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...
Bill Sullivan of Informatica Highlights Opportunities in Federal Cloud
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 15, 2014 – Bill Sullivan, vice president and general manager at Informatica’s public sector business in North America, told ExecutiveBiz that government provides “tremendous opportunity” for cloud technology because of the large volume of information it generates, maintains and analyzes. Sullivan said using the cloud to store data offers savings and...
Karen Dahut Releases Booz Allen Blueprint for Innovation
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 12, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz reported Friday on a set of components and systems Karen Dahut of Booz Allen Hamilton has published that she said is designed to encourage innovation in the workplace. The blueprint contained in Dahut’s article entitled “Who Says Big Companies Can’t Innovate?” highlights the importance of supplying an environment that is...
Steven Shugart Sees Continued Demand for Global Security Services
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 12, 2014 – Steven Shugart, president at GardaWorld Government Services, foresees continued demand for the security services market around the world amid industry consolidation and an ever-changing threat landscape. “Security services, whether it is for the U.S. government, foreign governments or commercial clients, is a business that is not going away...
DIA's Janice Glover-Jones to Speak at Potomac Officers Club Intel Summit on January 21, 2015
The Potomac Officers Club -- a division of Executive Mosaic -- has secured Janice Glover-Jones, the Defense Intelligence Agency's acting CIO, 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, McLean VA, 22102. GovCon executives will have the opportunity to hear directly from intelligence leaders...
Harris, Agilex Take Home GTSC Mentor, Mid-tier Member of the Year Awards; Wayne Lucernoni, Matt Warren Comment
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 11, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz reported on Harris Corp. and Agilex landing industry awards this week, distinctions that highlighted the work both government contractors do in the national security and homeland segments. The Government Technology & Services Coalition said Wednesday it named Harris as Mentor of the Year, an award it bestows on coalition...
Vencore Wins Top Tech Firm Award from NVTC; Mac Curtis Comments
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 10, 2014 – Vencore topped six finalists and 100 nominees in total for the Top Technology of the Year Award given annually by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Mac Curtis, president and CEO at Vencore, said Tuesday the award recognizes the company’s dedication to provide services to clients. The company...
Tech Firms, Service Providers Play Part in Orion Maiden Flight Test; Rick Ambrose, Mac Curtis Comment
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA December 9, 2014 – ExecutiveBiz published Monday a piece on the technology companies and service providers that played a part in the first test flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Lockheed Martin’s Rick Ambrose, whose company built the multipurpose crew vehicle designed to ferry humans to deep space, said the data gathered from Friday’s launch aboard the United...
Lockheed’s Horace Blackman: Health Contracting Offers New Business Growth
Horace Blackman of Lockheed Martin said healthcare information technology has emerged as a key market where government contractors could find the “biggest opportunities,” ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Blackman, vice president of health and life sciences at Lockheed, told the Washington Post that the Obama administration’s health insurance reforms present new business for defense-oriented...