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Aug 1, 2022

HII receives $826M defense contract

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide technology and other support to the Department of Defense under a $826 million contract. According to a news release, HII’s McLean-based mission technologies division will also provide threat analysis and analytics support as well as operations integration and operational effects support. The work will support Defense Department service […][...]

Aug 1, 2022

Northrop Grumman receives $3.3B missile defense contract

Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a contract worth nearly $3.3 billion from the Missile Defense Agency to help defend the homeland from ballistic missile threats. The Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor will design, develop and sustain new capabilities for the next Ground-based Midcourse Defense Wea[...]

Jul 29, 2022

Albemarle retail building sells for $2.3M

Woodhaven Development Group LLC purchased a 3,204-square-foot retail building in Albemarle County from First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. for $2.3 million. The property is located at 1815 Fortune Park Road in Albemarle and will be redeveloped. The building is on 1.35 acres of land off U.S. Route 29 near the Charlottesville-Albe[...]

McLean-based banking and credit card company Capital One expects to bring employees back on a hybrid basis starting Sept. 6. Photo courtesy Capital One Financial Corp.
Jul 28, 2022

Virginia companies weigh office returns

Many companies in Virginia are taking a flexible approach on whether employees must return to work in offices or continue working remotely or via hybrid models. For instance, Capital One Financial Corp., the McLean-based credit card company, is planning to reopen its U.S. offices in a hybrid model on Sept. 6. Capital One delayed[...]

On the heels of the global pandemic, labor shortages, economic uncertainty and much more, it’s never been a more challenging time to be a chief financial officer, says Pete Graham, CFO for Norfolk-based debt buyer PRA Group. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Jul 28, 2022

Guardians of the treasury

How’s this for an anxiety recipe? Serious supply-chain woes. A worsening labor shortage. Historic inflation. Rising lending rates. Soaring fuel and energy costs. An exceptionally volatile stock market. Growing cybersecurity threats. Global instability. Oh, and the pandemic that started more than two years ago is still with us.[...]

Morgan Olson, the largest manufacturer of step vans in North America, operates out of the former IKEA facility at Cane Creek Centre, an industrial park jointly owned by Danville and Pittsylvania County. v
Jul 28, 2022

Growth industry

When manufacturers thinking about setting up shop in Southern Virginia visit Pittsylvania County, the county’s economic development director, Matt Rowe, doesn’t just show off expansive, shovel-ready industrial sites. He also touts the region’s workforce, which includes many workers with advanced manufacturing skill sets. E[...]

Being named CFO of the year is a “great going-away gift,” says Hossein Sadid, who retired in June as CFO for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jul 28, 2022

‘Just when I thought I was out’

Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits.  Large nonprofit | Hossein Sadid, CFO and deputy director for finance and administration Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond After a couple of failed attempts, Hossein Sadid finally retire[...]

Altria Group CFO Sal Mancuso brings his 30-plus years of experience to his volunteer position chairing regional economic development organization the Greater Richmond Partnership. Photo courtesy Altria Group Inc.
Jul 28, 2022

Broadened horizons

Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits.  Large business | Sal Mancuso, executive vice president and CFO Altria Group Inc., Henrico County A first-generation college graduate whose father immigrated to this country from Sicily, Ital[...]

An increasing number of community college students, like these Blue Ridge Community College welding students, are pursuing fast-track workforce certifications instead of associate degrees. Photo courtesy Virginia Community College System
Jul 28, 2022

Work it out

The Virginia Community College System is experiencing what one top official describes as a “tectonic shift.” Although transfer programs to four-year colleges still account for the largest enrollment demand in community colleges, fewer students are interested in academic programs that can provide transfer credits to a four-ye[...]

Before becoming CFO of Feeding Southwest Virginia, David Argabright organized more than 100 missionary trips across five continents. Photo by Don Petersen
Jul 28, 2022

On a mission

Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits.  Small nonprofit | David Argabright, CFO Feeding Southwest Virginia, Salem David Argabright’s background in construction came in handy when Feeding Southwest Virginia opened its Community S[...]

“The reality is there is a portion of the workforce that simply prefers to be remote,” says Clare Miller, chief human resources officer for Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank, which moved to a hybrid model in April. Photo courtesy Atlantic Union Bank
Jul 28, 2022

Future shock

As companies across Virginia continue to adjust to workplace changes created by the COVID-19 pandemic, many human resources managers say one thing is clear: The way people work has changed for good. “This is a new work environment — the workplace has changed now,” says Kirstin Shelton, vice president of human resources for[...]

Earlier in her career, Fahrenheit Advisors CFO Cynthia Macturk was a finance executive at Capital One, helping establish operations in England and South Africa. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jul 28, 2022

‘A seat at the table’

Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits.  Small business | Cynthia Macturk, CFO Fahrenheit Advisors, Richmond When Cynthia Macturk wants to consult with professional peers, she doesn’t have to go far. “Here, I have an entire in-[...]

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