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Chad Haferbier, vice president of multidomain operations solutions at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said agencies seeking to advance modernization should transition to open-architecture, nonproprietary frameworks that “enable rapid, iterative improvements.” “Open architectures also enable agencies to prioritize interoperability and data sharing between...

The National Security Agency has decided to re-award a potential 10-year, $10 billion cloud computing contract to Amazon Web Services after a reevaluation of bid submissions based on the best value sourcing method, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. AWS originally won the single-award “WildandStormy” contract in July 2021 following a two...

Derrick Pledger, vice president and director of the Digital Modernization Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said establishing deep strategic partnerships with other companies could help facilitate the development of new capabilities and platforms that could help address mission challenges facing federal agencies. Pledger wrote that there are three...

Executive Mosaic has featured Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, in the 2022 Wash100 class in recognition of his thought leadership in government cloud technology adoption. This year marks his entry into Executive Mosaic’s premier group of leaders who shape the government contracting landscape f...

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce Kevin Phillips, chairman, president and CEO of ManTech International, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award for stewarding the company through its continued organic growth from acquisitions and contract awards. Phillips has been selected six consecutive times to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of lead...

Jennifer Chronis, a more than 25-year digital transformation leader and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has been named vice president of public sector at VMware (NYSE: VMW). In a LinkedIn post, Chronis said she will be succeeded by Maggie Hallbach as head of the public sector at Verizon. Chronis most recently served as senior VP...

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed the modernization of network and platform capabilities through AWS Cloud, the global communications and cloud advancements, the development of the future of wa...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2022 — Cedric George, director for Department of Defense strategic business development at Amazon Web Services, has underscored the role of edge computing in helping the DOD give warfighters access to tactical edge systems across multidomain, ExecutiveBiz reported. In a recent interview, George shared how the DOD showca...

Torch.AI has acquired data extraction software company B23 for an undisclosed sum and announced the appointment of Brad Kolarov, founder and managing partner at B23, as a vice president. “The acquisition of B23 expands our current work supporting the U.S. Navy in extraordinary ways,” Brian Weaver, chairman and CEO of Torch.AI, said in a statemen...

Christian Hoff, formerly director of the federal systems integrator and solutions team at Amazon Web Services, has taken on a new role as director of AWS’ federal civilian and health group. The retired Army lieutenant colonel joined the cloud provider in 2018 after a more than 10-year career at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH). Hoff...