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    NIC CSO Jayne Friedland Holland Promoted to Executive Officer; Harry Herington Comments

    Jayne Friedland Holland, chief security officer at NIC Inc., has been promoted to executive officer at the Olathe, Kansas-based company. Harry Herington, NIC CEO and chairman of the board, said Thursday Holland’s placement on the executive team will help the company to continuously prioritize the security of eGovernment systems and services it develops and provides […] More

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    Douglas Lopez Promoted to COO at Engineering Services Network

    Douglas Lopez, formerly head of Engineering Services Network‘s fleet support services division, will take the role of chief operating officer and work from the company’s offices in Chesapeake, Virginia. ESN said Thursday Lopez has experience working with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, the Military Sealift Command and U.S. Navy Echelon II and III fleet commanders. Lopez served with […] More

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    Northrop’s Electronic Systems Unit Gets CMMI Level 5 Appraisal; Nicholas Paraskevopoulos Comments

    Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems unit in Linthicum, Maryland, has secured the Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 5 rating in recognition of the facility’s performance in software and firmware development. The CMMI Maturity Level 5 appraisal from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute suggests the level of performance Northrop’s electronic systems division shows to continuously enhance […] More

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    Executive Profile: Peter Smith, President and CEO of American Systems

    Peter Smith has held the position of president and CEO of American Systems since 2014 and serves on the company’s board of directors. He joined American Systems in 1980 as a Systems EngineerProgram Manager and since then has held several key leadership roles such as chief operating officer, executive vice president and general manager, vice […] More

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    Executive Profile: Michael P. Kelliher, VP for DoD Enterprise Solutions at TAPE

    Michael P. Kelliher serves as vice president for Department of Defense Enterprise Solutions at TAPE. He oversees the company’s accounts in research, development, test and evaluation, information technology, training, education and cybersecurity. A retired colonel of the U.S. Army, Kelliher previously worked as a principal program analyst at JB&A Inc., where he was in charge […] More

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    Deltek Vet Susan Eggleston Joins Baker Tilly in Business Info Systems Director Role; Peter Lauria Comments

    Susan Eggleston, formerly a vice president at Deltek, has joined accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP as a director within the business information systems practice. She will oversee Baker Tilly’s team that develops technology services for government contractors, Baker Tilly said Thursday. Peter Lauria, Baker Tilly’s business information systems practice lead, said […] More

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    Unisys Receives NVTC Innovation Award in Safety, Security Category; Tom Patterson Comments

    Unisys has won the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2015 Destination Innovation Award in the safety and security category for the company’s Stealth product. One of four finalists, Stealth received the award after a series of presentations by Unisys representatives to a panel of judges, Unisys said Tuesday. The product is designed to help customers defend against […] More

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    Northrop VP Christopher Jones Elected AIAA Associate Fellow

    Christopher Jones, corporate vice president and president of technical services at  Northrop Grumman, has been elected as an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA said Tuesday Jones and 146 other professionals were cited for their work in the engineering and science of aeronautics and astronautics. Jones holds positions on several boards of directors, including the Air Force […] More

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    Executive Profile: Thomas Verbeck, CTO & VP for Business Development at NCR

    Thomas Verbeck is the chief technology officer and vice president for strategy and business development at NCR Corp.‘s government solutions unit. He oversees NCR’s technology development, strategic planning and customer relations with government clients worldwide and is also the founder and CEO of TJV. He previously served as the information technology and cyber team leader at The […] More

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    Robert Carey, Michael Papay Among Speakers at Smart Card Alliance Govt Conference

    Speakers from government and industry will deliver keynote speeches and head the panel discussions at next month’s 14th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference in Washington, D.C. Smart Card Alliance said Tuesday the June 9-10 conference will tackle cybersecurity issues, advances in mobile identity, biometric systems, personal identity verification credentials, healthcare identification and developments in National Strategy for Trusted […] More

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    MapR Wins Cisco Partner Award; Steve Fitz Comments

    MapR Technologies has won a Cisco Partner Summit Global award in recognition of its corporate practices, sales strategies and business outcome-driven platforms. The company received the 2015 Solution Innovation Partner of the Year at Cisco’s partner conference held from April 27-30 in Montreal, MapR said Tuesday. “This award is a testament to the significant momentum […] More