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    Executive Profile: Kristie Cunningham, BAE Systems Inc. Communications SVP

    Kristie Cunningham serves as senior vice president of communications at BAE Systems Inc., where she is responsible for the firm’s external and internal communications activities and leads work on communications strategies and messages across all media and distribution channels. As a member BAE’s senior leadership team and global communications team, she directs media relations, employee engagement, marketing communications and community investment […] More

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    Executive Profile: Scott Pfost, CGI Federal Group Controller

    Scott Pfost serves as group controller of CGI Federal where he is responsible for CGI’s business with the U.S. Federal Government. Pfost previously served as controller of CGI Federal’s civilian business in 2007 with additional responsibilities in contracts, facilities and information technology. During this time, he also served as treasurer of CGI Federal’s Board of Directors. His […] More

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    Peggy Nelson: Northrop Employees Build ‘FabLab’ to Advance Aerospace Ideas

    Northrop Grumman has opened a new aerospace technology laboratory at its Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, Calif. that more than 70 company employees developed the idea of and helped create. The Fabrication Laboratory, dubbed “FabLab,” will house both engineers and non-engineers in an environment that is intended as a collaborative environment to share ideas on and […] More

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    IBM’s Andy Maner: Pentagon Seeks ‘Implemented System’ for EHR Project

    IBM will not make the Watson cognitive computing system a large portion of the proposal that company and its partner Epic will provide to the Defense Department for the agency’s potential 10-year, $11 billion electronic health records contract, an IBM official has told the Washington Post. “We’re going to bid what the government asks for.. right now they’re asking […] More

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    Jay Whitehurst: TCS Designs Telemedicine Tool for Mobile, Web Health Services

    TeleCommunication Systems has developed a new video telemedicine platform for healthcare providers and workers in a North Carolina-based independent emergency medicine group to remotely consult with more than 300,000 patients per year. TCS said Monday that the Wake Emergency Physicians, PA group will be the first healthcare organization to implement TCS’ VirtuMedix platform and the company will demonstrate the technology […] More

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    Executive Profile: Monica McManus, Lockheed Martin VP of Information Technology Services

    Monica McManus serves as vice president of information technology services at Lockheed Martin. McManus is responsible for developing and executing the company’s information technology strategy to promote business growth. McManus joined Lockheed in 1997 where she has held several leadership positions supporting the company’s federal, commercial and international markets. Previously, McManus served as VP and chief information […] More

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    Executive Profile: Deborah Drake, HR SVP at Sotera Defense

    Deborah Drake serves as vice president of human resources at Sotera Defense Solutions, where she is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise global human resources function. Prior to her current role, she served as a Leidos vice president of Human Resources where she was responsible for compensation, international HR and services initiatives in its intelligence and […] More

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    Adam Weiner: Booz Allen’s SIG Group Unveils ‘VAMPIRE’ Forensic Analysis Device

    Booz Allen Hamilton has developed a new device for law enforcement and military personnel to analyze fingerprints and other forensics analysis in the field as they conduct investigations. VAMPIRE is built to digitally capture fingerprint images without the use of lifting tape and compare evidence to an onboard watch list in order to identify both matches […] More

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    CFO Joe Donohue on Agilex’s Growth Trajectory, Strategies and His 5-Year GovCon Outlook

    Joe Donohue oversees the management and oversight of financial operations at Agilex Technologies as chief financial officer. Donohue’s financial leadership career includes stints at both Marriott and Legent, followed by a role at Integec. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Donohue offers a five-year forecast of the GovCon sector and describes how many services contractors could reshape their portfolios. He […] More

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    Darrell Durst on Lockheed’s Partnership With DHS, State of US Cyber Workforce

    Darrell Durst leads a Lockheed Martin organization that provides cyber technology and services to the U.S. government in his role as vice president of cyber solutions. The 28-year engineering veteran’s background includes experience in intelligence and security technology initiatives for national security systems and government customers’ missions. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Durst discusses the company’s cyber offerings to commercial […] More

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    Louisa Jaffe on Her 5-Year Outlook for TAPE, Advice for Emerging GovCon Firms

    Louisa Jaffe and her husband Bill founded Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered government contractor Technical and Project Engineering — also known as TAPE — in 2003. Nearly a decade later, TAPE has employees in 15 states and Washington, D.C. that provide technical services and management support to federal agencies. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Louisa describes where she wants TAPE […] More

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    Richard Waddell: APL to House DOJ Criminal Justice R&D Center, Evaluate Tech Outcomes

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will host a research center for the Justice Department‘s National Institute of Justice to test and conduct operational evaluations of non-forensic technologies for state and local law enforcement, corrections agencies, and courts. APL has signed a five-year cooperative agreement with DOJ to house the National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test and […] More