RSIS sold to Wyle

Over the last few years, there’s been intense ongoing speculation among the government contracting crowd that RSIS was looking to be acquired. The company, which started as a small business and had been operating at around $300 Million, was now squarely in the “no man's land” of Government Contracting. That position in “no man's land” is because their revenue clearly qualified them as greater than small company status, but not large enough to be considered one of the major players.

Ron Trowbridge

In a recent interview, ExecutiveBiz asked the current EVP and 25% owner of RSIS Ron Trowbridge (Rodney Hunt owns the other 75%) about the possibility of acquisition. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With this acquisition, Wyle will now be a major player in the DC area and will increase its employee base to more than 4,200 and its 2008 revenue to about $800 million. You can read the press release. This transaction when complete will be of the largest acquisitions in the DC area in the government contracting space for 2007.

Paul Leslie

Apptis CEO Bert Notini brings in a ringer

Speaking of mergers and acquisitions, fresh off the heels of his successful sale of Apogen to Qinetiq, veteran GovCon executive Paul Leslie finds a new gig at Apptis. The question is: will Leslie's M&A skills be used as a "hunter" or as "the hunted"?

Government Contracting is boring?

Don Upson

Not if you follow Don Upson, former Va. Secretary of Technology. Upson knows how to get your attention while appealing to your weakness and producing anything but boring results. He is again holding his annual Las Vegas Government CES event along with the Consumer Electronic Show on January 9th and 10th. The event is designed for executives and features a great line-up of speakers. Read more online or contact Caroline Boyd at cboyd@cesgovernment.com.

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Kidney Ball Event Recap

Each year, the Kidney Ball brings out the leaders in the government contracting space. Last month’s Kidney Ball was no exception. The event ended with entertainer Patti LaBelle rocking the 1,000 plus crowd. Some of the executives who attended included: Donna Morea of CGI, Anne Altman of IBM, Greg Baroni of Unisys, Jim Duffey of EDS, Linda Mills of Northrop Grumman, George Wilson of Stanley, Jim Ballard of Perot Systems, Mike Bradshaw of Google, Jim Sheaffer of CSC among many others.

Anne Altman of IBM	Jim Duffey of EDS
Patti Labelle and Greg Baroni of Unisys	Tony Englert and Donna Morea, Dinner Chairman

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