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Reston’s Trucker Tools names COO
Reston-based Trucker Tools, a software company that provides a digital freight management platform for the transportation industry, announced last week it had appointed Rohit Bezewada as chief operating officer. Bezewada succeeds Kary Jablonski, who became CEO of Trucker Tools earlier this year. “Rohit is an accomplished execu[...]
Sterling CEO named adventure parks association chair
Sterling-based Flight Adventure Park CEO Steven L. Yeffa has been named chairman of the International Adventure and Trampoline Parks Association’s board, the family entertainment venue company announced in early May. “We are thrilled to have Steve elected as our chair,” IATP Executive Vice President Bethany Evans s[...]
Leidos receives Navy undersea warfare contract
Leidos Inc., the Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor, has received a nearly $24 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to install, integrate and maintain the Navy’s AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare combat systems, according to a Department of Defense announcement last week. The contract includes options that could bring the total award to nearly […]
Boeing will move global HQ to Arlington
The Boeing Co., the world’s third-largest defense contractor, is moving its global headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, the company announced May 5. With more than 141,500 employees worldwide and operations in more than 65 countries, the aerospace and defense company will be the largest defense contractor headquartered in [...]
JK Moving names president
Sterling-based moving and storage company JK Moving Services announced Friday it promoted David Cox to president. Cox will assume responsibility of day-to-day operations, and founder Chuck Kuhn will remain CEO of the company. “[Cox] is a natural leader, and his industry knowledge, focus on technology and innovation as well as [...]
The Acacia Group acquires Atlanta consulting firm
Tysons-based private equity firm The Acacia Group announced Wednesday that it had acquired Atlanta-based technology, staffing and consulting firm The Baer Group. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Baer Group will form a new platform business within the Acacia platform. “We see immediate opportunities [...]
Gainwell Technologies hires new client engagement officer
Tysons-based Gainwell Technologies has named Karen Shields as its chief client engagement officer, the health and human services IT provider announced last week. Shields will work in collaboration with Gainwell’s project management team to anticipate and fulfill client needs, according to a news release. She previously ser[...]
Fairfax medical building sells for $21M
Prosperity Plaza, a medical office building less than a mile from Inova Fairfax Hospital, has been sold for $21 million, Avison Young announced last week. Bethesda, Maryland-based Global Medical REIT purchased the 96,070-square-foot building at 3020 Hamaker Court in Fairfax from the original developer, The Tomares Cos. Built in [...]
Booz Allen Hamilton promotes exec to COO
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Friday that it had promoted executive Kristine Martin Anderson to chief operating officer, effective June 1. Anderson is currently an executive vice president and president of the firm’s civil sector division. “She has demonstrated the a[...]
DXC President/CEO adds chairman to title
Mike Salvino, president and CEO of DXC Technology Co., will be adding chairman to his title, the Ashburn-based Fortune 500 IT services company announced Tuesday. Salvino will ascend to his new position following the company’s annual stockholder meeting on July 26. He succeeds former Pfizer Inc. Chairman and CEO Ian C. Read[...]
GMU appoints dean for health, human services college
George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services has named epidemiologist Melissa J. Perry as its new dean. Perry has chaired The George Washington University’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health since 2011. She is expected to start her new position August 1 after completing a Fulbright[...]
Goodwin House acquires Hermitage Northern Va.
Not-for-profit senior living and health care organization Goodwin House Inc. has acquired Hermitage Northern Virginia, a senior living community in Alexandria, from Pinnacle Living. The financial terms were not disclosed. Hermitage has 100 residents and more than 100 employees and offers independent living, assisted living and long-term care. It has two residential buildings and a […]
