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Chesterfield-based Paymerang expands to Wise County
Chesterfield County-based payment and invoice automation company Paymerang LLC will expand its operations to Southwest Virginia, creating 50 jobs in Wise, the company announced Thursday. The move follows a previous expansion of its Chesterfield County headquarters. In Wise, employees will work in software development, cloud engineering and payment operations. Paymerang is the second company to jo[...]
‘A seat at the table’
Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Small business | Cynthia Macturk, CFO Fahrenheit Advisors, Richmond When Cynthia Macturk wants to consult with professional peers, she doesn’t have to go far. “Here, I have an entire in-house network of wonderful CFOs,” says […]
ASGN acquires Mass. IT company for $350M
Henrico County-based IT and professional services provider ASGN Inc. announced last week that it has finalized its previously announced $350 million cash acquisition of GlideFast Consulting LLC. Founded in 2015, Waltham, Massachusetts-based GlideFast provides tailored solutions for the ServiceNow cloud computing platform, which helps companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. Gl[...]
The evolving workplace (or what I wish I told my younger self)
In 1983, when I walked through the doors of my first job in Washington, D.C., I could have never anticipated where life would take me — from a young staff accountant to a vice chair at Ernst & Young, advising C-suites and boards, as well as leading thousands of professionals. And now it‘s bittersweet to […]
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 […]
A hybrid solution
Guidehouse’s leadership had in mind many of the perks that some employees now demand when the global management consulting firm began its search for a new headquarters in 2019. Those included more flexible spaces, access to the outdoors, and technologies to support remote work and meetings. The firm also was growing. With a substantial workforce […]
Peraton lands $2.69B Homeland Security contract
Federal contractor Peraton Inc.’s subsidiary, Perspecta Engineering Inc., landed a potential 10-year, almost $2.69 billion contract to assist the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the company announced Wednesday. Under the indefinite quantity, indefinite quantity contract, Peraton will assist with Data Center and Cloud Optimization Support Services, providing information technology and o[...]
ASGN promotes Rand Blazer to president
Henrico County-based ASGN Inc. has promoted Rand Blazer, president of Glen Allen-based ASGN subsidiary Apex Systems LLC, to president of ASGN. At the same time, ASGN promoted three other executives as presidents of its subsidiaries, the Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional staffing services announced Monday. A former U.S. Army Captain, Blazer joined Apex […]
Professional Services
RAND BLAZER PRESIDENT, APEX SYSTEMS LLC, FAIRFAX COUNTY Blazer has been with Apex Systems since 2007, after nearly 30 years with KPMG US LLC. The former U.S. Army captain has helped Apex, based in Glen Allen, grow into a firm with roughly 2,640 employees across the state. Apex and its parent company, ASGN Inc., together […]
ASGN Inc. acquires Fairfax consulting firm
Richmond-based ASGN Inc., a Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional services, acquired Fairfax-based Enterprise Resource Performance Inc., a health care consulting and data analytics firm that delivers federal healthcare transformation services, ASGN announced Thursday. ERPi’s 250 consultants will become part of ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. ERPi was fo[...]
Dewberry acquires Alabama engineering firm
Fairfax-based professional services firm Dewberry has acquired Birmingham, Alabama-based Edmonds Engineering. A mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and facilities engineering company, Edmonds has 75 employees and five offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The new subsidiary will be branded as Dewberry | Edmonds and will continue operating under its existing leadership. Financial te[...]
