Reston tech company promotes CFO
Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft Services Inc. announced Tuesday that it promoted Justin Lapington to the role of chief financial officer. Lapington had been the company’s vice president of finance since September 2020. He led the implementation of a new resource planning system and expanded the finan[...]
New Liberty law school dean was State Dept. ambassador
Morse Hyun-Myung Tan will be the new dean of Liberty University School of Law beginning Jan. 1, the school announced Tuesday. Tan was most recently the ambassador at large for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, where he oversaw the indictment, sanctioning, capture and/or conviction of war criminals [...]
Canadian frozen food company to create 67 jobs in Warren County
Montreal-based Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods LLC will spend $40.3 million to expand in Warren County, creating 67 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Harrisonburg-based InterChange Group Inc. will build a 126,000-square-foot facility for Nature’s Touch. The company will import raw materials directly to the new facility[...]
Va. expands Elizabeth River Tunnels toll relief program
The commonwealth of Virginia and Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo LLC have partnered to expand the Toll Relief Program, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. Elizabeth River Crossings, partly owned by Spanish company Abertis Infraestructuras S.A, owns Elizabeth River Tunnels, and the program, which was established in 2016, will red[...]
Henrico expands development incentive program, amends tax credits
Henrico County announced this week it is creating a redevelopment incentive program for parts of the county that are in need of renovation. Henrico Investment Program was unanimously approved by the county board Tuesday, and the program is expected to launch in January. Incentives for development and reinvestment will be available for projects along parts […]
CACI wins $785M Army contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor CACI International Inc. won a potentially $785 million contract to support the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), the company announced Tuesday. Under the five-year single-award task order for Special Operations Forces Emerging Threats, Operations and Planning Support, CACI will provide expertise in integrated information warfare and electronic warfare solutions, training, […][...]
Performance Food Group to build $80M facility in Hanover
Performance Food Group Co., the Goochland-based Fortune 500 food distribution corporation, plans to invest $80.2 million on a new facility in Hanover County, creating 125 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The regional sales and distribution center will be housed in a 325,000-square-foot building in Ashland. “This ne[...]
Metal fabricator to add 22 jobs in Buchanan
Buchanan County-based metal fabrication company Skyline Fabricating Inc. will spend more than $675,000 to build a 25,000-square-foot production facility in the county’s Southern Gap area, creating 22 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The facility will help Skyline Fabricating meet increased demand for steel and aluminum fabricated products and its expanded customer base outside Virginia. […][...]
Custom Ink acquires corporate swag platform
Fairfax County-based online custom apparel company CustomInk LLC announced Monday that it had acquired New York City-based Swag.com, a platform for corporate swag and gifting. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “With Swag.com, we’ll help organizers and organizations meet the really important need [...]
BWXT promotes chief strategy officer to CFO
Robb A. LeMasters will be promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) on Nov. 15. “We are extremely fortunate to have someone internal to BWXT who is fully prepared to assume the role of CFO,” BWXT President and CEO Rex Gev[...]
Rush Street Gaming announces Portsmouth casino general manager
Chicago-based developer and gaming operator Rush Street Gaming announced Monday that it has named Roy Corby as the general manager for the upcoming $300 million Rivers Casino Portsmouth. “We’re excited to expand our Rivers Casino family of market-leading destination casinos and to help launch Virginia’s new casino industry[...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries names president of cyber warfare group
Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) named Grant Hagen president of its technical solutions division’s Cyber and Electronic Warfare business group, it announced Monday. “I’m confident in Grant’s vision to successfully lead our Cyber and EW team. With his exceptional expe[...]