Alan Bonder is currently the head of strategy and operations for direct channels and memberships at search and digital giant Google, working out of the San Francisco Bay area. He described himself as “a strategy and deal execution leader in the digital media and e-commerce sectors” whose work includes product strategy recommendations and execution of […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit recently learned how a secure approach to using commercial cloud services could work outside of the agency’s traditional methodology. Rick Simon, program manager for the Secure Cloud Management project, said three prototypes out of the 29 respondents to the office’s request for white papers yielded promising solutions to the Department […]
The U.S. government is using eSports, a form of competition using video games, to find innovative new solutions to fight hackers. The idea is to tap the country’s most promising young minds using a model that mirrors competitive video gaming to help shore up the country’s defenses against cyberattacks, The Washington Post reported Friday. Towards […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has requested Congress to introduce an amendment into the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to hasten the appointment of the first space acquisition executive. Kendal, a three-time Wash100 winner, wishes that the new assistant secretary take office earlier than October 2022, as prescribed by the NDAA for fiscal 2020, SpaceNews […]
The U.S. Army wants to build a unified cloud environment as a key piece of its new Army Digital Transformation Strategy, aimed at centralizing its computer systems, data standards, cloud capabilities and cybersecurity procedures. To achieve this objective, the Army’s leadership has realized that they have to turn to non-traditional procurement paths, the service’s chief […]
Los Angeles-based Embedded Ventures on Wednesday announced that it has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Space Force to “collaboratively investigate the potential benefits of leveraging venture capital investment practices to accelerate the pace of change and innovation.” This marks the Space Force’s first cooperative agreement with a VC firm. Under the Cooperative Research […]
The U.S. Army, in its recently released unified network plan, listed security and connectivity at the top of near-term priorities. The document revealed the service’s goal to establish a framework for linking the enterprise and the tactical networks to provide global connectivity and data for forces. Ross Guckert, program executive officer for enterprise information systems, […]
David Schmaier is the president and chief product officer of Salesforce, working out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He has over three decades of experience building successful cloud, customer relationship management and industry-specific vertical software companies while taking on the roles of executive, entrepreneur, board member and investor. Schmaier’s current role is summed up […]
Valeria Rodriguez is currently a senior online collaboration platform manager and solutions designer/developer at Guidehouse, based in Germantown, Maryland. She is described as a problem solver, developer, organizer and designer who uses collaboration platforms to create “reliable, automated, scalable, cost-saving and artistic global enterprise solutions that push the boundaries in and improve the user experience.” […]
Science Applications International Corp. has announced the appointment of Vernon Saunders as senior vice president of the company’s National Intelligence Community business unit. Saunders is an industry veteran with extensive intelligence community experience, having worked with various intelligence, civilian and defense organizations. In his new role, Saunders will be managing SAIC’s business with the intelligence […]
