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Fairfax tech firm names new CTO
Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) named Keith Kapp as its chief technology officer, the company announced Thursday. As CTO, Kapp will oversee business transformation, technology modernization, data science, engineering and cybersecurity at the company. Kapp most recentl[...]
A larger rotunda
Alita Robinson, a second-year University of Virginia student from Delaware, delivers a personal message when she calls potential donors seeking support for financial aid programs. “I always tell people the only reason I’m at U.Va. and have these opportunities … is because I got a scholarship,” says Robinson, who plans to study educa[...]
Fairfax-based ICF to acquire cloud services provider for $255M
Fairfax-based consulting and technology services provider ICF International Inc. plans to acquire Arlington-based cloud services provider Incentive Technology Group LLC (ITG) for $255 million, ICF announced Tuesday. The closing of the transaction is subject to approval and is expected to occur in the first quarter. "IT moderniz[...]
Educators
When Virginia regained the No. 1 ranking on CNBC’s annual Top States for Business list this year, one of the factors that put the Old Dominion over the top was our “wealth of colleges and universities,” lauded by CNBC as “the best in the nation.” These are some of the educators, researchers and administrators who helped the commonwea[...]
Drone delivery takes off
Wing, a division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., launched the nation’s first commercial drone delivery service as a pilot program in Christiansburg on Oct. 18. The drones made their historic first deliveries in three suburban yards, witnessed by dignitaries from the White House, the Federal Aviation Administration, Wing[...]
Drone delivery service takes off in Christiansburg
Wing, a division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., launched the nation's first commercial drone delivery service as a pilot program in Christiansburg Friday. Flying at more than 70 mph, the 10-pound drones will deliver orders for FedEx, Walgreens and area retailer Sugar Magnolia. The drones lower cargo weighing u[...]
State government not holding IT suppliers accountable for delays, study says
Since switching to a model with eight suppliers providing the state government’s information technology infrastructure services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) has seen significant service delays and has not held suppliers accountable, according to a study released Monday by the Joint Legislative Audit &[...]
Digital
Virginia Business has gone digital, and thousands of readers approve. Building on the success of our awarding-winning magazine, we’ve developed popular electronic products to meet an ever-expanding demand for reliable business news. In addition to our print products, subscribers now can enjoy Virginia Business online and through mobi[...]
Test flight
Look to the skies. Birds, fireflies, mosquitoes and other winged creatures from the natural world increasingly will be joined by swarms of drones as companies race to develop an autonomous drone delivery industry. Ground zero — or maybe now it’s sky zero — for Google will be the New River Valley area in Virginia[...]
YOLO: Tattoos and mortgages
Despite all the Googling, number-crunching and HGTV-watching, Ingrid Medrano still wasn’t ready for just how unpleasant the backyard poison ivy would be at the home she bought in Richmond about two years ago. “Oh, God, it was bad,” says the 30-year-old nonprofit worker. “The Realtor, to his credit, he[...]
50 Most Influential Virginians
Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO, Carilion Clinic Inc., Roanoke Why she is influential: Agee heads the largest private employer west of Richmond, with 13,300 employees, including nearly 730 physicians. Carilion partnered with Virginia Tech in creating a medical school — now Tech’s ninth[...]
An unconventional path
Last book read: “Start with Humility,” Merwyn A. Hayes and Michael D. Comer Favorite movie: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Favorite app: Google Maps Hobbies: Hunting and fishing Family: Married with three daughters On the bucket list: Taking his family to the dude ranch in Wyoming where he[...]
Sunny days ahead for solar?
The development of solar energy in Virginia has switched into high gear. Driving the growth is a huge appetite for solar-generated electricity from the nation’s biggest technology companies — Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook. They are setting up shop in Virginia and insisting on renewable energy to power the[...]
Finding the right digital solution is no corporate fairy tale
Once there was a data-based management firm that had fallen in love with Instagram and thought it presented the path to prosperity. Problem was, no one wanted to see Instagrams of developers toiling in front of their computers in darkened rooms. This company’s sweet spot was thought leadership and their understanding[...]
For the Record – June 2018
EASTERN VIRGINIA ACA International plans to invest $52 million to open a 130,000-square-foot data center in Virginia Beach. The telecommunications consultancy firm is buying a 10.2-acre site in Corporate Landing Business Park from the Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development for $2.04 million. The new facility will house th[...]
A tech play
Facebook. Amazon. Google. Those big-name technology companies are putting operations in Virginia. And everyone is buzzing about Northern Virginia making the final cut as one of 20 sites for Amazon’s $5 billion second corporate headquarters, a project that could bring 50,000 jobs during the next 15 to 17 years. In[...]
Top 15 projects by investment
< Company Location Business Type Employment Investment (millions) Facebook Henrico County Data center N 100 $1,000.00 Vantage Data Centers1 Loudoun County Data center N 50[...]
Report: Online ratings influence health-care decisions
A new report says online reviews and ratings affect most Americans’ decisions when choosing a doctor. About 75 percent of Americans say online ratings and review sites influenced their decisions when selecting their physicians. The study was commissioned by McLean-based Binary Fountain, a company that provides feedback manag[...]
Got brands?
Mars Inc. executive Andy Pharoah displays some of the company’s best-selling brands at the company’s headquarters in McLean. Photo by Mark Rhodes Colorful. Crunchy. Sweet. There’s probably no candy in America more iconic than M&M’s. The hard-shell, chocolate candies debuted 76 years ago. A[...]
Ongoing transformation
Tim Biltz, the president and CEO of Lumos Networks, has been leading a $425 million transformation of the Waynesboro-based company since he took the reins five years ago. His goal has been to turn the former landline telephone division of NTELOS Holdings Corp. into a major developer of advanced fiber networks in the mid-Atlantic. &[...]
