WT 360's Info Session: Leidos' CEO transition and troubles with two big contracts
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English - March 01, 2023 20:39 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTechnology News Tech News federal contracting federal it federal contracts federal technology government contracting government it washington technology govcon government technology wt 360 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Business matters lead the agenda for the latest of WT 360's Info Session episodes and in particular a chief executive transition at the government technology market's largest company.
Nick Wakeman and Ross Wilkers review the tenure of Leidos' retiring CEO Roger Krone that started with his initial appointment in 2014. Krone's first big move happened two years later through the merger with what was Lockheed Martin's IT services business, which laid the groundwork for what Leidos is today.
What kind of company is the incoming CEO Thomas Bell going to arrive at on May 3, and what background does he bring? Ross and Nick go over that element of the transition as well.
The WT team also attempts to get a handle on the endlessly troubled National Institutes of Health's CIO-SP4 IT contract vehicle, plus the Veterans Affairs Department's strong preference for speed regarding its T4NG2 vehicle, also for technology solutions.
The merger-and-acquisition portion of this episode goes over these transactions: IBM's acquisition of Octo, LinQuest's own run of buys and all the venture activity being driven by GovCon companies themselves.