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		<title>Where Innovation Meets Impact: Chris Ashworth’s Vision for Synergy ECP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chris Ashworth came to Synergy ECP&#8217;s CTO role with a clear mandate: move the company&#8217;s technical strategy forward while building solutions that actually work for the warfighter. In today&#8217;s federal environment, that means going beyond deploying new tools. Ashworth is focused on outcomes —for the mission, for operational teams and for the partners Synergy ECP [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For Chief Officer Awards Finalist Shane Barney, Science &#038; History Taught Adaptation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity is a moving target where analysis, pattern recognition and the ability to adapt quickly can make or break an organization. For Keeper Security’s Shane Barney, success is about consciously mapping those skills — which he developed studying history, biology and chemistry — onto his current role. Barney is a finalist for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How a Summer Job Transformed Tom Mahoney’s Career Path</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Kirkland]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At heart, Tom Mahoney is a storyteller. In college, he studied literature as classic American novels captivated his mind and introduced him to the power of narrative. In business, he learned what it takes to bring together teams to build clarity around messaging that transforms market interactions. Today, he&#8217;s vice president of marketing for Optiv [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: ATS&#8217; Gloria Glaubman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gloria Glaubman CTO, ATS Gloria Glaubman&#8217;s most significant recent achievement is designing ATS&#8217; Technology &#38; Capability Strategy, an 11-pillar framework transforming the company into a technology-enabled integrator and solutions provider for the intelligence community and Defense Department. Glaubman also led the enterprisewide prioritization and implementation of these pillars. The effort includes establishing a formal Technology [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: CACI&#8217;s Jason Bales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jason Bales Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, CACI As the chief technology officer at CACI, Jason Bales is driving the company’s software-defined mission solutions across space, the electromagnetic spectrum, intelligence, cyber, IT and resilient communications. He champions an outcome-driven approach focused on understanding and anticipating the needs of the nation. Under his leadership, CACI [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAIC Wins $75.2M NAVAIR Task Order for Aviation Sustainment, MQ-25 Refueling Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAIC has been awarded a $75.2 million task order under the General Services Administration&#8217;s Personnel and Readiness Infrastructure Support Management contract to support Naval Air Systems Command. The company will provide engineering and sustainment services for NAVAIR&#8217;s aviation ground equipment and support equipment, using predictive analytics and digital engineering tools to improve reliability, reduce downtime [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For Chief Officer Awards Finalist Jennifer Roberts, the Real Threat Is Disruption</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Kirkland]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nation-state actors targeting the defense supply chain want one thing: disruption. That&#8217;s the threat Jennifer Roberts thinks about every day as CISO at FGS and why she spent 2025 and 2026 building an organization that can keep running even when an attack lands, earning CMMC certification and standing up a cyber supply chain risk management [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marc Engelson on Speed, Mission &#038; Why Innovation at Crimson Phoenix Belongs to Everyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marc Engelson&#8217;s path into government contracting started with a chance introduction to Blackbird Technologies — and solidified somewhere over the Atlantic on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He&#8217;d just touched down when the first plane hit, and by the time he got to a screen, his sense of purpose had changed for good. A [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BE Wins Contract to Continue Supporting USDA’s Integrated Acquisition System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BE has been awarded a contract to continue supporting the Agriculture Department&#8217;s Integrated Acquisition System, the department&#8217;s enterprise platform for procurement and contract management. The system supports roughly $6 billion in annual acquisition activity and integrates with USDA&#8217;s financial systems and other federal platforms. The contract allows BE to continue operations and maintenance work that [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: Amentum&#8217;s Jill Bruning</title>
		<link>https://washingtonexec.com/2026/04/top-chief-technology-officers-to-watch-in-2026-amentums-jill-bruning/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jill Bruning CTO, Amentum Jill Bruning&#8217;s biggest achievement has been redefining how mission outcomes are delivered through advanced engineering and technology at Amentum, especially with advances in AI. &#8220;We are embedding AI into operational solutions and offerings that connect with our deep domain expertise to drive mission impact,&#8221; she said. &#8220;AI is defining the next [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top Chief Technology Officers to Watch in 2026: IBM&#8217;s Jason Prow</title>
		<link>https://washingtonexec.com/2026/04/top-chief-technology-officers-to-watch-in-2026-ibms-jason-prow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jason Prow US Federal Chief Technology Officer, IBM Under Jason Prow’s guidance, the federal market is tapping into IBM’s legacy of innovation and a trusted, outcomes-driven approach to service delivery. IBM oLabs, an innovation center under Prow’s direction focused on federal clients’ needs, highlights how transformative technology initiatives are driving measurable value for federal agencies. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>John Cunningham Spent 35 Years Going Around the World. Defense Tech Was Always the Destination</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Tuutti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the winter of 1991, stationed in Germany during Desert Storm on his first assignment, John Cunningham was part of a unit keeping Army strategic communications networks operational, supporting both the warfighting effort and troop morale and welfare. It was the first time commercial email was available in a combat environment, letting deployed soldiers stay [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CACI Wins $231M Task Order to Sustain Satellite Communications for SOF</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CACI International has won a technology task order valued at up to $231 million to continue nearly two decades of service to U.S. Special Operations Command. The base year task order includes four option years. The company will provide accurate, near-real-time satellite communications support and program visibility to the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. “CACI’s [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ENSCO CFO Thomas J. DeFrank on Why GovCon Finance is Anything But Back-Office Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thomas J. DeFrank has spent his career making sure the money follows the mission. Starting in government contracting finance, he built expertise in cost accounting, compliance and financial strategy before taking on increasing leadership through M&#38;A activity and program growth. Today, he&#8217;s CFO of ENSCO, Inc., a company whose work touches national security, aerospace and [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: CACI&#8217;s James Norcross</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[James Norcross Executive Vice President, Digital and Enterprise Solutions, CACI James Norcross is a proven executive with over two decades of experience driving modernization across defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. He recently took on the role of executive vice president of digital and enterprise solutions at CACI, where he oversees a team that supports [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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