Rebecca Singhavong, ViON Corporation’s vice president of Finance, has been named to the CFO Leadership Council’s prestigious 2019 Emerging Leaders list, ViON announced on Tuesday. The CFO Leadership Council selects the Emerging Leaders based on their professional accomplishments, demonstrated expertise and leadership/service in the community.

“Rebecca Singhavong has provided strong leadership and fiscal discipline to support ViON’s evolution over the last several years,” said Tom Frana, two-time Wash100 Awardee, chairman and chief executive officer of ViON Corporation.

The executives selected for this list are finance or accounting professionals who have the potential to become an elite chief financial officer. Nominees include first-time CFOs, as well as professionals on track to become a CFO, such as Vice President of Finance, Controller and others with similar responsibilities.

“As we have grown our portfolio of cloud, infrastructure and AI solutions delivered as-a-Service and expanded our partnerships with leading manufacturers, her financial strategies and internal processes have enabled us to better serve our customers across the federal, SLED and commercial markets,” Frana added.

Singhavong oversees ViON’s accounting operations, managing policies, internal controls and all financial related matters essential to the company’s continued growth. Prior to ViON, she worked in public accounting with clients to provide tax and consulting services to a diverse client base.

About ViON Corporation

ViON Corporation is a cloud service provider with over 38 years’ experience designing and delivering enterprise data center solutions for government agencies and commercial businesses. The company provides a large portfolio of IT as-a-Service, including infrastructure, multi-cloud and Artificial Intelligence solutions. Focused on supporting the customer’s IT modernization requirements, ViON’s Enterprise Cloud is changing cloud management for the market, providing a streamlined platform to audit and control technology in an evolving multi-cloud world.

Michael Kratsios, chief technology officer of the United States, deputy assistant to the President on Science and Technology Policy and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, has been confirmed to speak at the COSM Technology Summit on Oct. 23 – 25th. Click here to register for the summit. 

COSM is the premiere national technology summit focusing on the future of converging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrency, 5G, autonomous vehicles, biotech and cloud computing. The summit was brought together by the Discovery Institute and will be chaired by COSM Creator George Gilder. 

During the COSM Technology Summit, Kratsios and Gilder will examine issues related to U.S. leadership in the technology sector and the Administration’s approach to national technology policy.

COSM will feature many of the great minds of our day, including nationally recognized speakers such as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes; venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel; inventor, entrepreneur, and Director of Engineering at Google, Ray Kurzweil; global investor and market guru Ken Fisher; entrepreneur, professor, and CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Oren Etzioni; Google Glass creator and Amazon Vice President, Babak Parviz; scientist, computer pioneer, and Professor Emeritus at CalTech, Carver Mead; and famed technology futurist author and economist, George Gilder.

COSM takes place at the Bellevue Westin Hotel on October 23 -25. Sessions across those days will explore how technology intersects with government regulation, international competitiveness, investing, freedom and the triumph of the human spirit through keynote speeches and Q&A, panel discussions, and informal interactions with national technology leaders and investors.

Click here to register for COSM Technology Summit to see what Michael Kratsios has to say.

Boeing announced on Tuesday that the company is investing $20 million into Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated human spaceflight company to broaden commercial space access and transform global travel technologies.

Boeing’s investment will be in return for new shares in Virgin Galactic and is contingent on the closing of that transaction, which is expected to close in the last quarter of 2019.

“The unique expertise of our companies stretches from points all around the world to the deepest reaches of space. Together we will change how people travel on Earth, and among the stars, for generations to come,” said Leanne Caret, 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, president and CEO of Space & Security for Boeing Defense.

Virgin Galactic is a pioneer of commercial human space flight and is the first and only company to have put humans into space in a vehicle built for commercial service. The company has the manufacturing and development capabilities to design, build, test, and operate a fleet of advanced aerospace vehicles.

Boeing has unsurpassed experience transporting people to orbit and building and operating large structures in that challenging environment. Boeing serves as NASA’s prime contractor for the International Space Station (ISS) and is preparing the new, reusable, Starliner space capsule for launch to the ISS.

“Boeing’s strategic investment facilitates our efforts to drive the commercialization of space and broaden consumer access to safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible new forms of transportation,” said Brian Schettler, senior managing director of Boeing HorizonX Ventures. “Our work with Virgin Galactic, and others, will help unlock the future of space travel and high-speed mobility.”

About Boeing

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, and global services. As the top U.S. exporter, the company supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries. Boeing employs more than 150,000 people worldwide and leverages the talents of a global supplier base. Building on a legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to lead in technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and invest in its people and future growth.