LA-based tech company moves headquarters to Reston
Infrascale Inc., a cloud-based data protection company, announced Wednesday it has moved its headquarters from Los Angeles to Reston — where its leadership team is based. Infrascale’s C-suite leadership, including CEO Russell P. Reeder, Chief Financial Officer Rob Peterson, Chief Operating Officer Brian Kuhn and Chief People Officer Carolyn Kress, is based in Reston and have […]
Leidos lands potential $292.3M FAA contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Reston-based federal contractor Leidos a potential 15-year, $292.3 million contract to provide an enterprise-wide display system to replace multiple information display platforms installed at more than 300 U.S. airport facilities, according to an Aug. 13 System for Award Management (SAM) notice. Leidos will create the Enterprise Information Display S[...]
Parsons Corp. to raise $350M through debt offering
Centreville-based technology contractor Parsons Corp. announced Monday plans to raise $350 million through a debt offering. Proceeds from the debt offering would be used toward general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and working capital, according to Parsons. The initial conversion rate for the notes is 22.2913 shares of the company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount [&hel[...]
CACI International names president, national security
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. announced Monday it has hired Todd Probert as president of the company’s National Security and Innovative Solutions (NSIS) sector. With more than 20 years of experience, Probert most recently served as vice president of Raytheon’s Command and Control, Space and Intelligence business. In his new role, will oversee […]
Northern Virginia Technology Council names president, CEO
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced Tuesday that Jennifer Taylor has been named as president and CEO, effective Sept. 10. In late June, Brad Schwartz was named as acting president and CEO, filling the vacancy left by the June 30 retirement of Bobbie Kilberg, who led the membership and trade association for the region’s […]
Arlington tech company names chief development officer
Arlington-based technology services provider Halfaker and Associates LLC announced Tuesday that Amanda Axsom has been promoted to chief development officer. Axsom was most recently the executive vice president of business development at the company. In her new role, she will oversee intellectual property development, corporate growth and strategic capture efforts. During her time working with [&[...]
Mitre Corp. names VP integration, operations
McLean-based The Mitre Corp. (MITRE) has hired Charles “Pete” Leroy as vice president of integration and operations within its public sector division, the McLean-based nonprofit research and development organization for the federal government announced Tuesday. With more than two decades of experience, Leroy most recently served as chief of staff, military and veterans’ health, for […[...]
Fairfax tech company names CFO
Fairfax-based technology and engineering company ECS (an ASGN Inc. subsidiary) announced Tuesday that it has hired Pamela Rothka as chief financial officer. Rothka was most recently CFO for Reston-based government technology company Octo Consulting Group. In her new role, she will oversee strategic finance, accounting, contracts, pricing, business operations, facilities, mergers and acquisitions a[...]
SEC charges Herndon-based tech company, CEO with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Thursday against Herndon-based Kelvin Boon LLC/Boon.Tech and its CEO, Rajesh Pavithran, for fraud and registration violations in connection with a $5 million initial coin offering of digital asset securities. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Pavithran and his company agreed to settle the charges by consenting to […]
Herndon company wins $27.8M Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded Herndon-based technology and management company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) a $27.8 million contract to provide civilian talent management, the company announced Tuesday. Through the contract, Serco will provide analytic, management and advisory services for the Army’s civilian workforce and provide talent management architecture for th[...]
MicroStrategy converts $250M cash holdings to bitcoin
Tysons-based business software company MicroStrategy Inc. announced Tuesday it has converted $250 million from its cash holdings into more than 21,000 bitcoins. The company will keep its bitcoin holdings on its corporate treasury reserve — which MicroStrategy CEO Michael J. Saylor said in a statement will be the the principal holding in its treasury reserve […]
GSA awards Reston tech company $11.8M contract
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Reston-based government technology company Octo Consulting Group an $11.8 million contract to provide framework and architecture services for the GSA’s System for Award Management (SAM). Under the GSA’s CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation contract, Octo will provide Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and business and technical [...]