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Awards, acquisitions, accolades, and more about your fellow Chamber members
Completed & Prospective Acquisitions
Cox Communications to Acquire Segra’s Commercial Enterprise and Carrier Business
Cox Communications has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Charlotte, N.C.-based Segra, one of the largest privately held fiber infrastructure providers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Specifically, Cox will acquire Segra’s commercial services division, a leading super-regional, fiber-based provider serving commercial enterprise and carrier customers in nine states.
Peraton Completes Acquisition Of Perspecta
Stu Shea, Chairman, President and CEO, Peraton Peraton recently announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Perspecta Inc., thus establishing the company as the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider. This announcement follows Peraton’s February acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s integrated mission support and IT solutions business. With the acquisition of Perspecta Inc., Peraton has created a top-tier, next-generation national security provider that is positioned to serve as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, state and local markets. Said Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO, “The new Peraton represents a truly transformative change for the industry, our customers, and each one of our employees.”
Arts News
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts launches Ellen Reid Soundwalk
Ellen Reid Soundwalk is a GPSenabled work of free public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, Soundwalk is tailormade for Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, created to encourage calm reflection and introspection and can be experienced while following social distancing guidelines. For more information, visit wolftrap.org/ calendar/performance/soundwalk
New Research
The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, in partnership with the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis, has released its 2021 regional real estate market forecast. To learn where the market in our region is headed and read the forecast in full or by jurisdiction, visit NVAR.com/stats.
Rising Stars
Sukumar Iyer, CEO and Executive Chairman of Brillient Corp., named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 MidAtlantic Award finalist
Sukumar Iyer, CEO and Executive Chairman Sukumar Iyer, Brillient Corporation Ernst & Young LLP recently announced that CEO and Executive Chairman Sukumar Iyer of Brillient Corporation has been named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Mid-Atlantic Award finalist. Award winners will be announced during a special virtual celebration Aug. 3 and will become lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world.
Gallagher Broker Young Chol Kim Recognized as a 2021 Hospitality Power Broker
Young Chol Kim, CIC, CLCS, SBCS, Area Assistant Vice President, Gallagher, Potomac Falls Gallagher broker and Potomac Falls area assistant vice president Young Chol Kim has been named to Risk and Insurance Magazine’s 2021 list of top hospitality power brokers. Kim received glowing reviews from clients who praised his ability to get hospitality businesses much-needed insurance payments in the wake of COVID-19.
MITRE’s Stephanie Turner Named 2021 Business of Pride honoree
Stephanie Turner, Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity & Social Innovation at MITRE, has been named a Washington Business Journal 2021 Business of Pride honoree. Turner’s work has included implementing mandatory diversity training, and she also sits on the board for Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership.
Stephanie Turner, Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity & Social Innovation, MITRE Corp.
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Brillient Receives NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Multi-Award IDIQ
The NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have awarded Brillient Corp. a full and open multi-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to support expansion of the NIDDK Central Repository Program. “We are pleased to expand our long-standing relationship with the National Institutes of Health by being selected for this crucial work with the NIDDK to maximize the value of digital and analog bio assets in support of advancing research in diabetes, kidney disease, and other chronic conditions,” said Richard Jacik, Brillient’s Chief Digital Officer.
Richard Jacik, Chief Digital Officer, Brillient
