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Accenture Federal Services names managing director, management consulting
Fortune Global 500 company Accenture announced this week it has promoted Kathryn Larson to managing director of the management consulting business of its Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services (AFS) subsidiary. With more than 15 years of experience, Larson was most recently a senior manager with Accenture. She specializes in organization and business process design and strategic […]
Navy awards potential $797.3M contract extension to Perspecta
The U.S. Navy awarded a potential $797.3 million extension to Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. for its Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract for network support, net centric data and information technology support services, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. Under the contract extension, Perspecta will provide information security, testing, voice, vide[...]
Thalhimer employee named CCIM Mid-Atlantic board secretary/treasurer
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Friday that Jessica Johnson, a certified commercial investment member (CCIM) with its Southwest Virginia office, has been appointed as the secretary/treasurer of the CCIM Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors for 2021 through 2022. There are more than 13,000 members worldwide in 50 CCIM chapters — each focused on networking and […]
Dominion files construction, operations plan for $7.8B offshore wind farm
Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Friday it has filed the required construction and operations plan (COP) with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to build the utility’s proposed $7.8 billion, 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. “This is an important step in the process toward bringing commercial-scale offshore wind to the commonwealth and shows [...]
Hilb Group announces third December acquisition
In its third acquisition announcement this week, Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Lexington County, South Carolina-based employee benefits consulting, management and brokerage firm Plan Benefit Services Inc. (PBSI), effective Dec. 1. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, PBSI provides employee benefits, retiree benefit[...]
Medical office building in Chesterfield sells for $1.825M
A medical office building in Chesterfield County sold for $1.825 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. Located at 13440-13460 Tredegar Lake Parkway, the single-story, 9,992-square-foot building sits near the intersection of Route 288 and Powhite Parkway. Vascular Surgery Associates, which has six additional offices in the Richmond region, purchased the building located 1 [...]
Reston tech company names new CEO
Reston-based tech company CertiPath announced last week it has named company founder Jeff Nigriny as its CEO. Nigriny most recently served as president and replaces Shawn Hughes as CEO. With 23 years of experience, Nigriny previously served as chief information security officer for Herndon-based Exostar. He formed CertiPath to focus on security systems and their […]
Va. home sales up by 30% in November
Virginia home sales were up by more than 30% in November — marking the greatest increase in home sales activity in more than six years, according to data released Thursday by Virginia Realtors. During the month of November, there were 11,590 home sales in Virginia, an increase of 2,681 from the same time last year. Year-to-date […]
Branch Builds names president
The Branch Builds subsidiary of Roanoke-based construction company The Branch Group announced Wednesday it has promoted Catherine Underwood to president. With 20 years of experience at the company, she was most recently the senior vice president. She began her time with Branch Builds in 2000 as an estimator and has also served as a project […]
Former CIA data science chief hired as CEO of Exovera
Reston-based defense and government contractor SOS International LLC (SOSi) announced Wednesday it has hired Barbara Stevens, the former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief of data science, as CEO of its software subsidiary Exovera. “Dr. Stevens has more than three decades of experience building and leading complex data science programs for the U.S. intelligence community,” SOSi […]
