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  • Lynne Doughtie Elected KPMG Chairman, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lynne Doughtie Elected KPMG Chairman, CEO

    Lynne Doughtie, former head of KPMG LLP’s advisory business, has been elected to the roles of chairman and CEO at the accounting and consulting firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Michael Rapoport writes Doughtie will begin her five-year term on July 1. She will succeed current chief executive John Veihmeyer, who will remain as […] More

  • Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2

    Phil Freedenberg has been vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services — or SAP NS2 — since 2011 and has served in leadership roles at SAP since 2007 over areas such as strategic account management in both the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to SAP, the 25-year industry veteran helped to develop the aerospace and defense practice at […] More

  • Executive Profile: Kevin Shelly, MarkLogic Public Sector VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Kevin Shelly, MarkLogic Public Sector VP

    Kevin Shelly serves as vice president for the public sector at MarkLogic, where he has formulated sales strategy, policy and aligned resources for customer activities since he took that role in November 2012. He brings experience management consulting and systems integration to his current role from a prior tenure at KPMG/BearingPoint. After BearingPoint, Shelly became SVP of […] More

  • Executive Profile: Richard Nadeau, Maximus CFO and Treasurer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Richard Nadeau, Maximus CFO and Treasurer

    Rick Nadeau is chief financial officer and corporate treasurer at Maximus, where he oversees all financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax and accounting functions within the organization. He joined the company in June 2014 after five years as CFO at SRA International and he holds close to four decades of financial management and government contracting experience. Nadeau also held […] More

  • KPMG’s Tom Franks: Global M&A Appetite ‘Remains Strong’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG’s Tom Franks: Global M&A Appetite ‘Remains Strong’

    KPMG has released the firm’s latest mergers and acquisitions global trends report that indicates M&A deals rose 26 percent between January and June of 2014. Tom Franks, global head of corporate finance at KPMG, said Thursday that “appetite for M&A deals remains strong, capacity is going up and we are starting to see an increasing number of deals […] More

  • KPMG Opens R&D Lab to Facilitate Data, Analytics Offerings; Mark Toon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Opens R&D Lab to Facilitate Data, Analytics Offerings; Mark Toon Comments

    KPMG has opened a virtual research and development center and innovation hub to develop data and analytics business solutions for member firms’ clients in support of KMPG Capital acquisitions and partnerships. The KPMG Insights Labs will facilitate R&D activity for KPMG Capital assets and intellectual property, including the demonstration and verification of proof-of-concept designs, KPMG said Wednesday. “While companies […] More

  • KPMG Capital Finds Execs Face Challenges Turning Big Data into Tangible Results; Mark Toon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Capital Finds Execs Face Challenges Turning Big Data into Tangible Results; Mark Toon Comments

    KPMG’s capital business unit has released results of a recent study that found C-suite executives are facing challenges in managing their large volumes of data. KPMG surveyed 144 chief financial officers and chief information officers from multinational companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenues for the research, “Going beyond the data: Achieving actionable […] More

  • Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Zuber Becomes U.S. Partner-In-Charge at KPMG

    Tim Zuber has been appointed U.S. partner-in-charge of knowledge and collaboration management at KPMG. In his new role, Zuber will lead efforts to adopt best practices throughout the firm and will serve on the U.S. strategic investments committee, KPMG said Tuesday. Steven Hill, U.S. vice chair of strategic investments, said Zuber brings experience in team building […] More