Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) have named 10 directors who will serve on the board of the company that will form out of a planned merger between CSC and HPE’s enterprise services business. The companies said Friday current CSC President and CEO Mike Lawrie will be chairman while HPE Pre...
Dave Mader, former controller at the Office of Management and Budget, has been named chief strategy officer for the civilian sector of Deloitte‘s federal government practice. Deloitte said Monday Mader will help develop the sector’s strategy, lead efforts to grow shared service offerings and enterprise risk manag...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 19, 2017 ” Deloitte has joined a coalition comprised of specialists and consulting and technology companies as a lead partner in efforts to advance the development of smart cities in the country, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will work with the Smart Cities Council members an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 18, 2017 ” A new Deloitte study has shown that the Manufacturing USA network’s eight initial manufacturing institutes have garnered at least 1, 200 connections with companies, universities and government agencies and mitigated risk and costs in innovation efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Manufacturing U...
Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus‘ defense and space segment, has said he expects to see changes to military spending in Europe next year and anticipates “intensive” discussions among European countries about the future of NATO, Reuters reported Tuesday. “This discussion is long overdue when you consider that only five...
Weekly Roundup January 9 – January 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This first full week back to work for us after the Christmas and New Year™s holiday season also happens to represent the last one before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next...
Russ Mann, former Outerwall chief marketing officer and senior vice president of e-commerce, has been appointed president and CEO of business-to-government commerce intelligence firm Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI). Onvia said Monday Mann will also serve as a member of the board of directors and bring years of board- and executive-level corporate tra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” A new Deloitte study has found that 73 percent of surveyed chief financial officers from commercial and government companies in North America believe there would be less congressional gridlock in the upcoming administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the CFOs also expect chang...
A new Deloitte study forecasts the global aerospace and defense industry’s overall revenue to grow 2 percent in 2017. Tom Captain, Deloitte global aerospace and defense leader, said Monday sales in the defense sub-sector could expand 3.2 percent this year after multi-year declines in revenue on growth in U.S. security...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” Deloitte‘s new “Mission analytics: Data-driven decision making in government“ report has recommended the use of analytics to help federal agencies gain insight from data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the report also stated that agencies need to build a progr...
