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TeleCommunication Systems has been named a top location technology provider to wireless carriers in a market analysis report from ABI Research. ABI Research ranked TCS as the number one provider in the global location-based services platform market based on 13 criteria, TCS said Thursday. “As location technology has enabled valuable applications including navigation, asset tracking […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a recognition from the National Training and Simulation Association for the company’s F-35 Lightning II training system. The team of Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force’s 33rd Fighter Wing and the F-35 joint program office was awarded the 2014 Modeling and Simulation Awards for training pilots and maintainers on the F-35 system, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Mary Ann Horter, […] More
Ray Harris is chief information officer at Iron Bow Technologies and brings more than 20 years of enterprise technology, management and cybersecurity experience to the role. He has led the company’s efforts to build an enterprise resource planning system and a central database for managing business functions and performance across the organization. Harris also implemented […] More
Robin Lineberger serves as lead client service partner for the aerospace and defense industry practice of Deloitte. where he also holds a senior adviser title. He previously served as CEO of the firm’s federal government services business, where he led a team at least 7,000 professionals to provide risk advisory, consulting and financial advisory services to U.S. government agencies. Lineberger is […] More
Nancy Higgins, chief ethics and compliance officer at Bechtel, has received the 2014 Carol Marshall Award for Innovation in Corporate Ethics. The Ethics Resource Center intends for the recognition to honor a chief ethics and compliance officer who has led the development of a company’s ethics and compliance program, Bechtel said Nov. 14. Higgins was credited for having served as chair of […] More
BAE Systems‘ recruitment efforts for 2015 will focus on cybersecurity as the company plans to allot one-third of its total graduate intake to its U.K.-based applied intelligence business. The company said Sunday that its cybersecurity arm will have the highest number of new hires for the third consecutive year due to the continued and evolving threat of cyber crime. “[We] need to recruit growing […] More
Robert Carey serves as vice president and general manager for the public sector cybersecurity business at Computer Sciences Corp. He joined the company in April after a 32-year government career that concluded with three-and-a-half years of work as principal chief information officer at the U.S. Defense Department. Carey also led eBusiness and smart card programs […] More
George Newstrom serves as vice president and general manager of the federal government services business at Dell. Prior to Dell, he served as president and chief operating officer of Lee Technologies, president and CEO of WiSPER Technologies and as a corporate senior vice president at EDS. He has also served as secretary of technology, chief information officer and chief strategist for the state of […] More
Robert Zitz is a senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, tasked to help oversee development efforts on the company’s business, technology and technical plans, concepts and strategies. He has more than three decades of experience in the intelligence community space, previously filling leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service, […] More
Drenda Harkins, formerly chief information officer for Arkansas’ division of medical services, has joined CSG Government Solutions healthcare and human services practice. Harkins most recently led the state of Arkansas’ effort to modernize its Medicaid management information systems, CSG said Wednesday. “She has successfully led large MMIS, ICD-10 code-set transition, and electronic health records implementations, providing her with an […] More
Northrop Grumman has appointed Faith Jennings as communications director for the unmanned systems division and Vic Beck as communications director for the military aircraft group, both under the company’s aerospace systems business. “Communications to customers, employees, the media and other critical influencers is vital to our success, and Faith and Vic each bring deep industry knowledge and proven experience […] More
Joseph Sifer serves as a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and is in charge of the company’s U.S. Army business. He has more than 20 years of experience in advisory work for domestic and international government and commercial clients on technology and management concerns. Sifer’s industry experience covers a range of fields such as C4ISR, avionics, remote sensing, wireless systems, IT infrastructure, […] More
