James Ruhlman is the deputy director for program management at the Department of Veterans Affairs, leading the activities in the oversight and accountability and policy and implementation portfolios within the Veterans Benefits Administration's education service. He directs the VA’s education programs that offer education and training benefits to qualified members, including active duty, national guard, […]
David Hathaway, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as Vectrus’ senior vice president for programs, a role he has held since October 2018. He oversees the program execution and client service delivery across the company’s markets, including managing business results and profit loss for various program portfolios, designing and executing support strategies and developing new […]
Rob Ellis has been serving as vice president for information systems/program management at ICF since January 2020, bringing almost 20 years of IT experience into the role. He is responsible for the development and delivery of complex information systems solutions and services for government and private sector clients, ICF said. A technical expert, Ellis specializes […]
As Northrop Grumman’s vice president for program management, Jane Bishop is in charge of the development, production and delivery of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the U.S. Navy's carrier-based airborne early warning and control aircraft. She also oversees the continued sustainment of the E-2C Hawkeye and the C-2A Greyhound, the service’s carrier onboard delivery aircraft, according […]
After 20 years as CEO and more than a year as the executive chairman at ICF, Sudhakar Kesavan, a two-time Wash100 winner, will retire on Dec. 31. John Wasson, the current president and CEO, will succeed him as chairman of the company’s board, effective Jan. 1. Kesavan has been the executive chairman since Oct. 2019, […]
Karen Evans, chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the agency is looking for a new chief data officer to help with planning, evaluation and risk management. At an event hosted by FedScoop held on Nov. 19, she said her office will lead a […]
Government Acquisitions Inc., an IT service company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has received a certification from the Small Business Administration as a HUBZone business. The initiative offers “economic benefits to historically underutilized business zones” and organizations that qualified for the program, such as GAI, the company said. Jay Lambke, GAI president and a Potomac Officers […]
Michael Rigas, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, said federal agencies are being urged to heed the memorandum of understanding that the agency has released listing the responsibilities for employees taking part in rotational programs. The MOU, which outlines the role of the home agency, host agency and participant, states that government organizations […]
Dr. Gil Alterovitz, director for artificial intelligence at the Department of Veteran Affairs, said the agency’s AI ‘to-go’ delivery model to help medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be used in other VA sites as pilot modules. He said the organization plans to test the initial module at its hundreds of centers […]
BAE Systems has landed a $76.3M contract to support the U.S. Navy's efforts to drydock, maintain and modernize the USS Stout. The docking selected restricted availability agreement, which would bring the total value to $100.5M if all options are exercised, calls for the company to provide modernization work aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Aerospace and […]
