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  • Candace Givens Named Virgin Orbit Engineering VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Candace Givens Named Virgin Orbit Engineering VP

    Candace Givens, a more than 20-year defense industry leader and spaceflight engineering executive, has joined Virgin Orbit as vice president of engineering. She will work closely with Kevin Sagis, chief engineer and senior vice president of technology at Virgin Orbit, as the company continues to scale up its space launch operations to meet the increasing demand […] More

  • Former CSRA CEO Larry Prior Appointed to Novetta Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former CSRA CEO Larry Prior Appointed to Novetta Board

    Former CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior, a four-time Wash100 winner, has joined the board of directors at McLean, Va.-based analytics services contractor Novetta. He is a public and private sector veteran with more than 30 years of intelligence, security, technology and defense program experience, Novetta said Tuesday.  “It’s an exciting time of growth at Novetta, and […] More

  • Julie Ann Phinney Named Ensco's Aerospace Sciences & Engineering Business Development Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Ann Phinney Named Ensco’s Aerospace Sciences & Engineering Business Development Director

    Julie Ann Phinney, a senior business development executive at CACI International, has joined Ensco as a director. Phinney will serve as business development director of Ensco’s aerospace sciences and engineering division, the company said Thursday. “She is a seasoned business development professional and has spent a great deal of her career pursuing and working programs […] More

  • Intell Community Vet Stephanie O’Sullivan Joins Peraton Advisory Board; Stu Shea Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intell Community Vet Stephanie O’Sullivan Joins Peraton Advisory Board; Stu Shea Comments

    Stephanie O’Sullivan, former principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has joined the advisory board of Herndon, Virginia-based communications and technology services contractor Peraton. The company said Thursday O’Sullivan led information technology integration efforts during her time as PDDNI, the second-highest position in the U.S. intelligence community. In that capacity, she also led […] More

  • Lockheed Vet Joanne Maguire Joins Tetra Tech Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Vet Joanne Maguire Joins Tetra Tech Board of Directors

    Joanne Maguire, former executive vice president for space systems at Lockheed Martin, has joined Tetra Tech as a member of the California-based consulting and engineering services company’s board of directors. Tetra Tech said Wednesday she will be assigned to the company’s corporate governance and strategic planning and enterprise risk committees. Maguire previously held various executive roles at Lockheed from 2003 to 2013 and […] More

  • Executive Profile: Gio Patterson, Civil Commercial Group VP at Booz Allen - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Gio Patterson, Civil Commercial Group VP at Booz Allen

    Giovanna “Gio” Patterson serves as vice president of the civil commercial group at Booz Allen Hamilton. She oversees strategy development, business capture, performance management and career development operations for the management consulting company’s civilian and health accounts. Patterson spent nearly five years at IBM’s global business services segment as partner and VP for the federal […] More

  • Executive Profile: Robert Lentz, Strategy VP for Northrop's Info Systems Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Robert Lentz, Strategy VP for Northrop’s Info Systems Sector

    Robert “Bobby” Lentz serves as vice president of strategy for the information systems sector at Northrop Grumman. He brings more than two decades of government contracting and aerospace experience to the Falls Church, Va.-based defense contractor. Lentz oversees growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio management, strategic planning and divestitures for Northrop’s information systems sector. Prior […] More

  • Executive Profile: Monica McManus, Lockheed Martin VP of Information Technology Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Monica McManus, Lockheed Martin VP of Information Technology Services

    Monica McManus serves as vice president of information technology services at Lockheed Martin. McManus is responsible for developing and executing the company’s information technology strategy to promote business growth. McManus joined Lockheed in 1997 where she has held several leadership positions supporting the company’s federal, commercial and international markets. Previously, McManus served as VP and chief information […] More

  • Executive Profile: Jeff Yu, Northrop ISR Tech and Engineering Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Jeff Yu, Northrop ISR Tech and Engineering Director

    Jeff Yu serves as director of technology and engineering for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division within the information systems sector at Northrop Grumman. Yu leads a business organization that offers systems, applications and services for the intelligence, defense, and national security communities and his focus areas include the division’s technology investment portfolio and its research […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Pranzatelli, MBDA President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Pranzatelli, MBDA President

    John Pranzatelli is the president of MBDA Inc., where he is responsible for working with U.S. military customers and partners to develop new products and grow MBDA Group’s presence in the U.S. market. Prior to this role, he was MBDA’s vice president for strategy and business operations. Before joining MBDA, Pranzatelli served at Northrop Grumman as vice […] More