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  • Aviation Industry Vet Andre Fischer Named AAR Programs, Business Devt & Strategy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviation Industry Vet Andre Fischer Named AAR Programs, Business Devt & Strategy VP

    Andre Fischer, former director of corporate marketing and sales management at Lufthansa Technik, has joined AAR as vice president of programs, business development and strategy. AAR said Oct. 10 that Fischer is a seasoned aviation industry growth strategist who has a track record of helping companies to identify business prospects, cultivate industry partnerships and implement development strategies. He worked at Lufthansa […] More

  • Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments

    Doug O’Brien, formerly senior adviser for rural affairs at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, has joined the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International as executive vice president for programs, effective Nov. 1. Judy Ziewacz, president and CEO of NCBA CLUSA, said in a statement released Monday O’Brien’s experience in international development, domestic affairs and cooperative […] More

  • CyrusOne Names Diane Morefield CFO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Names Diane Morefield CFO

    CyrusOne has named Diane Morefield, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, to succeed Gregory Andrews as EVP and CFO on Nov. 14. Morefield was responsible for Strategic Hotels & Resorts’ accounting, finance, capital markets, tax, investor relations and information technology in her previous role and was a member of the […] More

  • SAIC Included on DLA's Top Performing Industry Partner List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Included on DLA’s Top Performing Industry Partner List

    Science Applications International Corp. has been named as one of the Defense Logistics Agency‘s top performing industry partners for 2015 in recognition for its work on various DLA supply chain and logistics programs. The company said Monday it was one of 42 companies selected for the distinction under the Defense Department‘s Superior Supplier Incentive Program. SAIC received the […] More

  • American Water Partners With Army on Military Veterans Employment Program; Susan Story Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Water Partners With Army on Military Veterans Employment Program; Susan Story Comments

    Water and wastewater utility firm American Water has signed a deal with the U.S. Army to serve as a partner of a program that seeks to help military personnel and veterans transition to civilian jobs. The service branch’s Partnership for Youth Success program seeks to provide soldiers an opportunity to establish relationships and find employment with the […] More

  • Kratos' RT Logic Subsidiary Hosts Cyber Event for Military, Industry, Academia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos’ RT Logic Subsidiary Hosts Cyber Event for Military, Industry, Academia

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has started to host an event that aims to create a cyberspace training model that will help meet changes in cyberspace operations, threats and weapons development. RT Logic will host the “21st Century Cyber Training” event at its Colorado Springs-based headquarters through Nov. 4 to gather best practices among the military, private […] More

  • MIT Research VP Maria Zuber Elected to Textron Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIT Research VP Maria Zuber Elected to Textron Board

    Maria Zuber, vice president of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and chair of the National Science Board, has joined the board of directors at Textron. She oversees MIT’s Lincoln laboratory and interdisciplinary research facilities as well as the university’s research partnerships with the federal government, Textron said Thursday. Zuber is also the E. A. Griswold professor of geophysics at MIT […] More

  • Cyber Startups Graduate from Northrop-bwtech@UMBC Cyber Incubator Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyber Startups Graduate from Northrop-bwtech@UMBC Cyber Incubator Program

    Australia-based iWebgate and Baltimore-headquartered Light Point Security have completed Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC Speed Tomorrow‘s global cyber startup initiative. The Cync program will work introduce iWebgate’s and Light Point Security’s new cyber offerings into the federal marketplace, Northrop said Monday. Chris Valentino, program director for cyber and intelligence mission solutions at Northrop, said the goal of the program is to […] More

  • DataVisor Names BAE & Silversky Vet Mike Flouton to Marketing VP Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DataVisor Names BAE & Silversky Vet Mike Flouton to Marketing VP Role

    DataVisor has named Mike Flouton, former product marketing vice president at BAE Systems, as its new marketing VP to lead the company’s brand messaging and demand generation initiatives. DataVisor said Wednesday he will be responsible for efforts to promote the company, its story and its products, and fill sales pipelines to support the company’s expansion into the social, gaming and financial crime […] More

  • Earl Matthews of HPE to Speak at MILCOM 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Earl Matthews of HPE to Speak at MILCOM 2016

    Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews, vice president of enterprise security services within Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s U.S. public sector business, will speak at MILCOM 2016 along with other panelists. The event is scheduled for Nov. 1-Nov. 3 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland and will be co-sponsored by AFCEA International and IEEE, AFCEA said Wednesday. […] More

  • Andrew Merkle to Lead Research & Exploratory Devt Mission Area at Johns Hopkins APL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Merkle to Lead Research & Exploratory Devt Mission Area at Johns Hopkins APL

    Andrew Merkle, a 16-year veteran of the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, has been named mission area executive for research and exploratory development at APL. He began his career at APL as an engineer within the technical services department and later moved to the national security department, where he helped establish the lab’s Biomechanics and Injury Mitigation Systems program, APL said Wednesday. […] More

  • Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director

    Luke Tenery, former associate managing director of Kroll’s cybersecurity and investigations practice, has been appointed as senior managing director for the cybersecurity practice at Ankura Consulting Group‘s risk, resilience and geopolitical group. Ankura said Monday Tenery will be based in the company’s Chicago office and brings 15 years of cyber incident investigations and forensics, data privacy and […] More