GovCon Execs on State of Federal Cybersecurity and Defense
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 29, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz last week asked GovCon executives about their take on the state of federal cybersecurity and suggested measures industry should take to stay ahead of the threat in the wake of a widely reported hack attack on Sony Pictures. Bill Varner, president and chief operating officer of ManTech International's mission,...
Executive Mosaic Lists GovCon's Top Moves, Shakeups, M&As for 2014
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 23, 2014 –GovCon Wire published on Friday links to Executive Mosaic's coverage of the top executive moves, company realignments and M&A activities in the government contracting industry for 2014. It covered that week's passage in Congress of two appropriations bills as well as Informatica Vice President and General Manager of NA Public Sector Bill...
Lockheed CTO Ray Johnson: Laser Systems Could Make Top Acquisitions List in Five Years
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 23, 2014 -- Ray Johnson, chief technology officer at Lockheed Martin, has told the Washington Post that laser systems have the potential to make the top acquisitions list in five years' time, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Post article published Friday looked at industry and military views on what stage the technology is in its development...
NSA's Lonny Anderson to Speak at Potomac Officers Club's Intel Summit on January 21, 2015
The Potomac Officers Club -- a division of Executive Mosaic -- has secured Lonny Anderson, the National Security Agency’s technology director , to speak at POC’s 2015 Intel Summit on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The event will take place at the Hilton at 7920 Jones Branch Drive in McLean VA, 22102. GovCon executives will have the opportunity to hear directly from federal intelligence leaders...
CNSI’s Adnan Ahmed Imparts Advice for New GovCon Firms
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 22, 2014 – Adnan Ahmed, president and co-founder of CNSI, said companies looking to provide goods and services in the federal marketplace should know their products inside out and set clear strategies on what they want to achieve so that they can offer something unique to the government. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Friday that a...
Jeff Harman, Kevin Stiles Promoted at Oceus; Randy Fuerst Comments
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 19, 2014 – GovCon Wire reported Thursday on Jeff Harman’s promotion to chief operating officer and Kevin Stiles as chief technology officer at Oceus Networks. Harman comes into the new role from his work as senior vice president and general manager for the company’s Defense Department solutions group while Stiles was most recently vice president of...
PV Puvvada: Unisys Receives AWS Cloud Leadership Distinction
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 19, 2014 – GovCon Executive reported Thursday on Unisys 's selection to a “Customer Obsession” status from Amazon Web Services for work in the federal cloud hosting area. "Unisys has been at the forefront in helping agencies throughout the federal government move to the cloud," said Venkatapathi "PV" Puvvada, acting president for Unisys Federal...
Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS to Extend Work Program Service Support in UK
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 19, 2014 – MAXIMUS has been awarded an extended contract to deploy its work assistance and placement program to additional regions in the United Kingdom, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company announced Thursday that it will begin new operations in North East Yorkshire and the Humber on Feb. 2, 2015, as part of the British government’s welfare...
Oceus CEO Randy Fuerst Sees Potential FirstNet Gains from Public-Private Tie-ups
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 17, 2014 – Newly promoted Oceus CEO Randy Fuerst said tapping into industry's resources could provide the boost the government needs to build FirstNet’s deployment and infrastructure capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The chief executive told EBiz that the experiences Oceus is gaining as one of the subcontractors in New Jersey’s LTE public...
Gene Colabatistto: CAE Nets $99M Defense Orders for Training Support, Simulation Tools
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 16, 2014 – GovCon Wire reported earlier this week CAE Inc. netting $99 million in total defense contracts for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2015 to provide training support and simulation tools for allied forces. The awards include an Airbus Defence and Space contract to produce a C295 full-flight simulator for Poland, lifecycle and maintenance...
Shane Imwalle: Woolpert Sees UAS Portfolio Growth Through FAA Certification
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 16, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz covered Monday Woolpert Senior Vice President Shane Imwalle and his company expects expanded work on unmanned aerial systems resulting from recent certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The Dayton Business Journal reported that the agency has given Woolpert the go-ahead to fly its drones in the state of Ohio,...
Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Committed to Long-Term Investment
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 15, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz covered last week Huntington Ingalls Industries CEO Mike Petters’ remarks regarding industry’s continued balancing act between getting immediate returns from its businesses and investing for longer-term gains. Reuters reported Wednesday that Petters gave a speech at a Captains of Industry event hosted by the Atlantic Council...