IBM has received a $95 million contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development boost the capabilities of host governments in Europe and Eurasia to identify and respond to cyberattacks targeting the critical infrastructure sector. The Cybersecurity Protection and Response contract will support the USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia in...
The Oasis Systems-ERC combination has officially adopted the name Astrion with a focus on helping defense, space and civilian government agencies address cybersecurity, mission support, systems engineering and digital challenges. In May 2022, private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners combined its portfolio company ERC with Oasis to offer compl...
Vishal Luthra, a more than 30-year technology industry veteran, has assumed the role of chief growth officer at Herndon, Virginia-based federal information technology services contractor TechSur Solutions. In this capacity, he will lead the execution of TechSur’s growth strategies and oversee strategic captures, partnerships and business devel...
Bill Cull, a 25-year public sector sales leader, has been named vice president of federal at Austin, Texas-based cybercrime analytics company SpyCloud. In this capacity, he will oversee SpyCloud’s growth strategy, build up the company’s government client base and channel program with system integrators, value-added resellers and distributors and...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched a $500 million venture fund intended for artificial intelligence-focused early-stage and hyper-growth startups. The company said Tuesday IBM Enterprise AI Venture Fund will support the advancement of generative AI technology and research while expanding the company’s AI partnership ecosystem. The investment is...
Todd Stoessell has assumed the position of vice president and chief financial officer for Blue Origin’s heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle called New Glenn, according to his LinkedIn post Sunday. He joins the Kent, Washington-based spacecraft manufacturer from Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, where he most recently worked as ...
Lisa Mascolo, a more than 20-year technology industry veteran, has been named CEO of GCOM following the government technology firm’s merger with information technology consulting services provider OnCore Consulting. Mascolo, a two-time Wash100 awardee who serves on the board of directors of the combined company, succeeds Kamal Bherwani, who wi...
Victor Brown, CEO of W3Nebula Technology, has been appointed chair of the 4×24 CTO Group at Executive Mosaic. The 4×24 executive leadership program is a series of dinners and networking events designed to provide a forum for government and industry leaders to collaborate more closely and effectively for the advancement of im...
GCOM, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital, and OnCore Consulting have merged operations with the goal of bringing digital software platforms and related services to the public sector market. John Nichols and Lee Bennett, co-founder and managing director of OnCore, and Lisa Mascolo, former managing director of federal businesses at IBM (NYSE: IBM...
Sixteen companies will continue to compete for individual orders to deliver information technology products and related incidental services to defense and federal civilian agencies under a U.S. Army firm-fixed-price contract worth $2.5 billion over two and half years. All 16 awardees hold prime positions on the Army’s Information Technology En...
