Private equity firms raise money by investing in different types of assets. Such firms target startups poised for significant growth and even troubled companies, with the goal of turning their business around. Investments in the government contracting industry from 2014 to 2019 have been driven by information technology and addressing needs by cabinet-level agencies such […]
David Schmaier is the president and chief product officer of Salesforce, working out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He has over three decades of experience building successful cloud, customer relationship management and industry-specific vertical software companies while taking on the roles of executive, entrepreneur, board member and investor. Schmaier’s current role is summed up […]
Valeria Rodriguez is currently a senior online collaboration platform manager and solutions designer/developer at Guidehouse, based in Germantown, Maryland. She is described as a problem solver, developer, organizer and designer who uses collaboration platforms to create “reliable, automated, scalable, cost-saving and artistic global enterprise solutions that push the boundaries in and improve the user experience.” […]
Collaboration tools help organizations facilitate group work. They can be used to enable participation in brainstorming ideas and to complete certain tasks while ensuring full team visibility and accountability. The use of such tools expanded across the government amid the pandemic out of necessity. For instance, the Zoom for Government platform, which is FedRAMP authorized […]
Jonathan Sass is the vice president of products and head of marketing at Austin, Texas-based performance management solutions provider Vyopta. He has over 13 years of industry experience and specializes in team and program leadership. Throughout his tenure, Sass spearheaded product strategy and execution and product launch. Sass joined Vyopta in January 2020 and has […]
Dhawal Sharma is the vice president of product management at Zscaler, a San Francisco-based information technology security company. He leads product management and go-to-market for Zscaler Digital Experience and oversees the launch of the company’s 5G offerings. Sharma rejoined Zscaler in May after a three-month stint at U.S.-based computer software company Confidential as head of […]
Gene Farrell serves as the chief strategy and product officer for Smartsheet, an enterprise platform provider for collaborative work management. Farrell took on his current role in February. Since then, he has been on top of corporate strategy and development, product management, product marketing, experience design and strategic alliances, according to his LinkedIn profile. He […]
In July, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $740 billion spending plan for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022. The Senate version of the annual defense bill includes special provisions for advanced research and prototyping activities related to artificial intelligence, microelectronics and 5G. Government spending in the aerospace and defense […]
Bill Weiss serves as the vice president of manufacturing and logistics at General Dynamics Mission Systems. Weiss assumed his current position in August 2018. Since then, he has been responsible for ensuring that mission-critical products, systems and services offered by GDMS are delivered on time, according to his company profile. GDMS is a technology integrator […]
Kim Howard is the vice president of F-35 production operations at Lockheed Martin. She oversees all aspects of planning, execution and production for all F-35 Lightning II variants that are being deployed in the U.S. and other partner countries. Howard has over 28 years of experience with Lockheed, having served as the director of production […]
