Chantilly IT company names COO
Chantilly-based information technology company DirectViz Solutions LLC announced Wednesday that Chuck Thompson has been promoted to chief operating officer. With more than three decades of management experience, Thompson was most recently executive vice president of operations at the company. He succeeds Michael McHugh, who was [...]
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[...]
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 se[...]
CACI International acquires Mont.-based aerospace company
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. announced Wednesday it has acquired Belgrade, Montana-based aerospace company Ascent Vision Technologies LLC (AVT). A transaction amount was not disclosed. Founded in 1962, CACI specializes in enterprise and mission technology. The company has approximately 23,000 employees and is on the Fortune 1000 list. AVT provides technology services that […][...]
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[...]
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 […]
Perspecta names VP, campaign manager
Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. announced Tuesday it has hired Michael Londregan as vice president and campaign manager. Londregan has more than 30 years of experience working in the federal government and most recently served as the director of corporate communications for the Defense Intelligence Agency, wher[...]
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 the […][...]
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 […]
Chantilly IT company names CEO
Chantilly-based information technology company DirectViz Solutions LLC announced Friday that Michael McHugh has been promoted to CEO. McHugh was most recently the company’s chief operating officer, and has more than 25 years of experience working in the technology industry. Before his time with DirectViz, he served as presid[...]
Perspecta wins $112M Homeland Security contract
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded a contract worth up to $112 million to Perspecta Inc. to provide managed information technology services to the department’s data centers, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Thursday. “This award reinforces our standing as a premier provider of end-to-end next generation managed IT services,” Rocky Thurston, senior vice president […][...]
McLean-based wireless provider announces new leadership
McLean-based wireless technology company Kajeet announced Wednesday it has hired Melissa Blanken as vice president of marketing and Bill Stribrny as vice president of sales. For 25 years, Blanken has worked in marketing and was most recently the chief marketing officer with McLean-based internet company ID.me. She has also previ[...]