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Comcast taps Comscore’s measurement tools
Comcast Cable’s ad sales arm will begin offering Reston-based Comscore Inc. media measurement and analytics tools as an alternative to the Nielsen ratings system, Comscore announced this week. Effectv, which sells ads in 66 markets for Comcast Cable, will use Comscore’s impression-based measurement product with its local adv[...]
Inova adds 2 execs to board of trustees
Falls Church-based Inova Health System has added two new members to its board of trustees, the nonprofit health care provider announced April 6. Kathryn Falk, vice president at Cox Communications in Northern Virginia, and Lesley Kalan, corporate vice president and chief strategy and development officer for Northop Grumman Corp.,[...]
GMU names new business school dean
George Mason University has named a new dean to lead its business school. Ajay Vinzé will start July 1. He served as dean of the University of Missouri’s Trulaske College of Business from 2017 until recently, after he decided to step down to return to teaching and research, according to the university’s website. He [...]
Fluence to acquire renewable energy SaaS company
Arlington-based energy storage and digital application company Fluence Energy Inc. announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nispera AG. Nispera is a Zurich-based artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled software-as-a-service company that targets the renewable energy sector. It helps clients m[...]
DNA lab capacity expansion to bring 70 more jobs to Fairfax
Lorton-based forensic DNA testing company Bode Technology will invest $2 million to expand its DNA testing lab capacity in Fairfax County, a project expected to create more than 70 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The company will reconfigure about 5,000 square feet of its lab and add laboratory benches and robotics t[...]
Metro releases 10-year strategic plan for development
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which runs Metrorail and Metrobus, released its first-ever strategic plan for joint development on Thursday, announcing an ambitious initiative to bring in 26,000 new housing units in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The document says that 40 Metro stations — including[...]
Northrop Grumman awarded nearly $200M in DOD contracts
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded two contracts worth nearly $200 million to complete projects for the Navy, according to a March 31 Department of Defense announcement. One contract, worth more than $98 million, calls for providing materials, including sensors, assemblies and battery kits to support the Navy’s Large […]
Mitre Corp. names new VP of enterprise operations
The Mitre Corp. has promoted Stephen Kirin to a new role of vice president for enterprise operations, the McLean- and Bedford, Massachusetts-based nonprofit announced March 30. Kirin, a retired Army colonel, will be responsible for the operation, planning and measurement of Mitre’s corporate strategy, objective and long-te[...]
Intelsat donates space artifact to Smithsonian
McLean-based satellite operator Intelsat Corp. has donated the launch backup of the first commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The company donated the ground spare of the Intelsat 1 satellite, also known as Early Bird. Intelsat 1 was launched on April 6[...]
Former deputy defense secretary named to lead NDIA
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist will serve as the next president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association. An Arlington-based national security industry association, the NDIA on Thursday announced Norquist’s new position, which he will start May 1. Norquist has more than 30 years of experien[...]
Greater Washington Partnership CEO steps down
Greater Washington Partnership CEO JB Holston has left the organization he has led since September 2020. Holston’s last day was Thursday, Nina Sharma, a partnership spokesperson confirmed to Virginia Business. It comes one day after the alliance of business and community leaders from Baltimore through Richmond announced a [...]
Remembering John T. ‘Til’ Hazel Jr.: 1930-2022
John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., a major force behind the development of Tysons Corner and several Fairfax County planned communities, died March 16 at age 91. An Arlington native, Hazel also was an attorney who graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School. In the 1950s, Hazel began promoting commercial and residential g[...]
