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Altria Group Inc. employee Jackie Juergens added a specialty master’s degree to her MBA to switch career paths. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jan 30, 2022

Quick change

Jackie Juergens wanted to move from Altria Group Inc.’s strategy division to its fast-growing advanced analytics division, but she needed to brush up on her tech skills. Although she had an MBA, the mother of three and senior manager opted for William & Mary’s business school’s online master’s degree in business analytics, which she completed […]

Tysons-based MicroStrategy invested more than $2.2 billion to acquire 91,579 bitcoin, which rose to $5.94 billion in value as of mid-April. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Dec 1, 2021

MicroStrategy buys $414M more bitcoin in Q4

MicroStrategy Inc. bought $414.4 million worth of bitcoin — about 7,002 units — from Oct. 1 to Nov. 29, the Tysons-based business software company reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The company now holds about 121,044 bitcoins, for which it paid $3.57 billion total. The average purchase price of each bitcoin […]

Nov 8, 2021

MicroStrategy bought $420M more bitcoin in Q3

MicroStrategy Inc. purchased nearly 9,000 additional bitcoins in the third quarter for almost $420 million, according to a quarterly report the Tysons-based business software company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 28. As of Sept. 30, MicroStrategy’s holds a total of 114,042 bitcoins, valued at $7.5 billion based on a price […]

Oct 18, 2021

Guidehouse acquires McLean tech company

Tysons-based consulting company Guidehouse completed its acquisition of McLean-based Dovel Technologies Inc., the company announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced in September, were not disclosed. “With the Dovel acquisition now complete, we are thrilled to join forces and welcome our new colleagues to Guidehouse as we combine our technology-first business models[...]

Oct 1, 2021

Newport News data analysis co. wins $100M GSA contract

Newport News-based professional services and data analysis company ITA International LLC won a $100 million contract from the U.S. General Services Administration to help defense agencies use data driven tools, it announced Thursday. Under the five-year Small Business Innovation Research phase III indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, ITA will provide customized data visualization and[...]

Sep 15, 2021

Vienna-based Spire Global to buy Canadian company for $161.2M

Vienna-based space-focused data and analytics company Spire Global Inc. has entered into a $161.2 million deal to purchase exactEarth Ltd., a Canadian maritime data provider, the two companies announced Tuesday. Spire, which is set to close on the cash and stock purchase late this year or in early 2022, will operate Ontario-based exactEarth as a […]

Aug 31, 2021

Richmond consulting firm hires SVP of data and analytics

Richmond-based IT consulting firm UDig has hired Reid Colson as its senior vice president of data and analytics, it announced Tuesday. “With Reid on our team, we are excited to help clients seize opportunities, from creating a single version of the truth to driving value via predictive analytics and machine learning,” said Andy Frank, UDig […]

Aug 23, 2021

Gannett names first chief data officer

McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. named Nate Rackiewicz its first chief data officer, it announced Monday. Rackiewicz will lead a team to implement the company’s customer identity, data and growth analytics, as well as data science and modeling capabilities. He will report to Gannett’s chief marketing and strategy officer, Mayur Gupta. “We are excited to welcome […]

Aug 2, 2021

Clarabridge to be acquired by Utah firm in $1.13B deal

Reston-based software company Clarabridge Inc. is being acquired by Provo, Utah-based data analytics firm Qualtrics International Inc. in a nearly $1.13 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Thursday. Clarabridge’s platform uses artificial intelligence to provide conversational analytics — it is able to analyze customer feedback from indirect sources like social media, emails, su[...]

Mar 3, 2021

KeyBank parent company to buy McLean data firm

Cleveland, Ohio-based financial services company KeyCorp announced Tuesday it will acquire McLean-based AQN Strategies LLC, a data and analytics firm focused on financial services established by Ben Sabloff and Nigel Morris, co-founder of Capital One and fintech venture capital firm QED Investors. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sabloff will serve as KeyCorp’s [&hellip[...]

Jan 26, 2021

McLean contractor lands $87M Navy task order

McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. announced Monday it has received an $87 million task order to help the Naval Surface Warfare Center develop a vertical launching system and training equipment for the naval base in Port Hueneme, California. Under the potential five-year task order, Alion will perform research, development, test and evaluation […]

Dec 3, 2020

NuWave Solutions acquires San Diego-based analytics company

McLean-based federal technology contractor NuWave Solutions LLC announced Thursday it has acquired BigBear Inc., a cloud-based big data analytics firm in San Diego.  Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This marks NuWave’s first acquisition since it was acquired by Boca Raton, Florida-based private equity firm AE Industrial Partners LP in June. Founded in […]

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