Charles Lyons-Burt

Elsevier began as a publisher of scientific materials but the purview of the Amsterdam-based company has evolved to encompass thousands of team members across the world developing data platforms and analytic practices and partnering extensively with major government and academic organizations. Gregory Mirabella directs the marketing segment for funders and government at Elsevier. In this role, […] More

The cyber threat landscape is complex and constantly evolving. For Brad Medairy, an executive vice president who leads Booz Allen’s national cyber business, this poses opportunities and threats alike. And now is the time for the United States to prepare for both. In an Executive Spotlight interview, Medairy, who has been with Booz Allen for a […] More

Josh Jackson has accomplished a great deal in the more-than-three years since Executive Mosaic last connected with him for a Spotlight interview. Since then, the SAIC executive vice president’s focus has shifted from working with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as clients to overseeing the company’s Army business vertical. Jackson, who has been with SAIC for […] More

Engineer-by-trade and now seasoned executive leader Hector Collazo has been busy. Over the last couple of years, he has solidified his technical expertise in a pair of C-suite technology roles at growing organizations, after two decades of IT and hardware mastery. (We checked in with him a couple of times while he was in a prior role at […] More

Artificial intelligence is raising the stakes for federal infrastructure and exposing just how much aging hardware is holding agencies back. Cloud and software-as-a-service may dominate conversations, but in the field, it’s physical infrastructure that determines whether innovation can deliver. Maryam Emdadi, vice president of sales at Carahsoft, sees that reality up close. Through her work across […] More

Last year, long-running data storage company Seagate made the decision to refocus its core harddrive business, especially in emerging markets. This shift resulted in a necessary shuttering of its federal arm and, in turn, opened up a new opportunity for now-former Seagate exec Bill Downer. The spry businessman endeavored to partner with a colleague who […] More