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Accenture Federal Services to acquire Cognosante

Accenture Federal Services, a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture LLP, has entered into an agreement to acquire Cognosante, a mission-driven provider of digital transformation and cloud modernization solutions for federal health, defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. Founded in 2008 by Michele Kang, Cognosante has grown rapidly to become a trusted provider of innovative […]

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Executive Movements

Portia Crowe Joins Accenture Federal Services As Chief Data Strategy Director for Defense

Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture, has hired data expert and former Army Futures Command’s Network Cross Functional Team Chief Data Officer, Dr. Portia Crowe, in the role of Chief Data Strategy Director for Defense. Dr. Crowe brings 20 years of experience including previous roles as the Chief of Cyber Engineering and Operations, as well […]

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Cybersecurity exec Rick Driggers joins Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services, (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture, has hired cybersecurity expert and former CISA executive, Rick Driggers. Driggers brings more than 30 years of federal government and military experience to AFS and will play a key role in developing cybersecurity solutions designed to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure, the company said in its statement. “As the […]