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PAE hires homeland security director
Guy Torres has joined Falls Church-based Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) as the director of its homeland security portfolio, according to reports. Torres was most recently a Department of Homeland Security account executive at Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. During his career, he has also served as director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s information […]
Former UPS CEO joins Northrop Grumman board
Former United Parcel Service CEO David Abney has been elected to Northrop Grumman Corp.’s board of directors. Executive chairman of the UPS board of directors, Abney served as CEO of UPS from 2014 until May 2020. “David is an accomplished and respected business leader and is a great addition to our board,” said Kathy Warden, […]
Falls Church health IT company acquires Vienna tech firm
Falls Church-based health information technology company Cognosante LLC has acquired Vienna-based tech company Enterprise Information Services LLC (EIS). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cognosante plans to use the acquisition to expand its federal contracting market. “EIS’ proven success in enterprise services, biometrics and cybersecurity provides expanded capabil[...]
Falls Church consulting firm names COO
Falls Church-based management consulting firm Cathexis announced Friday it has promoted Halleh Seyson to executive vice president and chief executive officer. Seyson joined the company in Oct. 2019 as senior vice president. She was previously the group vice president at Social & Scientific Systems where she led health policy, data analytics and technology business. Before […]
Leidos subsidiary tapped to develop lunar landing system
Dynetics, a wholly owned aerospace subsidiary of Reston-based defense contractor Leidos, is one of three prime contractors awarded contracts by NASA to design the human lunar landing system that will take the first woman and next man to the moon’s surface by 2024. The other two aerospace companies are Amazon.com Inc. President and CEO Jeff […]
Falls Church company sends text from space satellite to phone
Falls Church-based wireless network company Lynk Global Inc. said Wednesday that it has sent a text message from a satellite in space to a standard mobile phone on Earth. “This is a game-changer for the billions of people who own a mobile phone, for the billions who do not have affordable connectivity, and for the […]
Falls Church federal contractor NetImpact Strategies names COO
Falls Church-based federal contractor NetImpact Strategies Inc. promoted Stephanie Wilson to the company’s newly created role of chief operating officer. Most recently, Wilson served as chief strategy officer for the company and focused on business development. She has almost 30 years of experience and has also worked for Anthem’s National Government Services federal platform and [&hel[...]
Two Va. hospitals ranked in nation’s top 100
Healthgrades has named its 2020 list of the top 250 hospitals in the United States, and two Virginia hospitals landed in the top 100. Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church and Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk are in the top 2% of the America’s Best Hospitals survey released Tuesday. Inova Fairfax was recognized as one […]
