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    Executive Profile: Babs Doherty, Founder of Eagle Ray

    Babs Doherty is the founder and CEO of Eagle Ray, a provider of strategic consulting services to agencies in the intelligence, defense and homeland security sectors. Doherty served as an information technology program manager at Titan Systems before she founded Eagle Ray in February 2002. She has also previously served as chief architect at Auction Management Solutions, where she was […] More

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    Mac Curtis: Vencore Lands NVTC Award in Year of Rebrand, Acquisition Moves

    Vencore has received the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Top Technology Company of the Year award in the category of firms with more than $50 million in annual revenue. The company said Tuesday it was chosen from among six finalists and 100 total nominees from Northern Virginia’s technology community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Vencore rebranded to its current name from The SI Organization and completed two acquisitions […] More

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    CACI’s Jack London Named to Ethisphere’s ‘Most Influential People in Business Ethics’ List

    The Ethisphere Institute has recognized 100 individuals who the organization believes have made a significant impact in the business ethics and corporate compliance domains. CACI International Executive Chairman Jack London is ranked 91st on Ethisphere’s Most Influential in Business Ethics list for 2014. “For more than four decades, Jack has been a positive force for the […] More

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    Mark Testoni: NS2 Serves Training Program’s 3rd Class Aims to Tackle Vet Unemployment

    A nonprofit organization started by SAP NS2 has opened 20 slots to post-9/11 military veterans for a three-month technology training and employment program that will provide participants with mentorship and potential job opportunities. NS2 Serves said Monday the residential, full-time course will offer training on SAP software and career placement assistance in national security and other fields, provide […] More

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    Globecomm Donates Satellite Terminals to Dutch Educational Program; Keith Hall Comments

    Globecomm Systems will donate a set of satellite terminals to a Dutch-run educational program on board a ship. The company is sponsoring the six-month School at Sea project with its FleetBroadband terminals to help students transmit video, voice and data to their teachers in the Netherlands, Globecomm said Monday. “This educational program is providing students an experience they will never forget […] More

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    FireEye Wins Security App Award from CRN; Manish Gupta Comments

    FireEye has received CRN magazine’s 2014 award for mobile security applications. A CRN editorial panel selected the company’s mobile security app based on its functionality, suitability to task, ease of use, innovation and potential value to clients, FireEye said Monday. “This award demonstrates industry recognition of the importance of mobile threat prevention,” said Manish Gupta, senior vice president of products at FireEye. The FireEye […] More

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    Northrop Hands 24th ‘World Class Team’ Awards; Mark Caylor Comments

    Northrop Grumman has recognized its global suppliers for their contribution to the company’s programs with clients. The company began to review its suppliers in the summer based on their product, service, performance, program support and record, Northrop said Thursday. Mark Caylor, corporate vice president and president of enterprise shared services at Northrop, said the awardees demonstrated business support and contributions to the company’s products […] More

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    Laurent Philonenko Promoted to CTO, SVP at Avaya; Kevin Kennedy Comments

    Laurent Philonenko has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate strategy and development and chief technology officer at Avaya. The 15-year technology veteran specializes in communications software, leading growth strategies at Cisco, Genesys and Alcatel prior to his arrival at Avaya, the company said Wednesday. In his new role, Philonenko will focus on strategy […] More

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    Executive Profile: Barbara Humpton, SVP and COO at Siemens Government Technologies

    Barbara Humpton serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Siemens Government Technologies, the U.S. federal business organization of the German industrial conglomerate. She elevated to the COO post in December 2014 after three years as the business’ SVP of business development. In that role, she led work to bring Siemens’ offerings in energy, infrastructure and […] More

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    Elise Yacobellis: ISC Foundation to Help DHS Educate People on Cybersecurity

    The ISC Foundation has joined the Department of Homeland Security’s network of organizations that work to educate the public on cybersecurity. The Stop. Think. Connect. National Network intends to spread awareness of cybersecurity across their enterprise and the country, (ISC)² Foundation said Tuesday. Elise Yacobellis, director of global development at (ISC)², said the organization’s partnership with DHS aims to help […] More

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    Executive Profile: Lance Howden, a Hortonworks Senior Director

    Lance Howden, a 16-year technology sales veteran, serves as a senior director at Hortonworks and works with agencies in the intelligence community. He leads teams that develop and promote the company’s offerings to U.S. homeland security, intelligence, defense and law enforcement agencies. He has worked on customer and strategic partnerships as well as other programs for the intelligence community. Howden previously held positions […] More