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    Mary English: Iron Mountain Offers Data Escrow Protection for New Generic Top-Level Domains

    Iron Mountain will present at the next Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers meeting that will focus on the evolution of the Internet, including the launch of new generic top-level domains. The 170 new gTLDs such as .holdings and .careers are intended to help companies build up their web presences and industry activities, as well as require […] More

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    NASA Picks Lockheed for JPL Small Business Support Award; Vicki Schmanske Comments

    Lockheed Martin has won a “Large Prime Contractor of the Year” award as part of NASA‘s Small Business Industry Awards. The company was recognized for its role in using small businesses and performance in awarding subcontracts to small businesses for work at NASA’sJet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed announced Thursday. “Small business partners bring an array of […] More

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    Battelle Donates $15K for Florida High School’s STEM Program; John Folkerts Comments

    Battelle has donated $15,000 to Florida-based East Lake High School for a science, technology, engineering and math program run through the Career Technical Education initiative. The Pinellas, Fla.-based school plans to use the donation to upgrade and purchase new equipment for high school and middle school students, Battelle announced Tuesday. “We think it’s important that […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Wins Defense Industry Award; Warren Boley Jr. Comments

    A team of Aerojet Rocketdyne employees, U.S. Air Force service members and Lawrence Livermore National Labs employees have won a defense industry award from the Precision Strike Association. The PSA’s William J. Perry Award recognized the team’s work on the BLU-129/B Precision Lethality MK-82 munition for the Air Force, the GenCorp subsidiary announced Tuesday. The […] More

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    Three Wire Systems Leadership to Discuss Veteran Coaching Program at Spring, Summer Conferences

    Three Wire Systems executives will travel to national conferences this spring and summer to discuss the company’s veteran coaching program. VetAdvisor is intended to coach participants on behavioral health, wellness, finances, transition and career development, the company announced Tuesday. Company executives will attend the NVTC Destionation Innovation, SugarCon 2014, EAPA Pittsburgh Chapter, 2014 NARMH Annual […] More

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    A.T. Kearney to Partner with African University on Lecture Series

    A.T. Kearney is inviting 50 MBA and doctorate students in Ethiopia to participate in lectures regarding the country’s business potential and opportunities. Students from Addis Ababa University will be exposed to issues regarding current and future global business trends, A.T. Kearney announced Monday. The lectures will be content-based with some sessions focusing on methodologies, structuring […] More

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    Nathan Klatt Named Capstone Corp. Managing Director; Bruce Bingham Comments

    Nathan Klatt has been appointed to serve as the managing director of the valuation practice of Capstone Advisory Group LLC in its New York office. Klatt was most recently with Deloitte‘s National Office where he led a team of 500 valuation partners and professionals for a national audit support program, the company announced Wednesday. “[Klatt] […] More

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    Navistar’s Scott Van Dorn Joins HPEV Advisory Board; Timothy Hassett Comments

    Navistar Engineering Director Scott Van Dorn has joined the strategic advisory board at energy company HPEV, where he will work to offer the company insights on the mobile generation and work truck markets. Van Dorn handles Navistar’s production definition, investment and engineering activities for the company’s medium duty, buses and military vehicles portfolio in North America, […] More

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    Mike Perez: WBB to Compete on GSA’s OASIS Small Business Vehicle

    WBB will compete to provide professional services to federal agencies under the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. Mike Perez, WBB’s chief development officer, said Wednesday that the company will offer consulting, program management, financial, logistics, engineering and scientific services to federal agencies under OASIS SB. The vehicle is intended for agencies to […] More

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    Siemens Awards $56M PLM Tech Grant to Michigan College; Chuck Grindstaff Comments

    Siemens will connect students at the Mott Community College with the company’s manufacturing product lifecycle management software under a $55.8 million technology grant, continuing Siemens’ 15-year partnership with the school. Chuck Grindstaff, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software, said Wednesday. that the company aims to help the school prepare its students for co-op assignments and manufacturing jobs by integrating PLM […] More

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    Bill Thomas Named KPMG Americas Region Chair

    Bill Thomas, KPMG LLP CEO in Canada, has been appointed chairman of the board of KPMG’s Americas region that includes the U.S., Canada, Central and South America and Israel. Thomas will continue with his role as chief executive of KPMG’s operations in Canada, the company announced Tuesday. He will succeed John Veihmeyer, who was promoted […] More

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    SAS Opens New R&D Facility in Glasgow; Mikael Hagstrom Comments

    SAS is working to help clients combat financial crime and fraud through a new facility in Glasglow that will focus on big data analytics, company executive Mikael Hagstrom said, according to a Tuesday report from CBR. Hagstrom — Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific executive vice president — was talking about the company’s […] More