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Home>Jason Roop

Jason Roop

Recent Articles from Jason Roop

News April 7, 2021

Reston-based SAIC lands $4.4B in defense contracts

On the heels of an $830 million U.S. Army contract won in February, Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has landed two more Army contracts worth a combined $4.4 billion, it announced today. The Fortune 500 defense contractor says both contracts will provide systems engineering services to support the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, […]

Energy/Green April 6, 2021

Lynchburg’s BWXT wins $690M contract extension

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a contract extension to Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) worth up to $690 million, the company announced today. BWXT has worked with Irving, Texas-based engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp. on the project, an effort to decontaminate and decommission the former Portsmouth Gaseous […]

A Carvana inspection center in Phoenix. Photo courtesy Carvana
Economic Development April 6, 2021

Carvana proceeds with $25M Chesterfield facility

After putting its plans in neutral, online used car retailer Carvana announced Tuesday that it plans to break ground this quarter on a $25 million, 191,000-square-foot vehicle inspection and reconditioning facility in Chesterfield County. The project could bring more than 400 jobs to the county, economic development officials said in the announcement. Carvana first announced […]

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Technology April 5, 2021

Teresa Carlson leaves Amazon Web Services

Teresa Carlson, the Herndon-based executive who founded Amazon Web Services’ public sector business, is leaving Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing subsidiary to become president and chief growth officer of Splunk Inc., the San Francisco tech company announced today. Carlson was an influential and visible presence in the Washington, D.C., region for a little more than a […]

Technology April 5, 2021

Chantilly IT firm acquired by N.C. company

A year shy of its 30th anniversary, Chantilly-based IT services provider SolutionWorx has been acquired by WingSwept, a B2B tech services company based in Garner, North Carolina, the companies announced. The deal, which became effective March 31, will allow the managed IT service providers to grow, and provide SolutionWorx with the resources of a larger […]

People April 5, 2021

Urban Land Institute Va. chapter elects new chair

Chesterfield County’s director of community enhancement, Daniel Cohen, has been elected chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Virginia District Council and will begin chairing the district board on July 1, the nonprofit announced today. The Virginia district serves more than 420 members in the Hampton Roads, Richmond and Charlottesville metro region, working to shape communities [&hellip[...]

Steve Farbstein, photo courtesy Blue Ridge Bank
People April 2, 2021

Blue Ridge Bank hires first chief development officer

Steve Farbstein has left his position at Cornerstone RPO to become Blue Ridge Bank’s first chief development officer, the bank recently announced. Farbstein will be responsible for marketing, employee development and growing and maintaining lines of revenue at the bank, a subsidiary of Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. — which completed a merger in February with […]

Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
People April 2, 2021

Va., Md., Del. electric coops association leader retires

Richard G. Johnstone Jr. handed over the reins of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives this week, retiring after 36 years. Johnstone served as president and CEO of the 76-year-old, Glen-Allen based organization, which represents 15 member-owned electric cooperatives. His replacement, Brian S. Mosier, was announced in January and took over April […]

People April 1, 2021

Shenandoah Growers picks new COO

Shenandoah Growers Inc. has hired former Walmart executive Cameron Geiger as the company’s chief operating officer, it announced this week. The Rockingham County-based agricultural products company says Geiger will help lead the company’s next phase of growth. Geiger, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989 — the year Shenandoah […]

Money April 1, 2021

PPP loans deadline extended to May 31

Businesses and banks received a two-month extension to apply for Paycheck Protection Program loans this week, as President Joe Biden signed legislation delaying the deadline for the latest round of PPP loans from March 31 to May 31. This week’s extension takes some of the pressure off bankers and businesses, says Steve Yeakel, president and […]

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