Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2025: Google Public Sector’s Leigh Palmer
Leigh Palmer Vice President, Google Public Sector Building a team full of innovators was Leigh Palmer’s key to unlocking huge momentum in authorizations this past year as Google Public Sector continues bringing value to customers. “Exceptional teams are built by design, not by chance,” Palmer said. “Focus on your people and culture, and they will
Google Public Sector Taps Aaron Weis as Managing Director of Technology
Google Public Sector has appointed Aaron Weis, the former Department of the Navy chief information officer, to serve as managing director of technology. Reporting to Vice President Leigh Palmer, Weis will oversee the development and implementation of GPS’ technology strategy for Google Cloud Platform, leading a team of public sector technologists. In his role as
Top 35 Execs to Watch in 2023: Google Public Sector’s Leigh Palmer
Leigh Palmer Vice President, Google Public Sector Leigh Palmer joined Google Public Sector in summer of 2022. She considers being invited to help the Defense Department in evolving its operations through the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract as one of her biggest recent achievements. She is incredibly proud of the work Google Public Sector has
GDIT Wins Task Order Supporting Warfighters at the Tactical Edge
General Dynamics Information Technology has won a new task order under the Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract by the General Services Administration in partnership with the Defense Information Systems Agency. The task order will support the U.S. Marine Corps within a Denied, Disconnected, Intermittent and Limited Bandwidth environment — contested battlefield networks where communications are
GDIT’s Leigh Palmer Named WashingtonExec Defense Council Chair
Leigh Palmer, GDIT’s senior vice president for the defense division, has been appointed chair of the WashingtonExec Defense Council. In her current role, Palmer oversees the delivery of mission-critical solutions to the Defense Department. Before taking the helm of the defense division, she supported homeland security and intelligence community programs as GDIT’s senior vice president
Top 25 DOD Execs to Watch in 2021: GDIT’s Leigh Palmer
In the past year, Leigh Palmer led a team that delivered major wins, expanded critical services to Defense Department customers and cared for its own by focusing on empathy, flexibility and accessibility. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Palmer’s team secured the $4.4 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract to facilitate the largest-ever deployment of
GDIT Announces AWS on milCloud 2.0
General Dynamics Information Technology has announced the availability of Amazon Web Services through the milCloud 2.0 contract, providing Defense Department mission partners access to an expanded portfolio of secure cloud services. This gives DOD agencies another mechanism to quickly and easily move their workloads to AWS through a streamlined contracting process. “We’re pleased to announce
GDIT Wins $364M Enterprise IT Contract by GSA
General Dynamics Information Technology has been chosen by the General Services Administration’ Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to continue providing digital enterprise services for Special Operations Forces. The SOF Information Technology Enterprise Contract J, or SITEC J, is a single award with a total estimated value of $364 million. It includes a 1-year base period
Top 25 DOD Execs to Watch in 2020: GDIT’s Leigh Palmer
Leigh Palmer leads the delivery of mission critical services and solutions to the Defense Department and other government customers, taking the helm of the Defense Division following the merger of General Dynamics and CSRA. As part of the integration, Palmer developed a strategy for the organization predicated on agile operations and a culture of innovation,
INSA Picks Half-dozen New Board Members
The nonpartisan, nonprofit national security forum the Intelligence and National Security Alliance has elected six new members to its 2020 board of directors. The 18-member board provides INSA with strategic guidance, direction and business oversight. The new directors are: Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations, Maxar Technologies Peder Jungck, vice president and general
GDIT Wins Army IT, Cyber Support Contract
General Dynamics Information Technology has won an estimated $118 million contract to support the critical information network that is key to Army efforts. The Cybersecurity and Network Operations Mission Support contract states GDIT will provide broad IT and cybersecurity support for the Army’s Department of Defense Information Network. The single-award Alliant 2 task order is
GDIT’s Leigh Palmer Blends Communication with Technical Skills to Lead Defense
Leigh Palmer has a passion for learning, great pride in her team and a respect for diverse perspectives that led her through a government contracting career founded by family military routes but grown from leadership and experiences. Palmer serves as the senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Defense portfolio. But growing up, “I
CSRA Names Leigh Palmer and Christian Marrone to Leadership Team
It was announced on January 4th by Falls Church, Va.-based CSRA Inc. that it has named Leigh Palmer as Vice President of the Intelligence Group and Christian Marrone was hired to lead CSRA’s government relations functions. Palmer brings years of experience in the Intelligence Community managing the strategic direction, growth and execution of programs supporting
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