Greg Wenzel has been serving as the executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton’s Army and global defense digital battlespace solutions for nearly two-and-a-half years. As indicated in his LinkedIn profile, Wenzel focuses on deploying open, smart and edge solutions to facilitate the Army and the Department of Defense’s transition to a more digital fighting […]
Bruce Jette, a 2020 Wash100 awardee and a keynote speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, serves as the Army's acquisition executive and assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. He also serves as the Army's senior procurement executive, science adviser to the secretary of the Army and senior research and development official. Jette […]
Chitra Sivanandam, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, has been serving as the vice president of analytics and simulation for Science Applications International Corporation since July 2018. With more than 25 years of experience, Sivanandam has gained expertise in the development, operations, and execution of technologies and business models. Sivanandam is an executive-level subject […]
Nick Gibbs serves as Collins Aerospace's vice president and general manager of simulation and training. He oversees the company's simulation solutions for all human interactive training applications, including full-mission training systems and simulation products and services. Collins Aerospace provides live, virtual and constructive simulation, in addition to operational systems and products that support flight, secure multi-level […]
Amy Markowich serves as the director of the Naval Air Systems Command's integrated battlespace simulation and test department. She handles a team of about 755 personnel and over $1B in National Asset facilities. Markowich is also responsible for the planning, direction and execution of NAVAIR's installed system test facilities, supporting testing and evaluation of aircraft […]
Thomas Walters has been leading the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers as its director for nearly three years. In the said role, Walters leads the FLETC in preparing the country’s federal law enforcement professionals to fulfill their duties across the country and around the world. Under Walters’ leadership, the centers provide the training needs of […]
Timothy F. Bishop was appointed as the acting program executive officer for the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in June. His current role requires oversight of the PEO STRI’s $2.65B systems portfolio deployed across 125 locations and 335K training devices fielded in 19 foreign countries and 480 sites worldwide. Bishop also […]
Sectors across the civilian and military spaces are becoming increasingly aware of virtual training and simulation and their cost-effective benefits. Allied Market Research expects the industry's market value to soar past $328B by 2022 on the back of rising expenditure in defense, health care and education. However, the simulation industry is being held back by […]
Duane Fotheringham has been serving as the president for unmanned systems at Huntington Ingalls Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, since March. Fotheringham, who brings in over 25 years of experience, reports directly to Andy Green, the executive vice president of HII and president of Technical Solutions, the company said. Before HI Technical Solutions, […]
The Department of Defense recently finalized which counter-small unmanned aircraft system solutions it wants the joint force to use. The Army's Joint C-cUAS Office, which led the system selection, cut down the number of candidate systems from about 40 to a mere eight. Unmanned systems for combat and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions are gaining […]
