Danville Pittsylvania chamber leader leaving for U.Va. job
Alexis Ehrhardt has been chamber's president and CEO since 2018
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Alexis Ehrhardt, president and CEO of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, will leave for a job at the University of Virginia, the chamber announced Wednesday. In her new
Leidos nabs $270M NASA contract
Work will be conducted at NASA's Ames Research Center in California
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Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc., a Fortune 500 government contractor, won a $270 million contract with NASA, according to the space agency. Leidos will provide program, science, engineering, operations and project
Alexandria’s SPA lands $185M contract for Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. will support R&D work
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Alexandria-based Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. (SPA) has signed a contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the company announced Tuesday. The $185 million contract will be for research, development,
Va. Tech’s College of Business dean to retire
Robert T. Sumichrast has been the dean since 2013
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Robert T. Sumichrast, the Richard E. Sorensen Chair and dean of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business since 2013, announced his retirement Tuesday. Sumichrast will stay through the end of
AT&T and NOVA launch IT apprenticeship program
Two-year program may land students full-time jobs with AT&T
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AT&T has created an IT apprenticeship program with Northern Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the company announced Tuesday. The two-year program will offer students
Metallica’s foundation gives NOVA nursing program $100K
Band's foundation has given money to community colleges around the country
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Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands, has awarded Northern Virginia Community College’s nursing program $100,000, according to a news release. The funding will assist with providing resources for student achievements
N.C.-based Oransi merges with Radford’s Aviemore
Merger follows air purifier maker's plans for $5.6M Radford facility
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Raleigh, North Carolina-based Oransi, a manufacturer of air purifiers, will merge with Radford-based Aviemore Technologies, Oransi announced Monday. In April, Oransi, announced it would build a $5.6 million manufacturing facility
McLean-based Appian acquires Germany’s Lana Labs
Lana Labs is a process mining company
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McLean-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. has acquired Germany’s Lana Labs, developer of the artificial intelligence-driven LANA process mining platform, the company announced on Aug. 5. Financial terms of the
Roanoke accounting firm sells building for $2.27M
Brown Edwards will expand and move into an office park
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Roanoke accounting firm Brown Edwards has sold its building for $2.275 million, according to a news release. Brown Edwards, which is expanding into a larger space at a local office
ASGN Inc. acquires Fairfax consulting firm
Enterprise Resource Performance Inc. has 250 consultants
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Richmond-based ASGN Inc., a Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional services, acquired Fairfax-based Enterprise Resource Performance Inc., a health care consulting and data analytics firm that delivers federal healthcare