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Apr 16, 2020

Fairfax software company names new COO

Fairfax County-based computer software company 3Pillar Global announced Thursday it had promoted former chief revenue officer Heather Combs to chief operating officer.  In her new role, Combs will work on company growth strategies and will continue to oversee development and operations of 3Pillar’s services including mark[...]

Apr 16, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. hires 3.3k+ Virginians, more to come

Amazon.com Inc. has hired more than 3,300 employees in Virginia to meet the increased demand for home deliveries during the coronavirus crisis, the e-commerce giant announced Thursday. The hirings are part of Amazon’s initiative to create more than 100,000 full- and part-time jobs in the U.S. in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also more […]

Apr 9, 2020

Managing during crisis

Virginia Business virtually sat down with Craig Halliday, CEO of Dulles-based software company Unanet, which provides project management software, timesheet software, expense reporting software and other human resources software to federal government contractors, architects and engineers. This is part of an ongoing series of con[...]

Apr 9, 2020

DuPont Spruance plant worker dies from coronavirus

An employee of the DuPont Spruance plant in Chesterfield County has died from COVID-19, the company announced Thursday. Earlier this week, the company confirmed that five plant employees, including the employee who died, had tested positive for COVID-19. The plant has employees working around the clock to produce material used to make personal protective equipment, […]

Apr 3, 2020

The ‘stress test’ for data centers

The internet hasn’t blown up — yet.  But the primary data center hub of the world — Loudoun County — where more than 70% of all internet traffic passes through the county’s Ashburn area, has seen a 50% spike in daytime broadband consumption since the coronavirus crisis began, says Buddy Rizer, Loudoun County&#[...]

Apr 2, 2020

Va. Beach-based DroneUp acquires AeroVista Innovations

Virginia Beach-based end-to-end drone pilot service company DroneUp LLC announced Thursday it has acquired Glenview, Illinois-based AeroVista Innovations LLC (AVI). The merged company will rebrand as The DroneUp Training Academy. DroneUp acquired AVI’s assets, employees and customer contracts. Financial terms of the transa[...]

Apr 2, 2020

Reston-based IT company names new CFO

Reston-based information technology company Contegix announced Thursday that it has named Mike Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Dunn was most recently the CFO of systems integrator and managed hosting provider NeoSystems LLC. He has also previously been CFO of Siteworx and Recovery Point Systems. In his new role, he will[...]

Apr 2, 2020

Booz Allen Hamilton pledges job security for employees through July 1

McLean-based global IT consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has pledged to keep its 27,000 workers employed at least through July 1 during the COVID-19 crisis, and has also pledged funding to support employees dealing with health care and child care issues. The company announced Thursday it will redirect $100 million to a “pandemic resilience program” […]

Mar 31, 2020

Arlington tech company names COO

Arlington-based tech company Excella Consulting Inc. announced Tuesday it has named Sandy Gillespie as its chief operating officer. Gillespie was most recently COO and executive vice president for Reston-based NCI Information Systems Inc. since April 2018. In her new role at Excella, she will oversee client delivery and growth s[...]

Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020
Mar 29, 2020

A woman of science

Beakers and chemicals. Sparkles and high heels. An uncommon pairing for most is Miss America’s reality— something she’s working to normalize for young women. When Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier jumped back into the pageant world last year, she was initially stumped as to what she could do for the talent competit[...]

Originally installed by H. Ross Perot’s company, this bronze eagle statue will move to Perspecta’s headquarters.
Mar 29, 2020

Amazon scoops up more NoVa land

Another quarter, another Amazon.com Inc. buying spree in Northern Virginia. In January, the company bought 6.2 acres in Arlington County, the location of HQ2, for $154.95 million. According to county records, Acorn Development LLC, an Amazon subsidiary, bought the land from JBG Smith Properties, from which it leases its current [...]

Mar 26, 2020

VCU Health physician runs COVID-19 drug trial

A VCU Health liver specialist and gastroenterologist is leading clinical trials for a possible drug treatment for COVID-19 patients. This week, Dr. Arun Sanyal began testing remdesivir, an antiviral medication previously used experimentally to treat the Ebola virus, on several VCU Health System patients with moderate to severe c[...]

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