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Youngkin has 5-point lead in UMW governor’s race poll
In the most recent round of dueling gubernatorial poll results, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin has a five-point lead among likely voters against Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s former governor seeking a second, nonconsecutive term, according to a University of Mary Washington statewide survey conducted earlier th[...]
Alexandria-based SBG acquired by Fla. company
Alexandria-based defense contractor SBG Technology Solutions Inc. has been acquired by Florida-based Document Storage Systems Inc. (DSS), the companies announced last week. The financial terms of the deal, which was completed Sept. 8, were not disclosed. SBG will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSS and expand the company’s capabilities for the Department of Veterans […]
Tamika Tremaglio leaving Deloitte to head NBA players union
Tamika L. Tremaglio is leaving her post as Deloitte’s Greater Washington managing principal to be the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) union at the end of this year. “I’ve worked with some of the brightest business and legal minds in the world,” she said in a statement. “[...]
Tegna confirms acquisition offers
Tysons-based broadcast and digital media corporation Tegna Inc. has received acquisition bids of more than $8 billion from Apollo Global Management Inc. and media mogul Byron Allen, according to media reports. The news comes more than a year after previous purchase proposals fell through in March 2020 amid the dawning of the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg […]
U.Va. opens Northern Virginia campus
The University of Virginia announced Wednesday it has opened a campus in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, with plans to expand to other sites in the region. The campus in Northern Virginia will be called UVA|NOVA. “UVA|NOVA will be the center point of our efforts to better serve the commonwealth by bringing new academic [...]
AES promotes investment chair to CFO
Arlington-based Fortune 500 energy company The AES Corp. announced Tuesday it had promoted Stephen Coughlin to executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 15. Coughlin most recently led AES’ corporate strategy and financial planning groups and served as chair of the company’s investment commi[...]
Peraton acquires aaS business of Herndon tech company
Herndon-based federal contractor Peraton Inc. acquired the as-a-service business of Herndon-based IT company ViON Corp., it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Peraton acquired ViON’s cloud business and its employees, adding to its storage, computing and network capacity. The company also acquired the business’s contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, […][...]
Criterion Systems acquires Protas Solutions
Vienna-based Criterion Systems Inc. has acquired Reston-based Protas Solutions Inc., a government contractor providing data science, software engineering and management consulting services to the intelligence community. Financial terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed. Protas will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Criterion, a federal contractor specializing in cybersecurity and IT services. Protas employees […][...]
Herndon’s BlackSky appoints chief revenue officer
Herndon- and Seattle-based geospatial intelligence and global monitoring company BlackSky Technology Inc. announced that J.R. Riordan assumed the role of chief revenue officer on Monday. “With a professional background in both defense and geospatial intelligence, J.R. will be an outstanding addition to BlackSky’s expande[...]
GTT completes $2B infrastructure sale
McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc. finalized the sale of its infrastructure division to Miami-based I Squared Capital, the company announced Friday, allowing GTT to move forward on Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although the financial details were not disclosed by the companies this week, the sale price was[...]
Peraton appoints government and customer relations SVP
Mara Motherway joined Peraton Inc. in September as the Herndon-based federal contractor’s senior vice president of government and customer relations, a newly created position. She comes from Booz Allen Hamilton, where she served as vice president for government relations and military affairs. Motherway reports to Mike King[...]
Ellucian acquisition deal closes
The acquisition of Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian by investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners has been completed, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Blackstone and Texas-based Vista Equity acquired Ellucian from Texas-based TPG C[...]
