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Herndon tech company names COO, sales VP
Herndon-based cloud service provider ViON Corp. announced Wednesday it has promoted Rob Davies to chief operations officer and David Kushner to senior vice president of sales. Davies joined the company in 2014 and served as the vice president in charge of all cloud and as-a-service contracts and programs for the company. “Rob�[...]
Peraton announces business sectors, leadership appointments
On the heels of major acquisitions, Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton is dividing the company into four business sectors and has made a slate of leadership appointments. A subsidiary of New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital, Peraton announced in January it is acquiring Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. for $7.1 billion. And on Feb. […]
Sterling company wins $80M trademark office contract
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office of Trademarks awarded Sterling-based government contractor REI Systems an $80 million contract to support application development and modernization for approximately 20 mission-critical systems, the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract, REI will work on the Trademark Product Line applications, which includes a series of systems and applications […][...]
McLean-based NuWave merges with Md. firm to form AI company
McLean-based federal technology contractor NuWave Solutions LLC and Columbia, Maryland-based PCI Strategic Management announced Tuesday the companies have merged to form BigBear.ai. NuWave CEO Reggie Brothers will become CEO of BigBear.ai and Sean Battle, former co-founder and CEO of PCI, will serve as vice chairman and chief strategy officer. Financial terms of the merger were […]
Information systems developer to add 296 jobs in Fairfax County
Information systems developer Kreative Technologies LLC will invest $1.5 million to quadruple its current Fairfax County workforce, adding 296 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The company currently employs 67 people at its 4114 Legato Road location in Fairfax County. Kreative Technologies provides information systems design, development, integration and sustainment for the federal health care […][...]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO in Q3
Amazon.com Inc. announced Tuesday that Jeff Bezos, who founded the e-commerce company in 1994, will step down as CEO and transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter of 2021. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy will succeed Bezos. “Amazon is what it is because of invention,” Bezos said in a statement. [&hell[...]
Amazon reveals Arlington HQ2’s ‘Helix’ centerpiece
Despite lingering questions around when or how remote workers may return to office life following the pandemic, Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday released fresh plans for the second phase of its $2.5 billion East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington’s National Landing area, where it is gearing up to employ 25,000 people during the nex[...]
McLean tech contractor acquires Fairfax firm
McLean-based tech contractor IntelliBridge Inc. announced Monday it has acquired Fairfax-based tech company Alethix LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the acquisition will add DevSecOps and cloud services to IntelliBridge (which is backed by Enlightenment Capital), and also expand its clientele to include homeland security, federal-civilian and defense agencies. Founded in […][...]
DXC Technology says ‘non, merci’ to French company’s purchase bid
Three weeks after receiving an unsolicited and nonbinding offer to purchase all of its shares, Tysons-based Fortune 500 IT services company DXC Technology’s board has turned down the proposal from Paris-based IT company Atos SE, DXC announced Monday. According to DXC’s statement Monday night, its board determined Atos’ offer was too low and lacked certainty, […]
Dovel Technologies executive chairman to retire
McLean-based federal contractor Dovel Technologies announced Monday that Paul Leslie will retire as executive chairman and Sudhakar Kesavan will join the company as chairman of the board in March. Leslie served as Dovel’s CEO for more than eight years, during which the company focused on the federal health and civilian markets[...]
Peraton closes on $3.4B cash purchase of Northrop Grumman biz
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Monday the closure of the sale of its federal IT and mission support services business for $3.4 billion in cash to Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton, a Veritas Capital affiliate. According to the December 2020 announcement about the sale, proceeds are expected to […]
A healthy balance
For Ashburn-based IT company Sriven Technologies LLC, an emphasis on work-life balance and leading a healthy lifestyle, as well as a strong benefits packages creates a stress-free place for employees to focus on their careers, CEO Raj Kilaru says. And that makes it a place where people want to stay. Founded in 2009, Sriven Techn[...]
