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Aaron Burciaga. Photo courtesy ECS
Oct 22, 2020

Fairfax tech company names AI director

Fairfax-based technology and engineering company ECS (a subsidiary of Henrico County-based ASGN Inc.) announced Tuesday it has hired Aaron Burciaga as senior director of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics. Burciaga was most recently the global operations director for analytics and AI with HCL Technologies. In his new rol[...]

Katrina Tuisamatatele. Photo courtesy Halfaker and Associates
Oct 22, 2020

Arlington tech company names health operations lead

Arlington-based technology services provider Halfaker and Associates LLC announced Wednesday that it has named Katrina Tuisamatatele as deputy executive vice president of health operations. With more than 25 years of experience, Tuisamatatele most recently worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Informatio[...]

Sylvia Bugg. Photo courtesy PBS
Oct 22, 2020

PBS names chief programming exec

Arlington-based Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced Tuesday that Sylvia Bugg has been promoted to chief programming executive and general manager of general audience programming, effective immediately. Bugg most recently served as vice president of general audience programming, overseeing the PBS editorial team and leadi[...]

Anup Ghosh
Oct 22, 2020

Accenture Security managing director leaving

Anup Ghosh is leaving his position as managing director and global platforms lead for Arlington-based Accenture Security to become the CEO of Bethesda, Maryland-based Fidelis Cybersecurity. Hired in 2018, Ghosh directed the U.S. security division of Ireland-based Accenture plc, a global professional services provider that posted[...]

Oct 21, 2020

Loudoun County allocates additional small business funding

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has allocated an additional $145,000 to fund 29 more businesses with $5,000 COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund grants, Loudoun Economic Development announced Wednesday. The additional allocation will allow the fund to cover all 660 certified eligible businesses that applied for the county’s fifth round of COVID-19 small business relief funding. […][...]

Oct 21, 2020

Reston contractor wins $135M DHS task order

Reston-based AceInfo Solutions LLC  announced Tuesday it had been awarded a potential five-year, $135 million task order from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Under the task order, AceInfo (a subsidiary of McLean-based Dovel Technologies) will provide services to support the development, maintenance and modernization of NFIP’s web-based PIVOT system, […][...]

Stephen D. Griffin. VSE Corp.
Oct 21, 2020

Alexandria distribution, maintenance provider names senior VP, CFO

Alexandria-based defense contractor VSE Corp., a provider of distribution and maintenance, repair and overhaul services focused on transportation assets, announced last week it has named Stephen D. Griffin as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Nov. 9. Griffin will succeed Thomas Loftus, who is retiring [...]

Oct 16, 2020

BAE Systems wins $65.7M Navy contract

The U.S. Navy awarded Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. (the U.S. subsidiary of United Kingdom-based BAE Systems plc), a $65.7 million contract to develop, produce, test, evaluate and update air traffic control systems for the branch, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. Under the contract, BAE Systems will also develop and support test […]

Oct 16, 2020

GTT Communications to sell infrastructure division for $2.15B

McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc., which provides high-speed internet and cloud networking services to more than 144 countries, announced Friday it will sell its infrastructure division to Miami, Florida-based I Squared Capital for $2.15 billion. Under the definitive purchase agreement, I Squared Capital would obtain GTT’s Pan-European, North American, subsea and transatlantic fiber network […][...]

Oct 16, 2020

NoVa housing market continues upward trend in September

Unlike other industries struggling during the pandemic, residential real estate continues to stay strong. Northern Virginia Realtors saw a 58% increase, or nearly $1.5 billion, in the amount of real estate sold in September compared to the same time period last year, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR). The NVAR service area […]

Oct 14, 2020

Calif. firm buys controlling stake in Vienna home security company

Palo Alto, California-based investment firm Twin Point Capital purchased a controlling stake in Vienna-based home security company Frontpoint Security, the company announced last week. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 by Chris Villar, Aaron Shumaker and Peter Rogers, Frontpoint provides home security, life safety and smart home products and services […]

Oct 14, 2020

BAE Systems launches cyberthreat protection suite for military vehicles, systems

Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. (the U.S. subsidiary of United Kingdom-based BAE Systems plc) announced Tuesday it has launched a new cyberthreat detection and mitigation product suite to help military customers protect vehicles and systems from cyberthreats. The Fox Shield suite is designed to help platforms detect, respond to and recover from cyberattacks and […]

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