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Hope springs eternal
Williamsburg’s tourism-steeped economy was on track for a banner year when COVID-19 knocked it off course. Businesses, including tourist attractions Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg shut down, William & Mary sent students home, and hotel and motel occupancy rates plummeted. As of late October, with capacity r[...]
100 People to Meet: New Folks
They might be new to the Old Dominion or just new to their positions, but all of them bring decades of expertise and new vantage points. Here’s a sampling of people — some fresh faces, others familiar — who have recently taken on significant new leadership roles. Read about the rest of our 100 People to Meet in 2021. Devaki B[...]
100 People to Meet: Innovators
Representing sectors ranging from data analysis to pharmaceuticals to fashion, these visionary trendsetters keep the Old Dominion from getting stale. Read about the rest of our 100 People to Meet in 2021. Jason Crabtree Co-founder and CEO, Qomplx Inc. Tysons Growing up in Seattle, Jason Crabtree was more likely to be fou[...]
Northam: Trump’s alleged comment about veterans ‘turns my stomach’
During a brief COVID-19 update Tuesday, Gov. Ralph Northam blasted President Donald Trump's reported reference to wounded and killed U.S. veterans as "losers and suckers." Northam has occasionally criticized the federal government for leaving the responsibility of accessing COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment solely t[...]
Moving the needle
A few years ago, Nadine Marsh-Carter and the staff of the small adoption agency she runs decided that to better represent the children they worked with, they needed board leadership that better reflected their clients. Founded 120 years ago, the Children’s Home Society of Virginia began with a focus on finding families to adopt “hea[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology
CRAIG P. ABOD FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP., RESTON The former president of Herndon-based DLT Solutions Inc., Abod founded Carahsoft in 2004. With roughly $5 billion in annual revenue, the defense contractor offers software, hardware and IT consulting services in the fields of cybersecurity, accounting, busin[...]
Economic Development
TAYLOR ADAMS DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA BEACH DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA BEACH Under Adams’ leadership, Virginia Beach has seen several company expansions and relocations over the last year, even in the current economic crisis. In June and July alone, nine companies announced they would either locate facilities or expand[...]
Antitrust matters
On a bright spring day in May 2009, I was on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College near Farmville for my son’s graduation — obviously a proud moment for any parent. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner delivered the commencement’s keynote address. During his first term as senator and one of the first times I had heard the former Virginia governor s[...]
Northern Virginia Technology Council names president, CEO
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced Tuesday that Jennifer Taylor has been named as president and CEO, effective Sept. 10. In late June, Brad Schwartz was named as acting president and CEO, filling the vacancy left by the June 30 retirement of Bobbie Kilberg, who led the membership and trade association for t[...]
Va. first state to launch COVID-19 tracking app
Virginia on Wednesday became the first state in the nation to launch an app that offers alerts to people who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. The app, Covidwise, is available for Apple and Android devices. It uses Bluetooth Low Energy technology (which does not drain phone batteries) a[...]
Fairfax company lands $54M cybersecurity contract
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has awarded Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) a four-year, $54 million contract to provide department-level cybersecurity services. The award has been distributed through the DOI’s Information Management and Assurance Program Suppor[...]
Fairfax company wins $17M contract to help with Census
The U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) has awarded Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) a $17 million contract to help with data collection and analysis for the 2020 Census, the company announced Wednesday. "The U.S. Census Bureau gathers critical information to help our country run m[...]
For the Record — July 2020
EASTERN VIRGINIA Armada Hoffler Properties Inc., the Virginia Beach-based commercial developer and property owner, announced in early April that a $106.5 million deal to sell seven of its grocery-anchored shopping centers had fallen through because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, in early June, the deal was back on, this time[...]
Google wins seven-figure DoD contract
Google Cloud, a division of Google LLC, announced Thursday that it’s been awarded a seven-figure Department of Defense contract to provide multi-cloud management. A specific contract award amount was not disclosed. The contract will be completed for the DoD’s Innovation Unit (DIU), which works to scale commercial technology a[...]
Snagajob names chief revenue officer
Glen Allen-based hourly online staffing platform Snagajob announced Tuesday it has named Brian Schmidt as its chief revenue officer. In his new role, he will lead business growth and expansion efforts. Schmidt most recently led global sales and operations at online travel company Tripadvisor Inc. He also previously worked at Googl[...]
Alphabet invests in Herndon cybersecurity startup
Herndon-based cybersecurity startup Expel announced Wednesday it received $50 million in Series D Round venture capital funding. CapitalG, the growth fund of Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc., led the round. CapitalG General Partner Gene Frantz will also join Expel’s board of directors. Battery Ventures, Greycroft, Index V[...]
Rise of the Rest Road Trip postponed
America Online founder Steve Case, who is now chairman and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Revolution LLC, announced Wednesday that he has postponed his company's Rise of the Rest Road Trip, which was supposed to take place in April in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. A reschedule date has not been announced[...]
You can Google it
If it’s not one tech giant, it’s another. Ever since Amazon.com Inc. announced in late 2018 that it would open a second headquarters in Arlington County, discussions about workforce and real estate in Northern Virginia have fixed on the e-tailer. But Google LLC’s been busy, too. Last year the Mountain View, California-based global[...]
Subsea cable country
The scheduled 2020 arrival in Henrico County of a third connection to ultra-high-speed internet subsea cables should give the Richmond region bragging rights as a destination for data centers. In other words, it makes Central Virginia an alternative to Loudoun County, where 70% of all internet traffic flows but lacks a direct line[...]
On the move
Mark Blanks, director, Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, Blacksburg As more drones take to the skies, Blanks leads MAAP, which has built a partnership with Google parent company Alphabet to develop an autonomous drone delivery industry. Google’s Project Wing is the nation’s first FAA-approved commercial delivery servi[...]
