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    Exelis Receives IHS Jane’s Air Traffic Control Award

    Exelis has received the IHS Jane’s air traffic control award for 2015 in the enabling technology category for the company’s work on U.K.’s Heathrow cross-border arrival management program. IHS Jane presented the award to Exelis at the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization air traffic management dinner in Madrid, Spain, Exelis said Wednesday. Exelis’ winning program […] More

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    Executive Profile: Rob Davies, VP of Capacity Services at ViON

    Rob Davies is vice president of capacity services at ViON and is a 20-year veteran of the federal and commercial information technology industries. He previously served as VP of U.S. public sector services at CA Technologies, which he joined in 2011 following its acquisition of Base Technologies. Prior to the acquisition, Davies held the role of chief executive officer […] More

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    Executive Profile: James Pyon, CGI Federal’s VP of Cloud Computing

    James Pyon is vice president for the cloud solutions and services practice at CGI Group‘s U.S. federal market subsidiary, a role he has held since he joined the company in August 2012. Pyon has worked to help CGI Federal obtain a provisional authority to operate certification for its cloud offerings under the Federal Risk Authorization […] More

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    Leidos Ranked a ‘Leader’ in NA Managed Security Service Market; Lou Von Thaer and Michael Leiter Comment

    Leidos has been named a leading managed security service provider in North America and given the highest rating in customer satisfaction compared to other vendors in Forrester Research‘s latest Forrester Wave Managed Security Services: North America, Q4 2014 report. “Leidos continues to make significant investments in automation and extending our MSS capability … as [our customers] move their business applications […] More

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    Executive Profile: Mara Motherway, BAE Systems Inc. Director of Special Projects

    Mara Motherway is the director of special projects at BAE Systems‘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance segment and is responsible for the business’ corporate growth and future investments in ISR electronic systems. Before joining BAE Systems in October 2013, she served as principal strategic adviser to the Defense Intelligence Agency director on C-suite strategic engagement and the […] More

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    Executive Profile: Paul Smith, Red Hat VP and GM of Public Sector Business

    Paul Smith currently serves as vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s public sector business, where he oversees consulting, sales and marketing, channels and strategic planning activities. He is responsible for the business that provides services in support of the U.S. federal government’s international programs and domestic programs for state and local governments and the education […] More

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    Martin Homlish Joins Cray’s Board of Directors; Peter Ungaro Comments

    Martin Homlish, formerly CEO of Omnicom Group’s AMP marketing agency, has joined the board of directors of Cray Inc. He will also serve on the board’s strategic technology assessment committee, Cray said Friday. Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray, said Homlish’s executive leadership and background will be valuable to the company as Cray continues […] More

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    Dell, Concurrent Technologies, Parsons Make Ethisphere’s ‘Most Ethical Companies’ List

    The Ethisphere Institute has named Dell, Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Parsons to the research organization’s list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2015. This is the second time that Dell has earned the designation, the third for Concurrent Technologies and the sixth for Parsons. “I’m proud of our team’s ongoing commitment to engaging ethically […] More

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    Lockheed’s Stephanie Hill Promotes STEM Among Youth

    Lockheed Martin executive Stephanie Hill, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 list for 2015, has said one of her goals is to raise awareness of the benefits of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education among young people, The Daily Record reported Monday. Hill, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s information systems and global […] More

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    Executive Profile: Candy Curtin, Serco SVP of Human Resources

    Candy Curtin serves as senior vice president for human resources at Serco and is a more than 20-year HR administration veteran in both public and private sectors. In this role, she oversees all aspects of human capital operation including recruitment, compensation, benefits, compliance, talent management and business support. Curtin joined Serco in 2005 through the […] More

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    Executive Profile: Kevin Boyle, Alion General Counsel

    Kevin Boyle serves as general counsel for Alion Science and Technology, where he supports corporate governance and ethics programs as well as the company’s strategic growth initiatives. He joined the company in January 2014 after two years of work in a similar role at MCR. Boyle oversaw the establishment of MCR’s first legal department and […] More

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    Lockheed Receives Manufacturing Awards; Orlando Carvalho Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s engineering and production technology projects have received three manufacturing awards from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council. Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business, said Thursday the technology uses “state of the art tools” in order to boost quality and assembly efficiency. “We are honored to be recognized as a leader in […] More