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WT 360: The market from all angles

Nick Wakeman, Ross Wilkers

WT 360 is where the conversation takes place on what’s driving the federal government market now and where the sector is going. Editor-In-Chief Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Reporter Ross Wilkers look at the market from all angles through interviews with industry executives and informed observers of the sector.

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00:16:59

Private equity boost fuels DMI's next phase of growth

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/11/17

Digital Management Inc. believes it has done just fine on its own for the last 19 years. Founder and CEO Sunny Bajaj set a course that included being an early entrant to digital modernization and a mobile-first approach to solutions.The company found success in both the commercial and public sector markets, which right now represent a 60-40 split of the business mix. They’ve also completed nine acquisitions over the last decade.But Bajaj sees the federal market's appetite growing for the digital

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00:36:49

Digital & agile go beyond just the tech

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/11/10

Infrastructure becoming increasingly digitized and federal agencies showing a willingness to try new ways to buy goods and services are two trends that Siemens' federal leader Tina Dolph lives and works with everyday. In this episode of Project 38, the CEO of Siemens Government Technologies explains to our Ross Wilkers how those topics are changing conversations with customers.One line of discussion gaining increasing prominence that Dolph sheds light on is how cybersecurity is no longer just an

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00:26:34

Troubles at VA, CMMC reboot, Covid mandates drive the...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/11/08

In another of our Reporter Roundtables, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman leads a discussion with FCW editors and reporters on today's hot topics and there have been plenty.FCW Executive Editor Adam Mazmanian talks about challenges the Veterans Affairs Department is facing with the rollout of the Cerner electronic health record.Senior Editor and Defense Reporter Lauren Williams gives her take on CMMC 2.0 -- the Defense Department's reboot of its standard for contractors to certify their

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00:26:10

Going beyond just spectrum when talking 5G

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/10/27

Newer and faster phones on a specific band of spectrum that work based on certain protocols and standards: that is the most frequently-cited aspect of the ongoing 5G revolution.But in this episode of Project 38, Viasat’s government business president Craig Miller says there is a much bigger picture that everyone should consider amid this transition to the next generation of mobile networks.Miller explains to our Ross Wilkers how 5G also is a foundational architecture by which different networks can

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00:48:23

Array's small business journey to the full-and-open...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/10/20

Every company has its own journey and in this episode, Sumeet Shrivastava shares with Editor Nick Wakeman the path Array Information Technologies followed from when he joined as CEO in 2008 to its just-completed sale CGI Federal.Shrivastava describes the risks Array took such as focusing their efforts on a smaller part of the business as they positioned themselves for future growth. After an initial contraction, the company doubled in size to 300 employees and shifted from 85 percent of its revenue

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00:17:46

M&A's critical role in driving innovation

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/09/30

Mergers, acquisitions and private equity are important engines for innovation in the defense market as retired Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle sees it.For this episode of Project 38, the National Defense Industrial Association's CEO explains to our Nick Wakeman how the lure of a return on investment needs to be a consideration as the government regulates M&A activity.Carlisle believes domestic investors should be attracted to fund young innovative companies, which after some development and nurturing

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00:32:03

Inside Peraton Labs' applied research focus

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/09/23

Peraton’s transformation into a $7 billion-annual revenue business by integrating three big pieces -- itself, Northrop Grumman’s IT services business and Perspecta -- includes an applied research organization that can claim lineage to Bell Labs.In this episode of Project 38, Peraton Labs President Petros Mouchtaris speaks with our Ross Wilkers about the three-decade history of the team he leads and how fits within the parent company.Getting a head start on the federal government’s hardest problems

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00:33:17

What's behind the furious pace of today's M&A activity

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/09/15

Merger-and-acquisition activity in the government market has maintained a stunning pace this year with transactions getting done fast and furious. Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers review some of the deals that stand out and what they say about trends driving today's market.This includes a discussion about the different investment patterns by public companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton as well as large privately-backed players like Guidehouse, with

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00:32:09

A full guide through this massive government contract...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/09/07

The final phase of one of the federal government’s largest contract restructurings is on the horizon, but the consolidation of GSA's Multiple Award Schedule will take time and effort.So ahead of an upcoming key deadline in mid-September, this episode of Project 38 goes over everything companies need to know at this juncture of the schedule consolidation with the help of Global Services President and CEO Courtney Fairchild.All 24 Multiple Award Schedule contracts are becoming one as the General

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00:30:41

Inside Huntington Ingalls' Alion integration &...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/08/31

Huntington Ingalls Industries just completed its largest-ever acquisition, the $1.65 billion deal for Alion Science & Technology, and is now at work integrating that big piece into the shipbuilder’s technical solutions segment.This episode of Project 38 both functions as an update on that integration and a big-picture explanation of HII’s strategy for its technical solutions segment from its president Andy Green.Much change and portfolio shaping has taken place since HII stood up the technical

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00:26:03

What's driving today's hot M&A market?

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/08/18

The market has rarely seen the level of merger-and-acquisition activity that we see today with a plethora of large and small buyers.To breakdown what’s driving the deals, Editor Nick Wakeman spoke with Bob Kipps of the investment bank KippsDeSanto. Kipps shares his views on why the market has been so good to buyers and sellers as well as the critical role being played by private equity firms, who drive nearly half of the transactions.The expectation is that the pace of mergers and acquisitions will

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00:23:45

More code than papers: how Noblis found itself making...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/08/13

Noblis has found itself writing more code than papers these days amid the nonprofit organization’s continued push to be at the nexus of science and technology for federal agencies.This episode of Project 38 takes you inside that multiple-year reinvention and how that plays out today as our Ross Wilkers pays a visit to Noblis CEO Amr ElSawy and Mile Corrigan, senior vice president of federal civilian solutions.In finding that imbalance between code and papers, Noblis is also making an initial foray

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00:24:40

Inside AT&T's three main public sector pillars

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/08/06

Even amid big changes above it, AT&T's public sector and public safety businesses have the same main three pillars for long-term growth and a mandate to bring the company's commercial offerings into the government space.Get the inside view here in this second part of our Ross Wilkers' interview with two AT&T executives in charge of both aspects of that strategy -- Jason Porter, president of public sector and FirstNet; and Jill Singer, vice president of defense and national security.AT&T counts the

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00:25:38

AT&T's return to its core and the public sector

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/08/02

What does AT&T’s broad strategic reset to focus on technology and connectivity mean for its public sector and public safety businesses?Part one of Project 38 gets some answers to that question from two AT&T executives responsible for carrying out that vision in the government market -- Jason Porter, president of public sector and FirstNet; and Jill Singer, vice president of defense and national security.Two particular threads help illustrate AT&T’s re-casted vision: the sales of the media businesses

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00:35:43

The evolution of 'Verizon 2.0' & its public sector arm

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/07/23

Verizon’s mantra both for its public sector business and the corporation as a whole is to be the indispensable partner alongside customers for modernizing their networks.In this episode of Project 38, Verizon’s public sector leader Jennifer Chronis explains to our Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers how that approach as part of the overall “Verizon 2.0” vision informs the telecommunications giant’s federal market strategy.Chronis also overviews how Verizon ties these common technology threads between

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00:27:31

Raytheon continues mega-integration of tech, people &...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/07/20

Raytheon Technologies as the world knows it today has only just begun its second year since the megamerger to create the No. 2 company on this year’s Top 100 rankings.The aerospace-and-defense giant’s intelligence and space segment is headquartered in our region: Arlington, Virginia to be exact. For this episode of Project 38, that segment’s president in Roy Azevedo takes Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers inside the mega-integration at the operational level and the technology synergies Raytheon is

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00:12:31

Project 38: When's the right time to sell your company?

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/07/14

Often coverage of mergers and acquisitions focuses on the buyer and what it means to them, but in this episode of Project 38 Brandee Daly tells Editor Nick Wakeman why she decided the time was right to sell her company to Smartronix.Daly isn’t retiring, but the sale of D2S Consulting Group means she can continue to focus on her customers’ missions as a new executive at Smartronix. She describes the acquisition as more of a partnership and that’s just the kind of deal that CEO Peter LaMontagne likes

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00:29:59

Tech, talent & deals feed into ManTech's strategy &...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/07/13

ManTech’s shift to the government technology company it is today has been in the making for several years. More signs of that show in its climb of two spots to No. 26 on this year’s Top 100.But how does ManTech go about the tagline in its logo of “Bringing Digital to the Mission?” In this episode of Project 38, Chief Operating Officer Matt Tait tells Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers about how that mantra explains both today’s work for customers and ManTech’s longer-term direction.Acquisitions,

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00:23:48

Inside Leidos' culture of change

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/07/07

Even with its status as the No. 1 company on the 2021 Washington Technology Top 100, Leidos is focused on what's changing in the market and the priorities and needs of its customers. On the cusp of his retirement, Chief Financial Officer James Reagan talks with Editor Nick Wakeman about what a change culture means at Leidos and why that is a critical element of growth strategy. That outlook drives its decisions around acquisitions, divestitures and where it invests its research-and-development

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00:15:44

Booz Allen's next strategic plan and the power of...

WT 360: The market from all angles ·

2021/06/30

Booz Allen Hamilton is now at No. 6 on the 2021 Washington Technology Top 100 and the company is coming off of its Vision 2020 strategy that transformed it from a management consulting firm to a technology company. For this episode, Editor Nick Wakeman shares excerpts from his interview with Booz Allen Executive Vice President Karen Dahut. They talk about the strategy that will drive Booz Allen for the next decade as well as the value the company places in diversity and inclusion. They also talk

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