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Sep 9, 2022

Arlington supply chain tech unicorn hires CFO

Arlington-based supply chain management technology company Interos Inc. has hired Aida Sukys as chief financial officer. Sukys was previously CFO at Justworks Inc., a human resources tech company. Sukys also was the group CFO and global head of financial business services for Willis Towers Watson PLC, a global risk management and insurance company. In that […]

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Sep 9, 2022

Appian appoints new chief revenue officer

McLean-based cloud computing firm Appian Corp. has named Christopher Jones to serve as chief revenue officer. Jones will lead the company’s sales operations and report directly to Appian CEO Matt Calkins. “Appian has built a leadership position in the low-code industry through superior technology and a compelling vision to [...]

Sep 8, 2022

Civica announces plans for $27.8M lab in Chesterfield

Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx is investing $27.8 million to establish a new 55,000-square-foot laboratory in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. The expansion will add 51 jobs, according to a news release. The company will also host a scale-up manufacturing facility ru[...]

Sep 6, 2022

New Kent, Cox announce $34M internet expansion

New Kent County and Cox Communications Inc. have announced a $34 million public-private partnership to bring internet access via a fiber-optic network to all county residents and businesses.  Work on the first phase is scheduled to begin this month and includes building out service to support 3,000 county residents who donR[...]

Aug 31, 2022

Bitcoin whale Michael Saylor accused of tax fraud

Tysons-based MicroStrategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is being sued by the city of Washington, D.C., which accuses Saylor of engaging in a fraudulent scheme to deprive the city of more than $25 million in income taxes while living in “a luxury penthouse on the Georgetown waterfront” and claiming to be a r[...]

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Aug 30, 2022

DroneUp appoints second Walmart exec to board

Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC has appointed David Guggina, Walmart Inc.’s senior vice president of innovation and automation, to its board of directors, the commercial drone delivery and flight services company announced Monday. “DroneUp has been a key player in making customer delivery via drone a reality for million[...]

Sen. Mark Warner receives a tour of the C. Kenneth and Dianne Harris Wright Virginia Microelectronics Center from Hadis Morkoç, Virginia Commonwealth University Founders Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
Aug 27, 2022

Va. officials woo chip manufacturers

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and state and local economic development officials are vying to attract semiconductor chip manufacturing facilities to four Virginia industrial sites as the commonwealth gears up to fight for a piece of the financial pie from sweeping federal legislation that promises to ramp up chip production in the U.S. [...]

Aug 18, 2022

Torc Robotics names new CEO

Blacksburg-based self-driving truck company Torc Robotics has named Peter Vaughan Schmidt its next CEO, the Daimler Truck AG subsidiary announced Thursday. Currently head of Daimler Truck’s Autonomous Technology Group, Schmidt will take on his new role Oct. 1 and succeeds Michael Fleming. The company produces software for [...]

Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy Inc. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Aug 3, 2022

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor to step down, become exec chair

Amid mounting losses from its multibillion-dollar bitcoin investments, MicroStrategy Inc. CEO and founder Michael Saylor is stepping down from his current role and will take on the position of executive chairman, the Tysons-based technology company announced Tuesday. The move is effective Aug. 8. MicroStrategy President Phong Le[...]

Aug 2, 2022

Leidos buys Aussie special missions biz

Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. has entered into an agreement with British technology aerospace manufacturer Cobham Ltd. to purchase the special missions business from its Australia-based Cobham Aviation Services subsidiary, according to a news release. Financial details of the deal, which will a[...]

Jul 25, 2022

Lumos plans Hampton Roads fiber internet expansion

Lumos announced last week an $83 million ultra-high-speed fiber internet expansion that is expected to extend 100-gigabyte capacity over 760 miles in Hampton Roads, affecting as many as 85,000 residents and businesses across Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Portsmouth by 2025. According to a news release, construction is expected [...]

Jul 20, 2022

EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year

Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thom[...]

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