Tuesday. Carty has been with […] More

  • Mike McConnell Joins Securonix Senior Advisory Board; Sachin Nayyar Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike McConnell Joins Securonix Senior Advisory Board; Sachin Nayyar Comments

    Mike McConnell, former director of national intelligence, has joined Securonix as a member of the company’s senior advisory board. McConnell is a retired military officer and has served as chairman of the board of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance before former President George W. Bush appointed him as director of national intelligence in 2007, […] More

  • Hitachi Data Systems Federal Arm Hires Linda Jensen, Jason Hardy; Mike Tanner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Data Systems Federal Arm Hires Linda Jensen, Jason Hardy; Mike Tanner Comments

    Hitachi Data Systems U.S. federal subsidiary has hired Linda Jensen and Jason Hardy as federal director of service and support and cloud technologist, respectively, as part of an effort to bolster service support across the federal government. Jensen, formerly customer experience and support department lead at EMC‘s federal worldwide service, will oversee the company’s initiative to […] More

  • Paul Stockton, Richard Danzig Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Stockton, Richard Danzig Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellows

    Paul Stockton and Richard Danzig, respectively former officials at the Defense Department and the U.S. Navy, have been appointed senior fellows of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. “Their experiences leading the nation through challenging times and knowledge of emerging technical challenges will further the lab’s impact for the nation,” APL Director Ralph Semmel said Tuesday. Stockton served as assistant secretary […] More

  • Mike Convertino Joins F5 Networks as CISO; Tony Bozzuti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Convertino Joins F5 Networks as CISO; Tony Bozzuti Comments

    Mike Convertino, formerly chief information security officer at CrowdStrike, has joined F5 Networks as the company’s first CISO. Convertino will lead F5’s security product road map development and help maintain the security of company and customer assets, F5 Networks said Monday. “What Mike Convertino brings to F5 is both deep experience and strong leadership to […] More

  • Preston Dunlap Appointed as Johns Hopkins APL Mission Area Executive; Mark Lewellyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Preston Dunlap Appointed as Johns Hopkins APL Mission Area Executive; Mark Lewellyn Comments

    Preston Dunlap, formerly a national security fellow in the National Security Analysis Department at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed as national security analysis mission areas executive at APL. Dunlap was most recently responsible for APL’s initiatives and partnerships with the government to further the development of technology, exercises and operational planning, […] More

  • CNAS Unveils 9 New Advisory Board Appointments; Kurt Campbell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Unveils 9 New Advisory Board Appointments; Kurt Campbell Comments

    The Center for a New American Security has appointed nine executives from the defense, consulting and financial industries to the organization’s board of advisers. CNAS said Thursday that each appointee will serve a three-year term and aims to help inform the debate over U.S. national security issues. “Their engagement on key topics will be invaluable to furthering […] More

  • Authentic8 Expands into Federal Market, Hires Glen Sharlun as Federal Operations Chief - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Authentic8 Expands into Federal Market, Hires Glen Sharlun as Federal Operations Chief

    Glen Sharlun, formerly a federal sales executive at ArcSight and Hewlett-Packard, has joined Authentic8, provider of the cloud-based browser Silo, as head of federal operations. Sharlun’s appointment is part of the company’s efforts to expand into the federal market, Authentic8 said Thursday. “Government employees, perhaps more than employees of commercial enterprises, need a completely secure […] More

  • Former FBI Official Timothy Murphy Joins Global Data Sentinel Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former FBI Official Timothy Murphy Joins Global Data Sentinel Advisory Board

    Timothy Murphy, president of Thomson Reuters Special Services, has joined the advisory board of New York City-based cybersecurity company Global Data Sentinel. Murphy brings a portfolio of cyber, counterterrorism, intelligence, law enforcement and security experience to GDS, the company said Thursday. He has previously served as deputy director at the FBI, where he provided expertise in online security. […] More

  • Bill Ballhaus Joins Blackboard as Chairman, President & CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Ballhaus Joins Blackboard as Chairman, President & CEO

    Bill Ballhaus, former president and CEO of SRA International, has joined educational technology firm Blackboard as its chairman, president and chief executive. He replaces Jay Bhatt, who will remain with the company as a special adviser to the chairman, Blackboard said Monday. “I am excited to join Blackboard and continue its progress in helping millions of […] More

  • Laura Jolley Appointed Sterling Global Operations HR VP; Alan Weakley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laura Jolley Appointed Sterling Global Operations HR VP; Alan Weakley Comments

    Laura Jolley, a 12-year veteran at Sterling Global Operations, has been appointed as vice president of human resources at the Knoxville, Tenn.-based stability operations services provider. Jolley previously served as SGO recruiter, human resources generalist, human resources business partner, HR manager and director of human resources, the company said Monday. “As SGO has continued to […] More

  • Former VA Official Jose Riojas Joins ManTech Mission Solutions, Services Group Advisory Board; Dan Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former VA Official Jose Riojas Joins ManTech Mission Solutions, Services Group Advisory Board; Dan Keefe Comments

    Jose Riojas, formerly chief of staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined the strategic advisory board for ManTech International’s mission solutions and services group. ManTech said Monday is also a former assistant veterans affairs secretary for operations, security and preparedness and served in that role between May 2009 and July 2013, . Dan Keefe, president and chief […] More