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Reston-based Ellucian names chief marketing officer
Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian announced Wednesday it has named Sharon Loeb as its chief marketing officer. She will lead marketing initiatives and digital transformation for the company. Loeb was most recently the executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Cengage Learning, where she led marketing, communications and public affairs for the company. […]
Fairfax consulting company names president
Fairfax-based IT and management consulting contractor Axiologic Solutions LLC announced Wednesday it has named Andy Baratta as its president, who will lead business development and growth strategy for the company. Baratta was most recently the chief operating officer at Fairfax-based Data and Analytic Solutions Inc. He also prev[...]
ChamberRVA announces small business relief fund
Richmond’s regional chamber of commerce, ChamberRVA, on Wednesday launched its RVA Small Business Relief Fund to provide grants to eligible small businesses in the Richmond region that have been harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is a partnership with Facebook Inc., which seeded the fund with $250,000 to be used in the first round of […]
Liberty University surpasses 100k online students
Liberty University announced Tuesday that it has surpassed 100,000 online students. The Lynchburg-based university’s previous online enrollment record was 98,000 students in 2014, and as of January 2020, it remained the state’s largest university by enrollment. “Liberty has been a leader in providing distance education[...]
Greater Richmond Partnership hires VP of business development
Regional economic development organization The Greater Richmond Partnership Inc. (GRP) announced Tuesday it has hired Audrey Polk as its vice president of business development. Polk most recently worked as the existing business representative at the Henrico Economic Development Authority. Before that, she was a research analys[...]
Reston-based construction firm to donate $3M to COVID-19 efforts
Reston-based construction company Bechtel Corp. announced Tuesday that its corporate foundation, in partnership with the crowdfunding nonprofit GlobalGiving, will donate $3 million through its new Bechtel COVID-19 Fund to support communities around the world coping with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The money will go to nonprofit organizations providing vital services to people affected by […][...]
Reston-based Leidos acquires L3Harris businesses for $1B
Reston-based defense contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has officially completed the acquisition of Massachusetts- and England-based L3Harris’ Security Detection and Automation businesses for approximately $1 billion in cash. The deal was originally announced on Feb. 4, when the boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction, according to a Leidos statement. […][...]
Henrico printing plant closing, laying off 184 workers
Stamford, Connecticut-based Cenveo Worldwide Ltd. is shutting down its Cadmus printing plant in Henrico County by the end of May, laying off 184 employees. The company, whose customers include Virginia Business magazine, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice with the Virginia Employment Commissi[...]
Reston IT company to be acquired by Cognizant
Reston-based human resources tech company Collaborative Solutions LLC will be acquired by New-Jersey based information technology company Cognizant, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close during Q2 2020. Collaborative Solutions specializes in Workday Cloud Platform applications for finance and human resources. Following the […][...]
U.Va. receives $1M gift for COVID-19 research fund
The University of Virginia announced Tuesday it has received a $1 million commitment from Charlottesville-area businessman and investor Paul Manning to establish The Manning Fund for COVID-19 Research, which will support the university’s efforts to develop COVID-19-related research projects. “The Manning Fund for COVID-19 [...]
Juul Labs moving HQ from San Francisco to D.C.
E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs Inc. is moving its company headquarters from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., a fact first reported Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal. Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. holds a 35% stake in Juul, which is cutting about 900 jobs from its 3,000-person global workforce, including about 25%[...]
Capital Square names VP of construction management
Henrico County-based real estate investment company Capital Square announced Tuesday that it has named Michael Ollinger as vice president of construction management. He will be responsible for construction management for existing assets and new development. Ollinger most recently worked as a design and construction consultant [...]
