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  • Marc-Andre Giger Joins KPMG Switzerland as Public Sector Chief - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marc-Andre Giger Joins KPMG Switzerland as Public Sector Chief

    Marc-Andre Giger, formerly director of public sector and health at PwC Switzerland, has joined KPMG as head of the public sector in Switzerland, effective June 1. Giger will succeed Armin Haymoz in the role and will serve the auditing firm’s public sector customers through its office in Bern, Switzerland, KPMG said Monday. Prior to PwC, […] More

  • CMS, FDA Vet Mark McClellan Joins American Well as Advisory Board Vice Chairman; Ido Schoenberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CMS, FDA Vet Mark McClellan Joins American Well as Advisory Board Vice Chairman; Ido Schoenberg Comments

    Mark McClellan, director of the Health Policy Center at Duke University, has joined telehealth technology and services company American Well as vice chairman of the advisory board. McClellan previously served as director of the Health Care Innovation and Value initiatives at Brookings Institution and managed the Richard Merkin program on payment reform and clinical leadership, […] More

  • Cisco Executive Chair John Chambers Joins OpenGov Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Executive Chair John Chambers Joins OpenGov Board of Directors

    John Chambers, executive chairman and former CEO of Cisco, has joined the board of directors of OpenGov and invested in the latter company’s cloud-based financial intelligence and planning services. OpenGov said Thursday the company seeks to draw on Chambers’ experience in work with local and county governments, special and school districts as well as state and federal public […] More

  • Sandia Labs’ Program Aims to Offer Career Opportunities for Battlefield-Injured Military Personnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sandia Labs’ Program Aims to Offer Career Opportunities for Battlefield-Injured Military Personnel

    Two U.S. Army female veterans from Albuquerque, New Mexico, have become the first women to join a Sandia National Laboratories-run career development initiative for injured soldiers in the battlefield. Iraq war veterans Gabrielle Holcomb and Lindsey Kibler joined the Wounded Warrior Career Development Program that aims to hire injured military personnel for up to three years […] More

  • LMI VP James Kessler Joins Marine Corps Association & Foundation Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI VP James Kessler Joins Marine Corps Association & Foundation Board

    James Kessler, vice president of the materiel management division at LMI, has been appointed as a board member of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation. LMI said Thursday the retired U.S. Marine Corps major general will provide advisory support to the foundation that represents the interest of marines and their family members. Prior to LMI, he worked at DynCorp International as […] More

  • Lockheed to Integrate Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Into Navy, AF Aircraft for Continued Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Into Navy, AF Aircraft for Continued Tests

    Lockheed Martin will integrate the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile into the U.S. Air Force‘s B-1B and U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F aircraft under the $321.8 million sole-source contract awarded earlier this month. The company said Thursday the Air Force has set LRASM to start operations in 2018 with the Navy scheduled in 2019. The contract also funds continued testing on LRASM, a precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile, Lockheed added. Mike […] More

  • Dan Allison Joins Dell Services as Healthcare & Life Sciences Division VP, Global GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Allison Joins Dell Services as Healthcare & Life Sciences Division VP, Global GM

    Dan Allison, formerly managing director of technology and healthcare consulting firm DEAllison Enterprises, has joined Dell Services as vice president and global general manager of the firm’s healthcare and life sciences division. Dell said Thursday Allison will oversee the company’s strategic initiatives and engagement programs for clients in life sciences and healthcare markets. Allison, a […] More

  • Vencore Lands 1st Task Order via $460M Cybercom IDIQ Contract; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Lands 1st Task Order via $460M Cybercom IDIQ Contract; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has secured the first task order to provide mission support to the U.S. Cyber Command under a potential five-year, $460 million contract vehicle the company won a position on. The order is worth $89 million and the company is scheduled to commence work in June, Vencore said Wednesday. “We are honored to expand our support and expertise to this critical […] More

  • Equinix President and CEO Steve Smith Joins NetApp Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Equinix President and CEO Steve Smith Joins NetApp Board of Directors

    Data management and cloud storage solutions provider NetApp has appointed Steve Smith, Equinix CEO and president, to its board of directors — which is comprised of 10 other members. Smith started in Equinix in 2007 after work as senior vice president of HP services, where he managed the consulting and integration service and technology deployment and […] More

  • Former DIA Official David Shedd Joins SOSi's Board of Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DIA Official David Shedd Joins SOSi’s Board of Advisers

    David Shedd, a former deputy director and acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined SOS International‘s board of advisers. Shedd will help the company with regards to leadership, growth and governance along with the other business, defense and government leaders in the advisory board, SOSi said Tuesday. “David’s experience in the intelligence community and Latin America closely align with […] More

  • Vencore Receives 'Virginia Values Veterans' Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Receives ‘Virginia Values Veterans’ Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has received a Virginia Values Veterans certification from the state’s Department of Veterans Services. The Chantilly, Virginia-based government contractor said Tuesday it looks to hire 1,800 veterans and family members by fiscal year 2020. The accreditation recognizes companies that have publicly committed to hire and retain veterans, conduct a year-long training program and submit an organizational veteran hiring plan that contains strategy and […] More

  • NS2 Serves Certifies New Group of SAP Software-Trained Veterans; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NS2 Serves Certifies New Group of SAP Software-Trained Veterans; Mark Testoni Comments

    NS2 Serves has graduated the newest group of veterans who underwent training on SAP software at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. This fifth class of post-9/11 military veterans completed NS2 Serves’ three-month, in- residence technology training and employment program and received the Certified SAP Associate certification in information technology, NS2 Serves said Wednesday. Participants […] More