Executive Profile: Mark DeYoung of ATK

Mark DeYoung was appointed as Alliant Techsystems’s president and CEO in February, 2010. He was also elected to serve on the company’s board of directors.
Before his recent appointment, DeYoung led ATK’s Armament Systems group as president. Under his management, the group expanded from approximately $600 million of revenue in 2003, to a projected $2.1 billion [...]

Executive Profile: Phillip J. Bond of TechAmerica

Phillip J. Bond is president and CEO of TechAmerica, a position he has held since 2008 when he partnered with Christopher W. Hansen to form the company. Bond is also president of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a network of industry associations representing 70 high-tech trade groups worldwide.
Between 2006 and [...]

Executive Profile: Dixie B. Baker of SAIC

Dixie B. Baker is senior vice president and technical fellow at SAIC where she serves as chief technology officer for the health and life sciences. As SAIC’s principal visionary and spokesperson on health-related science and technology issues, Baker is responsible for assessing technology needs, recommending internal research and development investments, developing partnerships and strategic alliances, [...]

Executive Profile: J. Patrick Schondel of Boeing

J. Patrick Schondel serves as vice president of business development for Boeing NASA Systems. His responsibilities include developing, planning and implementing business development and strategic marketing activities.
Schondel has been with the company since 1983 when he joined the former North American Aircraft Division of Rockwell International. His other previous positions have been as project manager, [...]

A Laughing Matter

Laughs, giggles, and chortles are generally saved for after work - or even not at all with the worries and stresses most busy executives face. But all this somber demeanor is just plain unhealthy.
Speaking scientifically; gelotology, the psychological and physiological study of laughter and how it affects the human body is a term derived [...]

Executive Profile: Carleton Jones

Carleton Jones is president and vice chairman of INDUS Corporation. Prior to joining the company in 2008, Jones served as president and chief executive officer of Multimax Inc. Previously, he was also president of VanStar Government Systems, Inc. and Sysorex Information Systems.
Jones’s government-contract and government-affairs experience comes from his roles as deputy general counsel within [...]

Nevada Governor’s Threat Should Be Wake-up Call

We’ve seen this happen before. Unlike the Federal government, states must balance their budgets every year. The economy tanks, state budgets shrink and as governors crunch the numbers they can’t help but consider axing the biggest ticket item: Medicaid.
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has done just that, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
A [...]

New Desktops Won’t Close Real Tech Gap

A top Obama Administration official recently claimed “federal workers having better computers at home than in the office” has led to a technology gap between the public and private sectors that nets “billions of dollars in waste.” Unfortunately, the comments fell short of addressing the real crisis for America’s CIOs.
The Hill reported the comments made [...]

Color Me Healthy

Color is everywhere. Cool green grass, deep purple berries, shiny black shoes. Most executives don’t give much thought to the impact of color, although most of us are drawn to certain colors. Perhaps all your ties or scarves are red, a color that symbolizes action, confidence and vitality. Or you [...]

New Desktops Won’t Close Real Tech Gap

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