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Massey Center, VCU Health hire cancer exec
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Health announced Tuesday that Dr. Paula M. Fracasso, formerly of the University of Virginia, is now the cancer center’s deputy director and senior vice president of the health system’s cancer service line. An oncologist, former pharmaceutical executive and medical school professor, Fracasso joined VCU and the Massey [&hellip[...]
Accenture Federal Services promotes chief leadership officer
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services promoted Elaine Beeman to chief leadership officer on Sept 2. In her new role, Beeman will focus on employee experience and succession planning and will continue leading the federal contractor’s civilian portfolio. Beeman joined AFS in 2009 as managing director of customer relationship for Accenture’s health and public service business. In [&h[...]
GDIT secures $298M U.S. Courts contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. announced Tuesday that it received a $298 million blanket purchase agreement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office. Under the five-year contract, which the AOUSC awarded in May, GDIT will provide application development, solutions architecture, operations and engineer[...]
Maximus lands $6.6B Medicare call center contract
Maximus Inc. won an up to $6.6 billion contract for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for contact center operations, the Tysons-based federal contractor announced Thursday. Under the contract, which has a one-year base period and nine one-year options, Maximus will continue supporting CMS’ contact center. The contact center operations contract handles more 35 […]
Chesterfield Carvana facility opens with 240 employees
Fortune 500 used car online retailer Carvana Co. is more than halfway to its 400-employee hiring goal for its $25 million, 191,000-square-foot Chesterfield County inspection center, General Manager Robert Sheets said Wednesday at the center’s ribbon cutting. Carvana has hired 240 employees and expects to reach 400 workers when it begins full production later this […]
StoneSprings, Dominion hospitals name new CFO
Christopher “Chris” Landry will become chief financial officer for StoneSprings Hospital Center and Dominion Hospital on Sept. 5, HCA Virginia Health System announced Tuesday. “We are excited to have Chris join our leadership team,” StoneSprings Hospital Center CEO Nathan Vooys said in a statement. “I am confident that his experience has given him a strong […]
DroneUp appoints second Walmart exec to board
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC has appointed David Guggina, Walmart Inc.’s senior vice president of innovation and automation, to its board of directors, the commercial drone delivery and flight services company announced Monday. “DroneUp has been a key player in making customer delivery via drone a reality for millions of customers across the country,” Guggina said […]
Va. officials woo chip manufacturers
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and state and local economic development officials are vying to attract semiconductor chip manufacturing facilities to four Virginia industrial sites as the commonwealth gears up to fight for a piece of the financial pie from sweeping federal legislation that promises to ramp up chip production in the U.S. Representatives of Chesterfield, […]
Va. Beach’s DroneUp to add 655 jobs
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC is adding 655 jobs as part of a $27 million expansion that will include establishing a drone testing, training and research and development center at Richard Bland College, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced during a news conference Wednesday at the Executive Mansion in Richmond. DroneUp, which specializes in commercial drone delivery and […]
Skanska wins $223M contract for offshore wind farm prep
New York-based Skanska USA won the $223 million contract to redevelop the 72 acres of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal that Dominion Energy Inc. will use as a staging area for its $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The company announced the award on Tuesday. The CVOW calls for the construction of 176 wind turbines […]
