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Kim Denver serves as corporate contracts, procurement and pricing director at Leidos, where he is responsible for the execution of federal, commercial and international contracts worth nearly $6 billion. He previously served as the federal corporate contracts director of then Science Applications International Corp. Prior to joining Leidos, the 24-year federal contracting veteran was the […] More
NASA has chosen four community colleges to increase the number of classes offering science, technology, engineering and math courses at institutions serving minority students. The Baltimore City Community College, Napa Valley College, Queensborough Community College and Santa Monica College will each receive up to $250,000 in annual funds over three years under the Minority University Research […] More
Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the president of the American Action Forum, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that works on policy research and a “sister” organization to the American Action Network. He also served as commissioner of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission from 2009 to 2011, director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2005 and chief economist of the […] More
Rick Randall serves as vice president of business development at AECOM. He was previously the business development VP at URS Corp. in January 2015, with responsibility in business development initiatives in the national and military intelligence markets. Randall also served as a national security executive at Oceus Networks, business development VP at NCI, business development […] More
Raytheon and Southern Methodist University have formed a partnership to collaborate on research, offer internship opportunities and support other education initiatives in the field of cybersecurity, the Dallas Business Journal reported Friday. Danielle Abril writes the partnership builds on Raytheon’s work with SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security at the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering. Fred […] More
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has appointed Robert K. Cunningham chairman and Ulf Lindqvist vice chair of the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative. Cunningham and Lindqvist will lead work to develop tools in an effort to speed up privacy and security technological innovations, craft guidelines for the creation of secure software application codes and promote cybersecurity […] More
Leo Taddeo, formerly a special agent at the FBI’s New York Office in charge of special operations, has joined Cryptzone as chief security officer. He will oversee the company’s efforts to analyze the cybersecurity market, Cryptzone said Monday. “His extensive industry knowledge gives customers an advantage, as Cryptzone enables them to determine how to protect […] More
Hamilton Turner, Andrew Meister and Eileen Mercilliott have joined OptioLabs’ management team. Turner, formerly chief operating officer at Sonum Technologies, will serve as director of OptioLabs’ malware research, OptioLabs said Thursday. Meister joins OptioLabs as vice president of engineering after working at AM Consulting and serving as co-founder and VP of Aether Systems, director of engineering […] More
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Space and Missile Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves visited Northrop Grumman‘s Space Park facility in California to observe manufacturing and research and development operations. Northrop said Thursday the Air Force officials received briefings on the company’s work for the service’s Low Cost Terminal, Advanced Extremely High Frequency System and Global Positioning […] More
Knight Point Systems has made Inc. magazine’s roster of 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. The Reston, Virginia-based company said it ranked 1191st in the list and that the publication has pegged the firm’s three-year growth rate at 353 percent. Knight Point offers cybersecurity, data center, cloud computing and application […] More
Health Net Federal Services has received a certification from BenchmarkPortal in recognition of the company’s work to improve its call center operations. “The BenchmarkPortal Center of Excellence certification demonstrates Health Net Federal Service’s commitment to complement the military’s health care system and help ensure we are performing at our highest capabilities and delivering exceptional service,†Billy Maynard, […] More
The University of Maryland University College will host a gala Sept. 12 to raise funds in support of UMUC Foundation’s scholarships for cybersecurity students and honor key people in the field of cybersecurity. UMUC’s 2015 Cyber Gala will feature National Intelligence Director James Clapper as keynote speaker. The university will also present the Pioneer Award in Cybersecurity to John Hamre, president […] More
