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Cvent acquires California tech company Prismm
Tysons-based global event marketing and management company Cvent announced Thursday it has acquired Mill Valley, California-based spatial event design technology provider Prismm.
Colliers to manage, lease City Center at Oyster Point
Colliers will be the leasing and management company for City Center at Oyster Point in Newport News, Florida-based real estate investment firm Murphy Property Group announced last week. Colliers will manage nearly 600,000 square feet across nine buildings. City Center, which is 52 acres, serves as sort of a central downtown area for Newport News […]
Booz Allen Hamilton launches $100M VC fund
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has formed a $100 million corporate venture capital arm, the McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultancy announced Wednesday. Named Booz Allen Ventures LLC, the arm will invest in early-stage companies and technologies across four categories: defense, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity and deep technology. “We are proud and excited to cont[...]
DHG, BKD merged company names Va. leaders
The merger of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Springfield, Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisor finalized Wednesday, forming Forvis, the name of the new company that the two companies merging formed. Forvis is a top 10 accounting firm with $1.4 billion in revenue. “Today is a monumental day as BKD and DHG officially […]
Colonna’s Shipyard promotes three execs
Norfolk-based Colonna’s Shipyard Inc. announced Monday it had promoted three executives to senior management positions, effective in July. CSI has promoted Jordan Webb from vice president of contracts to vice president of shipyard operations; Randall Crutchfield from chief experience officer and executive director of Steel America and Weld America to vice president of industrial operations [[...]
Roanoke Times union, Lee settle on new contract
The Roanoke Times newsroom union said Tuesday it has agreed on a new two-year contract with owner Lee Enterprises, following a brief picket line last week. Members of the Timesland News Guild, which represents 30 employees of The Roanoke Times and Laker Weekly, will receive 2% annual raises, and minimum full-time pay will rise about […]
Downtown Richmond Marriott gets new GM
The downtown Richmond Marriott has a new general manager. Lars Friedriszik has been named general manager of the 410-room hotel, which is managed by White Lodging and owned by Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. Friedriszik was previously the assistant general manager at the hotel in 2018, but left to serve in other management roles at White […]
Smith-Midland Corp. hires VP of operations for Va. plant
Fauquier County-based precast concrete manufacturer Smith-Midland Corp. has named Kevin Corbett as its vice president of operations at the company’s Virginia plant, it announced May 7. Corbett, a native of Syracuse, New York, will oversee production, delivery and installation at the plant, located in Fauquier’s Midland area. He brings five years of plant management experience […[...]
