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    MapR, Teradata to Host Big Data Everywhere Conference

    MapR Technologies and Teradata will host a one-day conference May 12 in Tysons Corner, Va. to discuss the Hadoop platform and its surrounding technologies. The “Big Data Everywhere” conference will bring users and developers together to share their experience via technical sessions and user success stories. Industry leaders will also exchange Hadoop knowledge, share best practices and also discuss use cases and […] More

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    Noblis’ Jordin Cohen Named Senior Fellow for GWU Cyber, Homeland Security Center

    Jordin Cohen, a director at Noblis, has been named a senior fellow for George Washington University’s center for cyber and homeland security. The new senior fellows will work to establish priorities for research and policy analysis within two years, Noblis said Tuesday. “I look forward to contributing to the incredibly important conversation about our nation’s security […] More

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    Scott Gnau Joins Hortonworks as CTO; Rob Bearden Comments

    Scott Gnau, formerly president of Teradata Labs, has joined Hortonworks as chief technology officer. He will begin with his new responsibility for Hortonworks’ global technology strategy, product direction, and research and development programs on April 27, Hortonworks said Tuesday. Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said Gnau’s background in data management and analytics would add value to […] More

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    Nathan Eltz Receives CTC Murtha Award for Civic Leadership; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has handed this year’s CTC Award in Honor of Congressman John P. Murtha to business major Nathan C. Eltz to acknowledge the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown student’s work in civic leadership. Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar bestowed the recognition at the college’s academic honors convocation last month, with CTC Senior Vice President and […] More

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    Executive Profile: Linda Murray, SVP and Nat’l Security Division Deputy Manager at Parsons

    Linda Murray is a senior vice president in Parsons government services business unit and also serves as deputy division manager of the unit’s national security division. As part of her role, Murray works to drive Parsons’ business in the federal intelligence and cybersecurity sectors. She has more than 20 years of experience in program and project management, and business development in […] More

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    Executive Profile: Dara Dirth, NJVC Corporate Communications Director

    Dara Dirth serves as director for corporate communications at NJVC and reports directly to Jody Tedesco, NJVC president. Dirth oversees the company’s strategic communications vision, social media, intranet and Internet corporate events, employee communications, planning internal and external programs and media relations functions. She holds the CMP and CGMP certifications and has served as the company’s communications specialist […] More

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    Rene LaVigne: Iron Bow Technologies Recognized in CRN Tech Elite 250 List

    Iron Bow Technologies has been recognized in The Channel Company’s annual CRN Tech Elite 250 list of information technology providers. Rene LaVigne, president and CEO of Iron Bow, said Monday the company’s inclusion in the list for the fifth consecutive year validates Iron Bow’s efforts to “maintain technical excellence.” LaVigne added that Iron Bow leverages […] More

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    Executive Profile: Vinny Sica, Space Ground Solutions VP at Lockheed’s Defense & Intell Business

    Vinny Sica serves as vice president for space ground solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s defense and intelligence business area. He manages a nearly 4,000-employee organization that provides mission management, sensor processing and command and control technology support services for the U.S. Defense Department and intelligence community. Sica joined Lockheed in 1984 and has also served as […] More

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    Executive Profile: Jonathan Moneymaker, Altamira Chief Strategy Officer

    Jonathan Moneymaker is the chief strategy officer at Altamira Technologies Corp. and holds responsibility over corporate strategy, business development, communications, marketing, legislative affairs and capture activities. Moneymaker previously was general manager of Boeing‘s intelligence systems group, where he served as the unit’s primary customer interface on technology products and service offerings for defense and intelligence […] More

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    Executive Profile: Matt Carroll, VP for Secure Services at Fluor Government Group

    Matt Carroll serves as vice president of the secure services business unit under Fluor government group, which provides clients from the intelligence community with facility design, build, operations and maintenance services. Carroll has led the secure services business since January 2012 and oversaw strategic growth through the acquisition of J. Crowder Corp. He joined Fluor in 2003 to work […] More

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    Executive Profile: Steve Weiss, CACI EVP for Government Business Operations

    Steven Weiss serves as executive vice president for government business operations at CACI International Inc., where he is responsible for managing and planning contracts, subcontracts, procurement and property functions. Weiss reports to Ken Asbury, CACI’s president and CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015. He began his career as an Air […] More

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    N2Grate Eyes Engineering Focus in Project Mgmt, Rich Troutman on Small Biz Partnerships

    Founded in 2010 and based in downtown Washington, n2Grate has focused much of its work since on collaborations with government and commercial enterprises in data center management and cloud computing. Rich Troutman, an n2Grate senior director, spoke to Executive Mosaic about how small businesses such as n2Grate work with larger contractors and the work agencies do […] More