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ASGN sells Oxford Global Resources for $525M
Glen Allen-based ASGN Inc. has sold its Oxford Global Resources LLC subsidiary to an affiliate of Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital for a total cash consideration of $525 million, ASGN announced Wednesday. Based in Massachusetts, Oxford is a staffing and consulting company with offices across North America. ASGN retained Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as […]
Alexandria-based ASI acquires New Hampshire company
Alexandria’s Advanced Solutions International (ASI) has acquired New Hampshire-based WBT Systems, a learning solutions provider, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, ASI provides subscription-based software and services for associations and nonprofits worldwide. WBT helps organizations expand their online learning portfolio. The company developed TopClass LMS, an education [&helli[...]
Arlington’s Macfadden wins $177.5M USAID contract
Arlington-based Macfadden & Associates Inc., a subsidiary of Falls Church-based Pacific Architects and Engineers Co. (PAE), has been awarded a $177.5 million task order to support the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the company announced Wednesday. Macfadden, an international consulting firm offering technical services to governments, will deliver administrative[...]
Herndon tech company gets $184M IRS contract
Herndon-based cloud services provider ViON Corp. has been awarded a $184 million contract with the Internal Revenue Service, the company announced Wednesday. ViON will perform work under the IRS’s Managed Infrastructure Data Service program. It will provide managed services to reengineer, maintain and operate the IRS’s storage and compute infrastructure environment with on-site, infrastructure-as-a-service for […][...]
Danville Pittsylvania chamber leader leaving for U.Va. job
Alexis Ehrhardt, president and CEO of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, will leave for a job at the University of Virginia, the chamber announced Wednesday. In her new role at U.Va., she will be the executive director for state government relations and special assistant to the president. Her last day at the c[...]
Leidos nabs $270M NASA contract
Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc., a Fortune 500 government contractor, won a $270 million contract with NASA, according to the space agency. Leidos will provide program, science, engineering, operations and project management support at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Work under the contract will include biosciences flight development projects, collaborative science programs, aeronautics [&hellip[...]
Alexandria’s SPA lands $185M contract for Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Alexandria-based Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. (SPA) has signed a contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the company announced Tuesday. The $185 million contract will be for research, development, test and evaluation subject matter expertise advisory and assistance support, according to a news release from SPA. The work will be performed at Fort Belvoir, […]
Va. Tech’s College of Business dean to retire
Robert T. Sumichrast, the Richard E. Sorensen Chair and dean of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business since 2013, announced his retirement Tuesday. Sumichrast will stay through the end of the current academic year. Virginia Tech will start an international search for his successor this fall. He began his academic car[...]
AT&T and NOVA launch IT apprenticeship program
AT&T has created an IT apprenticeship program with Northern Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the company announced Tuesday. The two-year program will offer students information technology training and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training in technical, soft skills, lab work and related skills. They will earn five industry certifications in […]
310 Va. companies make this year’s Inc. 5000 list
This year, 310 Virginia companies are ranked on the most recent Inc. 5000. Inc. magazine released its annual list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately-held companies Tuesday morning. Leading Virginia’s companies on the list is No. 13 Olympic Media, a digital media ad company based in Arlington. Incorporate[...]
Virginia Beach office building sells for $2.5M
A commercial building at Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront sold for $2.5 million, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced Aug. 9. Located at 1705 Baltic Ave., the 4,038-square-foot former Davis Ad Agency building sits on nearly an acre. Safety & Security International Inc. purchased the property from Davis Seaside Properties LLC. [...]
Bloomberg Industry Group appoints diversity, inclusion and community head
Arlington-based Bloomberg Industry Group appointed Ebony Amoroso as its first head of diversity, inclusion and community, it announced Friday. “Ebony has developed a stellar track record leading cutting-edge diversity programs across the media landscape, and I’m excited to welcome her on board to fill this critically[...]
