Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Oracle’s Renzo Rodriguez
Renzo Rodriguez Senior Director, Partner and DIB Sales & Solutions Engineering, Oracle – Government, Defense, and Intelligence Renzo Rodriguez’s biggest recent achievement has been scaling two core organizations: the partnerships team supporting Oracle Government, Defense and Intelligence and Marketplace solutions for Oracle’s government business, while also leading the Defense Industrial Base solutions engineering team. Under
MANTECH Partners with Oracle to Deliver Data, AI Solutions for Government
MANTECH has announced a partnership with Oracle to provide government clients with advanced, secure and cost-efficient data and artificial intelligence solutions. The partnership combines MANTECH’s work in data and AI with Oracle’s expertise in data security, cloud and AI to support government customers running mission-critical workloads and applications. “We are excited to partner with Oracle
Top Cloud Execs to Watch in 2024: Oracle’s Rand Waldron
Rand Waldron Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Global Government Sector, Oracle Over the past year, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for the US Government, led by Rand Waldron, reached key milestones. In 2023, it was approved to handle Secret and Top Secret information for U.S. intelligence and defense, opening up access to Oracle’s cloud innovations for
Top Public Sector Leaders to Watch in 2024: Oracle’s Jennifer Beatley
Jennifer Beatley Vice President of Intelligence & Homeland Security, Oracle Technology has played a key role in the transformation of the public sector, according to Jennifer Beatley. However, there are some areas the sector has not fully explored, leaving room for potential challenges for the year ahead. One challenge within the public sector is to
Pinnacle Award Finalist Tamara Greenspan: ‘It Is Enlightening To Watch Others’ Careers Grow’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Awards were announced Oct. 11, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. 30. Next is DOD Industry Executive of the Year (Public Company) finalist Tamara Greenspan, who’s group vice president and general manager for public sector applications at Oracle. Here, she talks success
Oracle’s Public Sector Exec Mark Johnson Dies
This story was updated March 2 with information from Johnson’s obituary. Longtime IT sales leader and Oracle executive Mark Johnson has died, Homeland Security Today reported Feb. 26. He was 58. Johnson, who most recently served as public sector senior vice president, joined Oracle in 1989. Throughout the years, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including
Save the Date: Akima Tech for Govies Day, April 23
Akima’s Tech for Govies Day titled “Today’s Government IT: Changing the Art of the Possible” on April 23 will gather industry partners and government technology leaders to discuss how next-generation IT can — and is — leading agency missions. The event kicks off 7:30 a.m. at Convene in Arlington, Virginia, with welcome remarks from Juvy
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
DataRPM Adds Big Data Expert Alexander Stojanovic to Advisory Board
DataRPM has announced that big data expert and 20-year industry veteran Alexander Stojanovic has joined its advisory board. The Fairfax-based company provides a platform for cognitive big data discovery and developed the patent-pending Computational Graph Search technology. Stojanovic is a vice president at Oracle, where he founded and leads the business strategy for the new
WashExec RollCall: This Week’s ‘As Read on LinkedIn’
WashingtonExec RollCall: JD Kathuria pulls from the broader WashingtonExec network to dish out the area’s who’s who and what’s what When it comes to striking deals, who you know trumps what you know in the government contracting community. And with three years of WashingtonExec’s outcome and result-oriented networking programs and events behind us, we’ve decided to expand our networking
Intelligent Decisions, Inc. Appoints Two New Directors
Intelligent Decisions (ID), Inc., a global IT systems integrator located in Ashburn, has hired two new directors to support the Department of Defense (DoD), intelligence community and federal civilian markets, according to a company press release. ID, led by President and CEO Harry Martin, has appointed Andrew T. Sullivan to director of DoD Sales and Marty Fischer to
Former Eloqua CEO Joe Payne Joins TrackMaven’s Board of Directors
Former CEO of Eloqua, Joe Payne has joined TrackMaven’s Board of Directors. TrackMaven founder Allen Gannett said on his blog that in order to build a great company, “you need to first build a team of only the best.” “There are few people who know marketing technology as well as Joe Payne, and we are
Greg Gardner of NetApp on Mobility, the Intelligence Community, his Professorship and the Importance of Mentors
Greg Gardner is the Chief Architect of Defense and Intelligence Solutions at NetApp. He previously served as Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) at for the Intelligence Community (IC) and also as Vice President of Homeland Security Solutions and Public Sector Strategy for five years at Oracle. The executive has 30 years of military service under his belt
Q&A With Experian’s Barbara Rivera: “More Than a Credit Bureau”
Meet Barbara Rivera, General Manager of Experian Government Services. Prior to joining Experian, Rivera was Vice President, Public Sector at SAS Institute, where she was accountable for the sales management of predictive analytics and business intelligence solutions. WashingtonExec spoke with Rivera about how she got to Experian, what she means by calling the company “more than a
Q&A with Kelly McLaughlan, CEO & Interactive Marketing Expert: Social Media, Online Strategy
Kelly McLaughlan is a DC-area Interactive Marketing expert and Google Adwords Professional who is CEO and founder of KME Internet Marketing, and CEO and co-founder of the recently-launched Fulcrum Marketing Group – both firms located in Northern Virginia. WashingtonExec got the chance to talk with McLaughlan, uncovering practical advice and timely strategies for businesses, government entities and nonprofits promoting
Former SAP and Oracle Executives Unveil Cloud-based Mobile Platform Startup AnyPresence
Former SAP and Oracle executives have launched a venture-funded startup called AnyPresence, offering businesses a unique, 100% cloud-based platform for building HTML5 and native iOS and Android apps without requiring the installation of any development tools or SDKs. The platform also includes a secure cloud-based application server for integration, SMS support, data storage, and other
Bud Langston Of Oracle: Three Things To Tell My Grandchildren
New WashingtonExec Series: WashingtonExec asked the simple question to top area executives: “If you could give your kids only three pieces of advice, what would they be?” Bud Langston, Vice President of Oracle’s Public Sector North America sector: In this older season of my life reflecting on some wisdom of experience, I would tell my
Mark Johnson’s Advice to His Three Children: Family First, Career Second
Mark Johnson, senior vice president of Oracle’s Public Sector, sat down with WashingtonExec to discuss what three pieces of advice he deemed most important for his children to understand. 1. First, your family always comes first. Done. Never forget that. 2. Next, your career is second. You need to have a strong work ethic that
Interview With Emergent Founder and President Greg Christensen
Armed with his grandfather’s advice, “do something better or do something never been done before,” Greg Christensen is the founder and President of Emergent, an end-to-end IT solutions company. WashingtonExec reached out to Christensen to find a small business prospective on the federal procurement process and the secret to Emergent being named one of Inc.
Cyber Jobs For America Symposium Scheduled For September 22
Chris Inglis, Deputy Director of NSA SAVE THE DATE: The Cyber Jobs for America Symposium is coming to the Washington D.C. area on Thursday, September 22, 2011. The daylong event, hosted by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), will focus on industry, government and academic approaches to the skill sets, education requirements and certifications every
HumanTouch, LLC Ranked #203 On Inc. Magazine 500 List Of Fasting Growing Companies
The Inc. Magazine 500 list, a compilation of the most entrepreneurial and fasting growing companies in America, announced that HumanTouch, LLC has been added to its prestigious 30th annual list, which is ranked according to percentage revenue growth over the past three years. The business is ranked 203 on the list among other honorees such
Theodore Bosnak Joins Attain As Director In Higher Education
Attain, LLC, a leading public sector and higher education services company, revealed on Tuesday that Theodore Bosnak has joined Attain as a Director within its Higher Education and Academic Medical Center business unit. Bosnak is responsible for the distribution of Attain’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Optimization and Business Analytics Solutions and Services to clients nationally.
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