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Ellucian announces new chief legal officer
Reston-based Ellucian has hired Lisa Gilley as chief legal officer, the higher education tech company announced Wednesday. She succeeds Jim Bennett, who is retiring after 35 years with Ellucian. Gilley will report directly to Ellucian President and CEO Laura Ipsen and will lead the company’s global legal function, supporting strategic initiatives for the company’s long-term […]
U.S., China reach framework deal on TikTok ownership
The U.S. and China reached a framework deal to shift TikTok to U.S. ownership, with Trump and Xi set to discuss final terms Friday.
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: RHYU, JAMES J.
Rhyu joined for-profit education tech company Stride in 2013 and has served as its CEO since 2021. Founded in 2000 as K12, Stride offers career-learning services for middle and high school curricula, programs for businesses and the military, and professional skills training in health care and technology for adult learners. Stride reported just over $2 […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: FERNANDEZ, RAUL
A Maryland native, Fernandez was named president and CEO of Fortune 500 IT services and consulting company DXC Technology in 2024 after serving as interim head. He succeeded former CEO Mike Salvino following three years of declining revenues. In May, the company’s board extended Fernandez’s contract through 2028. Headquartered in Ashburn, DXC has roughly 130,000 […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: MARRON, MARK P.
Marron started at ePlus, a provider of IT assets and financing services, in 2005. He became president and CEO in 2016 and a member of the company’s board in 2018. In August 2024, ePlus acquired Minnesota-based IT services company Bailiwick Services for an undisclosed amount. In June, the company sold off its U.S. finance business […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: AGGARWAL, REGGIE
Initially a lawyer, Aggarwal shifted to the events business after planning hundreds of events as president of the Indian CEO Network. In 1999, he founded Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider. Cvent has grown to employ more than 5,000 people and serves more than 24,000 customers globally. While not on the Fortune […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: LE, PHONG
In February, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy, known for being the world’s largest corporate bitcoin owner, dropped the “micro” from its name, becoming simply Strategy. Given that bitcoin reached yet another record high in July, this time reaching $123,000, the Tysons tech company’s strategy looks to be paying off. As of July 6, Strategy […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: PARKS, DELBERT
As site executive at Micron Technology Virginia, Micron’s semiconductor manufacturing facility for computer memory chips, Parks oversees more than 1,230 employees for one of Virginia’s largest exporters. A federally subsidized expansion, including $257 million in federal funds announced in December 2024, is expected to double the plant’s workforce, as Micron plans to move its exi[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: CALKINS, MATT
A top economics graduate at Dartmouth and a world champion board gamer, Calkins co-founded cloud computing and enterprise software firm Appian in his basement in 1999. It grew to become the most successful software IPO of 2017. In 2024, Appian reaped $68 million in cloud subscription revenue, up 21% compared with 2023. The company’s total […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: BIDZOS, D. JAMES
A native of Greece, Bidzos is an internet and cybersecurity pioneer and an early advocate for encrypted commercial software. VeriSign, a company he founded in 1995 as a spinoff of RSA Data Security, is the world’s largest internet domain name registration and infrastructure provider. Any address with a .com or .net domain suffix is registered […]
OurView: Will AI spell lights out for white-collar workers?
Perhaps the greatest symbol of tech companies’ uncanny valley visions or the AI-powered future are dark factories — also called lights-out factories, these AI-managed manufacturing plants are so fully automated that machines perform their work in full or near darkness 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without breaks — and largely without humans. […]
Trump administration eyes 10% stake in Intel amid US chip push
The Trump administration is negotiating a 10% stake in Intel by converting CHIPS Act grants. The move deepens U.S. government involvement in semiconductors as Trump pressures chipmakers to boost domestic production.
