Iridium CEO Matt Desch, a 4×24 member and an eight-time winner of the Wash100 Award, said the company’s planned direct-to-smartphone service will initially support connectivity for emergency cases in locations outside of cellular coverage. The satellite operator already delivers a similar service through satellite phones and other devices from Garmin and Zoleo, among other Iridium […]
The Department of Defense has awarded computing security company Illumio an Enterprise Software Initiative purchase agreement that, according to Mark Sincevich, federal director at Illumio, would make it easier for defense and intelligence organizations to acquire and implement his company’s Zero Trust Segmentation Platform. For Sincevich, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, the interconnectedness […]
Tricia Fitzmaurice, a Potomac Officers Club member, has taken the role of vice president of sales at Rancher Government Solutions. She joined the open-source software and Kubernetes company after more than a year serving as UiPath’s regional vice president of federal civilian agencies and national security program. During her tenure at UiPath, she supported government […]
Jean Schaffer, federal CTO at Corelight, recently spoke with the Potomac Officers Club to discuss the changes she’s navigated within the federal landscape through her career, share her thoughts on where the federal government can improve and shed some light on how companies can better leverage new technologies. Schaffer previously spent over three decades at the […]
Booz Allen Hamilton has announced the launch of its HELworks business unit, focused on directed energy and high-energy lasers. According to Booz Allen’s Chief Technology Officer Susan Penfield, a Potomac Officers Club member and a three-time Wash100 winner, HELworks aims to meet modern warfighter needs, support military missions and uncover and validate cutting-edge technologies. The […]
ManTech will provide the U.S. Marine Corps with research, analysis and engineering solutions to advance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities; modernize information systems; and help deal with cyber defense challenges. According to David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of ManTech’s defense sector work and a Potomac Officers Club member, providing the services gives […]
Matt Tait, chief operating officer of ManTech International, will succeed Kevin Philips as CEO and president. Philips, a member of the Potomac Officers Club and 2022 Wash100 recipient, will transition into the role of chairman of the board of directors. He is joined on the board by Tait and Carlyle executives Dayne Baird, Brian Bernasek, […]
James Gwiazda, vice president of Federal Civilian and State, Local and Education (SLED) at MetTel, recently spoke with the Potomac Officers Club about the core values that guide his career, the advice he has for those entering GovCon and the executives who have inspired and impacted his leadership style. Gwiazda served in the U.S. Army for […]
Aydin Mohtashamian, chief operating officer at Parry Labs, recently participated in an Executive Spotlight interview with the Potomac Officers Club to talk about improving federal acquisition processes, developing talent within an organization, better serving our country’s warfighters and more. Mohtashamian previously served in the U.S. Army, and his private sector career includes time at L-3 Communications […]
Booz Allen Hamilton and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to provide more advanced cybersecurity services that are powered by artificial intelligence and graphical processing units. NVIDIA’s Morpheus framework and GPUs form the basis for Cyber Precog, a newly developed software platform by Booz Allen that is intended to process large volumes of incident response data in tactical edge […]
