2018’s Top Executive Profiles Series
By clicking this link, you will find a roundup of our top executive profiles from 2018. They include leaders in the national security space, cybersecurity executives and artificial intelligence leaders. We’re also highlighting our first top health care executives in the federal sector, our inaugural
Salient CRGT Wins $34M Task Order to Deliver IT Support to Defense Technology Security Administration
Salient CRGT, Inc. was awarded a new task order under its CIO-SP3 contract vehicle to provide enterprise IT support to the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA). This five-year task order has an anticipated ceiling of $34.5 million. The contract has one base year and four option years. Salient CRGT has been supporting the agency’s Security Policy
Engility Secures more than $167M in Contract Awards
Engility Holdings, Inc. (EGL) secured more than $167 million in additional work on existing contracts in the second quarter of 2018. The work to be provided to various federal government customers includes systems engineering, mission assurance, logistics management support and program management support. “Our team’s outstanding program performance has earned the trust of our
Accenture Federal Services Hires Industry Veteran Bryan Rich to Head Federal Analytics Practice
Accenture Federal Services has announced the appointment of Bryan Rich as managing director of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, with a focus on integrating AI into next-gen applied technology solutions and services for federal agencies. In his new role he will work with the data science and technology teams inside Accenture Federal Services to build
IOMAXIS Hires World Bank Cloud Expert Pedro Alvarez to Lead Digital Practice
IOMAXIS LLC has announced that Pedro Oliver Alvarez has joined the company as the lead of its new digital oractice. Alvarez was the lead cloud technologist at the World Bank Group for over eight years. “As a globally recognized expert in cloud and cloud security technologies, Pedro’s exceptional expertise will dramatically advance our clients’ innovation
SAIC Earns VMware Validated Design Certification for Software-Defined Data Center
Science Applications International Corp. announced the company has joined the VMware Ready Certified Partner Architecture program for its Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) architecture. SAIC has developed an SDDC architecture and completed the deployment of an active-active configuration across its data centers using VMware’s automated Deployment Tool Kit, or DTK. This initial internal capability is directly
KeyW Wins Prime Award on DISA’s $7.5 Billion IDIQ Contract
The KeyW Holding Corporation has announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded the company a prime position on the Unrestricted Competition Pool of its Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) contract. Thirty-five companies competed for an award on the $7.5 billion, 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a full and open competition with only 14 winners. KeyW won this award in the second quarter of
Parsons to Acquire Polaris Alpha
Parsons has announced its agreement to acquire Polaris Alpha, a technology-focused provider of mission solutions for complex defense, intelligence and security customers, as well as other U.S. federal customers. Parsons’ agreement to acquire Polaris Alpha, from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, is the latest in the company’s series of strategic investments focused on companies
Federal Cyber Execs: Mobile Needs to Support Mission and How Agencies Do Business
Bob Stevens is vice president of public sector at Lookout. In any enterprise vertical, mobility has become the foundation for enabling productivity and business success — and the same shift can (and should) happen in the federal arena. From enhancing citizen-facing services to advancing workforce communications to supporting military data gathering and sharing to and
How Federal Agencies Stand to Benefit from the MGT Act
The Modernizing Government Technology Act passed the house in May and is expected to land on President Donald Trump’s desk in the upcoming weeks. The act is expected to provide agency chief information officers with new tools to fulfill their missions. In an interview with “Government Matters,” Maria Roat, CIO at the Small Business Administration, and Todd
Modernization Master Kevin Wince to Move from GSA to DHS
A few million in cost avoidance here, another few million there, and pretty soon, you’re talking real money. Kevin Wince knows all about that: His team helped the General Services Administration save an estimated $12 million on unnecessary IT applications between fiscal years 2015-2020, and now he’s heading to the Homeland Security Department to help
Inside Scoop from AFS Exec Elaine Beeman on Phase One Acquisition
Accenture Federal Services announced it will be acquiring Phase One Consulting Group last week, a leading Salesforce solutions provider in the $80 billion federal market. WashingtonExec sat down with Elaine Beeman, AFS’ senior managing director and civilian portfolio lead, who championed the deal, for the inside scoop. WashingtonExec: What does the acquisition of Phase One in
David Boyle, Craig Park Join Salient CRGT to Support USPS
The government is modernizing, and the U.S. Postal Service is no exception. That’s why Salient CRGT, Inc. recently added to the Enterprise Transformation division of its Civilian Services Group. David Boyle joins the company as vice president leading solution design and technology innovation, and Craig Park as vice president leading growth and operations. “The appointments
DLH Wins 2017 Innovation Award
DLH Corp. and Health and Human Services Department’s Administration for Children and Families received one of this year’s prestigious Innovation Awards from FedHealthIT magazine. The award was for DLH’s Aligned Monitoring System 2.0, which was built as part of a larger system modernization and integration effort the company has undertaken for HHS. DLH leveraged state-of-the-art agile system development
InfoZen Gives NASA Media Collection New Life
It’s never been easier to find images from space. InfoZen, an IT modernization and transformation company, has built an innovative media search solution for the NASA Image and Video Library allowing users to search, discover and download more than 140,000 images, videos and audio files from across the agency’s many missions. The images.nasa.gov website consolidates imagery previously spread across
The Scoop: An Exclusive Interview with NextGov Executive Editor Camille Tuutti
There’s no one better to ask about the latest news than a fellow journalist, so WashingtonExec sat down with Camille Tuutti, executive editor of NextGov, for a chat about what’s what in federal IT, how she came to lead a team of award-winning journalists, and a few tough lessons she’s learned along the way. WashingtonExec:
The Key to IoT Security Incentives
There is no question the internet of things is already changing the world. Hailed by some as “the most significant era of innovation and growth since the launch of the internet,” the IoT sector is expected to grow anywhere between $ 3.9 and 11.1 trillion by 2025. The proliferation of internet-connected devices already offers countless
Dell’s Dan Wilbricht Talks IT Trends in the Intel and Defense Industries
As the Regional Director of Federal Intelligence Programs at Dell Software Group, Dan Wilbricht must stay on the cutting edge of emerging technologies that will impact the intelligence and defense industries. And, of course, the issue of security is at the forefront of any discussion surrounding technologies, such as cloud, mobile, the Internet of Things and
EPA’s Param Soni on Bettering the Environment Through Information Technology
Param Soni has been in the information business since the late 1980s. Soni, the chief architect for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), finished graduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park and began working immediately after with information technology companies; first at Hughes, PRC, then as Director at Pricewaterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), later as president and
The Paul Smith Tale: How a Father And Son Pair Are Taking on The Beltway
PJ Smith III might not yet be able to trounce his dad in a 10K run, but he’s keeping up with dad, Paul Smith II, in other ways. The Villanova University graduate is an inside sales representative at Splunk, where he’s leveraging the industry information he absorbed from his dad while growing up and through
Jack Huffard, Tenable Co-Founder, on Changing the ‘Hacker’ Discourse and Staying Abreast of Disruptive Cyber Trends
It took more than Old Bay and blue crabs to get Jack Huffard to leave the Boston tech scene and say a more permanent goodbye to his Carrolton, Ga. hometown, to co-found a cybersecurity company in Maryland just over 10 years ago. Huffard seized on the entrepreneurial opportunity at a time when there was no
Mindcubed Secures Three-Year Prime Deal to Develop CJCC’s Strategic IT Plan
Mindcubed, a technology and management consulting company, will be working with the DC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to develop the group’s 3 year IT Strategic Plan in a deal that contracts it to lay down the foundational roadmap for the agency that heads collaboration and information sharing between the district’s public safety agencies. Based
Where Companies Struggle to Increase Bottom Line in ‘Contracting’ Market, New Capgemini Government Solutions CEO Doug Lane Sees Land of Opportunity
Doug Lane had all but hung up his boots to end his 30-year career in IT and consulting when a call from a headhunter this past spring persuaded him to perform a 180. The former A.T. Kearney lead partner stepped into his role at Capgemini Government Solutions (Capgemini GS) as chief executive this past May
$275M State Dept. Deal Contracts AT&T Government Solutions to Haul IP Telephony to 290 Embassies, Consulates
AT&T Government Solutions (AGS) will be providing IP telephony to the U.S. State Department under a $275 million task order, the company announced Monday. The deal contracts the AT&T Corp. division to convert the roughly 290 U.S. embassies and consulates to secure IP telephony over the next five years — a major win for AGS.
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