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Mac Curtis joins Blue Delta Capital Partners as venture fellow
Mac Curtis, the former chairman, president and CEO of Perspecta Inc., has joined McLean-based government services equity firm Blue Delta Capital Partners as a venture fellow. Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. acquired Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta in May for $7.1 billion. Curtis took Perspecta public in 2018 by merging his company, Vencore Inc., […]
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[...]
Mitre promotes two as CTO and CFO
McLean- and Bedford, Massachusetts-based The Mitre Corp. promoted two long-time executives to chief medical and technology officer and chief financial officer, the company announced Oct. 5. Jay Schnitzer is now senior vice president, chief medical and technology officer and Wilson Wang is now senior vice president, CFO. Schnitzer directs and manages Mitre’s $70 million independent […]
Spacelink to add 41 jobs with Fairfax expansion
McLean-based satellite telecommunications company SpaceLink Corp. will create 41 jobs by expanding in Fairfax County, allowing it to develop a satellite communications system that will provide data relay services, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “SpaceLink’s expansion in Fairfax County will strengthen the commonwealth’s position as a leader in the aerospace industry,” Northa[...]
Alpine-X opens crowdfunding campaign to public investors
Alpine-X LLC, a McLean-based indoor snow sports company, announced a crowdfunding campaign to open the stock to public investors. The offering — started on crowdfunding site Republic — allows accredited and non-accredited investors to own a piece of the McLean-based company that is planning a national chain of indoor ski resorts. So far, more than […]
Booz Allen acquires Fredericksburg-based Tracepoint
Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has acquired Tracepoint, a Fredericksburg-based digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) company, Booz Allen announced Monday. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Baton-Rouge based Plexos Group LLC, Tracepoint CEO Chris Salsberry, Brett Anderson and Rob Driscoll co-founded Tracepoint in December 2019. Tracepoi[...]
Guidehouse to acquire McLean tech company
Tysons-based consulting company Guidehouse announced Wednesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McLean-based company Dovel Technologies Inc. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. “The acquisition of Dovel is a strategic step in our journey to create the next generation global consultancy, bringing together best-in-class portfolios, […]
Five Va. companies win spots on $556M Navy contract
Five Virginia companies have won spots on an estimated $556 million U.S. Navy multiple-award contract to compete for task orders to provide technical services to the Office of the Chief Naval Operations Information Technology Department Command Information Office. Three Fortune 500 contractors — McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Reston-based CACI International Inc. and Reston-based Scienc[...]
GTT Communications to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc. is planning to file a prepackaged chapter 11 case after it closes the previously announced sale of its infrastructure division to Miami-based I Squared Capital, it announced Thursday. After the completion of the $2.15 billion sale, GTT and some subsidiaries will file their cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]
FTC fines Capital One CEO for failing to file stock transaction
The Federal Trade Commission fined McLean-based Capital One Financial Corp. CEO Richard Fairbank a $637,950 civil penalty for violating antitrust laws in finalizing stock acquisitions, the FTC announced Thursday. The settlement must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The FTC alleged that Fairbank violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements [&hellip[...]
Arlington Capital Partners acquires McLean program management company
Maryland-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire McLean-based program management company MCR LLC, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. MCR’s senior management team has invested alongside Arlington Capital, according to a news release. “MCR has established itself as a preeminent provider [...]
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 […]
