Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market
One global commercial software provider brings in a new U.S. public sector leader, while USPTO’s now-former chief information officer heads to the private sector. Booz Allen Hamilton Lou Barella has joined the company as chief information officer following seven years as chief technology officer at the pharmaceutical giant Takeda. His 32-year career also includes senior tech […]
Software holding company acquires Monster’s public sector business
Monster Government Solutions gets a new owner following a bankruptcy process undertaken by its former parent company. PartnerOne, a holding firm started in 1996 to acquire enterprise software companies, has purchased the public sector business of Monster to enter the federal talent acquisition and workforce development vertical. Monster Government Solutions was stood up in 2001 to bring […]
Firefly captures $868M in IPO proceeds
This is the second space-focused initial public offering in as many months with both exceeding original expectations on the proceed and valuation fronts. Firefly Aerospace has fetched roughly $868 million in its upsized initial public offering after investor demand for stock in the launch and space system maker exceeded expectations. In Firefly’s Thursday debut on the […]
Small defense industrial base firms pose tempting targets for nation-state hackers, NSA official says
Some 80% of the defense industrial base are actually small firms, according to the NSA’s head of DIB security, who has helped over 200 providers identify thousands of vulnerabilities in their systems. LAS VEGAS — When Bailey Bickley, chief of Defense Industrial Base defense at the NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, took the stage at Black Hat, she […]