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Excella wins $20B federal contract for IT services
Arlington-based software and information technology management company Excella announced Wednesday it was awarded a contract worth up to $20 billion from the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). “We pride ourselves on our industry-leading expertise in modernizing IT across the federal government,” Excella co-founder and CEO Burton White said in […][...]
Reston IT company emerges from bankruptcy with new CEO
Reston-based IT infrastructure company Internap Corp. (INAP) announced Tuesday it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new CEO and $300 million in liquidity. The company originally filed for bankruptcy protection March 16. “When we began the restructuring process, we did so with a clear objective of strengthening our capital structure and best […]
McLean tech company names president, CEO
McLean-based mobile technology company CIBT Global Inc. announced Tuesday that Lee Spirer will be the company’s new president and CEO. Spirer will split time between the company’s McLean and New York City offices. Succeeding John Donoghue, Spirer was most recently the executive vice president and chief growth and tra[...]
Reston-based Ellucian names chief marketing officer
Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian announced Wednesday it has named Sharon Loeb as its chief marketing officer. She will lead marketing initiatives and digital transformation for the company. Loeb was most recently the executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Cengage Learning, where she led marketing, communications and public affairs for the company. […]
Fairfax consulting company names president
Fairfax-based IT and management consulting contractor Axiologic Solutions LLC announced Wednesday it has named Andy Baratta as its president, who will lead business development and growth strategy for the company. Baratta was most recently the chief operating officer at Fairfax-based Data and Analytic Solutions Inc. He also prev[...]
Drones tested for emergency medical deliveries
The sky’s the limit when it comes to COVID-19-related solutions. After being approached by the state government, the Herndon-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) partnered with Virginia Beach-based DroneUp to test how drones can assist medical professionals in delivering test samples and personal protective equip[...]
Reston-based Leidos acquires L3Harris businesses for $1B
Reston-based defense contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has officially completed the acquisition of Massachusetts- and England-based L3Harris’ Security Detection and Automation businesses for approximately $1 billion in cash. The deal was originally announced on Feb. 4, when the boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction, according to a Leidos statement. […][...]
Reston IT company to be acquired by Cognizant
Reston-based human resources tech company Collaborative Solutions LLC will be acquired by New-Jersey based information technology company Cognizant, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close during Q2 2020. Collaborative Solutions specializes in Workday Cloud Platform applications for finance and human resources. Following the […][...]
Alarm.com subsidiary acquires apartment intercom company
A subsidiary of Tysons-based security company Alarm.com announced Monday it has acquired apartment intercom system company Doorport Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Through the acquisition, PointCentral Smart Property Management, which focuses on rental properties, will now be able to offer building security and access as well as property management through a […][...]
Internet governing body blocks $1.1B sale of Public Interest Registry
The governing body of Internet domain addresses voted Thursday to block the $1.135 billion sale of the Public Interest Registry, a Reston-based nonprofit created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain, to private equity firm Ethos Capital. The Public Interest Registry has operated the .org domain — which is used […]
Reston IT company names president
Tony Crescenzo has been hired as president of Reston-based information technology company Intelligent Waves LLC. Formerly the CEO of Falls Church-based IT company IntelliDyne LLC, Crescenzo earned his bachelor’s degree from Stockton University and his master’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University[...]
Veterans helping veterans
September 2019 was a big month for B3 Group Inc. The Herndon-based information technology services company was among the contract winners for a $686 million task order from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Digital Transformation Center. The same month, it was selected for a 15-year, $59.9 million contract to provide [...]
