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David Mitchell. Photo courtesy LeaseAccelerator Inc.
Jun 23, 2020

Reston software company selects chief revenue officer

Reston-based lease management software company LeaseAccelerator Inc. announced Tuesday it has named David Mitchell as its chief revenue officer.  Mitchell was most recently senior vice president of worldwide sales at McLean-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. In his new role, he will focus on sales execution in North Ame[...]

Screenshot of GeoSpark Analytics' coronavirus dashboard
Jun 23, 2020

HHS contracts Herndon company for COVID-19 modeling

Herndon-based artificial intelligence company GeoSpark Analytics Inc. announced Tuesday it has been awarded a five-year, multimillion-dollar contract to provide COVID-19 and infectious disease modeling for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). An exact contract amount was not disclosed.  “If we’ve learn[...]

Jun 23, 2020

Boston media company buys Reston marketing automation firm

Reston-based marketing automation company Triblio has been acquired by Boston-based tech marketing and media company IDG Communications, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Triblio, which was founded in 2013 by former employees of Oracle’s software-as-a-service product Eloqua, focuses on account-based marketing (ABM).  “Triblio is the most complete ABM platform […][...]

artist rendering of the future Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines
Jun 23, 2020

Navy raises General Dynamics submarine contract to $9.47B

Reston-based Fortune 100 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. on Tuesday received an $869 million modification to its 2017 contract to produce two U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines. The modification raises the contract value to $9.47 billion. The original Integrated Product and Process Development contrac[...]

Gov. Ralph Northam has committed an additional $20 million to an economic recovery fund.
Jun 23, 2020

Phase Three reopening starts July 1

Virginia will enter Phase Three of the state’s Forward Virginia reopening plan on Wednesday, July 1, ending restrictions on restaurants, retail stores and bars, among other changes, Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday. “This gives us about three-and-a-half weeks of Phase Two where we have been able to follow the data,[...]

East Market Street shopping center. Photo courtesy Cottonwood Commercial
Jun 23, 2020

Two retail spaces in Harrisonburg sell for $5.25M

Two retail spaces in a Harrisonburg shopping center have sold for a total of $5.25 million, Harrisonburg-based commercial real estate brokerage Cottonwood Commercial announced Monday.  The 2,500-square-foot Starbucks unit and a 5,000-square foot unit occupied by Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Sleep Number, a bedding store, were pur[...]

Brittany Place apartments. Photo courtesy Berkadia
Jun 23, 2020

Norfolk apartment complex sells for $17M

The Brittany Place apartment complex in Norfolk has sold for $17 million, New York City-based commercial real estate company Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC announced late last week.  Located at 6143 Edward Street, the complex includes 148 two-bedroom units. The Affordable Housing Corp. sold the property to 6143 Edward Street [...]

Jun 23, 2020

Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber to move Sept. 1

The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that it will move to leased space within the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville as of Sept. 1. The Chamber has been located in Blairs since 2005, when the Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce merged. […]

Jackson Hall. Photo courtesy James Madison University
Jun 22, 2020

JMU leaders want Confederate names removed from buildings

James Madison University announced Monday that university leadership is asking the JMU Board of Visitors to rename three campus buildings on its Quad that are named for Confederate leaders Gen. Thomas  “Stonewall” Jackson, Col. Turner Ashby Jr. and Matthew Fontaine Maury. “We recognize that these building names a[...]

Jun 22, 2020

Report shows 60% of Americans wear sweatpants while teleworking

Approximately 60% of Americans report that they are wearing sweatpants or athletic wear while telecommuting, according to survey results released Monday by the Alexandria-based Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Only 6% of respondents reported wearing business attire.  “With just 6% of teleworking Americans wearing business attire at home, and 17% working in our pajamas, […][...]

Jun 22, 2020

Gannett’s Rugged Races subsidiary to host virtual runs during pandemic

While large events have been canceled amid the pandemic, Rugged Races, a subsidiary of McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. (the nation’s largest newspaper publisher), announced Monday it has signed a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. to produce virtual runs with superhero and comic book characters.  “Unlike a traditional road race where thousands of people […]

Jun 22, 2020

MITRE names five to new advisory board

The Mitre Corp. (MITRE) has named five members to its newly established Center for Technology & National Security (CTNS) board, the McLean-based nonprofit research and development organization announced Monday. The center links MITRE with senior government officials for research and development purposes.  Advisory board mem[...]

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