Fleishman-Hillard has hired Jefferson Consulting to provide lobbying support for Hewlett Packard’s Enterprise Services operation on defense information technology issues.
JC is the firm of Julie Susman, who had managed McDonnell Douglas’ health information systems operation in D.C. and negotiated contracts with the Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs. Previously, she served as deputy chief counsel to the Senate’s Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Susman works the H-P business with M.J. Sivulich, ex- legislative director for Teledyne Brown Engineering.
HP’s enterprise group is the reincarnation of Electronic Data Systems, which was founded by Ross Perot.
F-H is part of Omnicom.