Sitting Down with Kirk Avery from Lockheed Martin, Newly Elected FACE® Consortium Chair

By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

Recently we reached out to Kirk Avery to discuss his role as the newly elected Chair for The Open Group FACE® Consortium. Kirk Avery is a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow and the Tactical Mission Systems and Autonomous Technologies Chief Architect with over 35 years’ experience in architecting and deploying solutions for fixed, rotary, and unmanned aircraft systems.

Bank Appoints Maheshkumar Kandasamy as SVP, Enterprise Architecture Director

Provident Bank, a leading New Jersey-based financial institution, has announced the appointment of Maheshkumar Kandasamy as SVP, Enterprise Architecture Director. Mr. Kandasamy will provide technical leadership, oversee the bank’s enterprise and …

From Busywork to Business Impact: How to Prioritize What Matters

Digital product teams face constant pressure to innovate quickly and collaborate across functions, but growing complexity in tools and workflows often slows them down. Instead of accelerating delivery, disconnected systems and competing demands create friction that diverts focus from high-impact work. Valuable time is spent chasing updates, managing tools, and working across silos. This leaves…

Key Cybersecurity, Privacy, and National Security Considerations for Data Centers in 2025

By Erin E. Martin, Catherine North Hounfodji and David Plotinsky, of Morgan Lewis Unlike Europe’s comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation framework, the United States still lacks an all-encompassing data privacy statute. Instead, data centers …