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Fleshman, Torres Assume Leadership of GTSC Lion’s Den
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Fleshman, Torres Assume Leadership of GTSC Lion’s Den

BETH FLESHMAN, ALION AND GUY TORRES, SALIENT, ASSUME LEADERSHIP OF THE GTSC LION’S DEN

Industry leaders will continue to focus on growth for midtier government contractors
 

Washington, D.C. June 4 — The Government Technology & Services Coalition today announced that Beth Fleshman, Assistant Vice President, Alion Science & Technology ascended to Chair of the Lion’s Den, a group of GTSC members focused on midtier company growth in the federal market.  Guy Torres, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Salient Federal Solutions and formerly director of IT contracting for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, joined as Vice-Chair.

“I am excited to lead this distinguished group,” said Fleshman.  “I think the Lion’s Den has made a tremendous amount of progress raising awareness about the midtier challenges, and more importantly, has identified some of the paths we believe will lead to more concrete opportunities for midtier government contractors,” said Fleshman at the announcement.

“I worked with GTSC while at CBP and found their priorities, and their rapid progress toward those priorities a great fit for Salient’s objectives for continued growth.  I believe that serving as Vice Chair will allow me to guide some of our initiatives and continue to make real progress on the midtier front,” added Torres.  “The latest campaign launch — especially the Lion’s Den infographic — is already making an impact.”

GTSC made the leadership change, replacing Brad Cole, Vice President of Agilex, after Accenture’s recent purchase of Agilex.  “We are very grateful to Brad for his tremendous leadership — his vision and commitment to the Lion’s Den and to GTSC brought true thought leadership to the midtier challenge.  We look forward to continuing our work with him at Accenture,” said Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO of the Coalition.

Fleshman and Torres will participate in their first public discussion of midtier growth June 15 with Porter Goss, former director of the CIA and Senior Advisor at Dickstein Shapiro; Kevin Boshears, OSDBU, DHS; Michael Stabolepszy, Managing Partner & Founder of IntegrityOne Partners; Lindsay Sheehy, Partner at Dickstein Shapiro, and Ryan Hoffman, Director, The Chertoff Group.  REGISTER

The Government Technology & Services Coalition is home to the Lion’s Den, a distinguished cadre of mid-sized companies devoted to the homeland and national security market. The group launched GTSC Mid Tier Solution to bring attention to the challenges of midtier government contractors in the federal market.  The campaign launched with the first of a series of infographics on the value proposition for government leaders considering and selecting a midtier company.  The Lion’s Den is focused on creating and supporting programs, policies and ventures to support the continuum of growth from small to mid-sized through partnership, advocacy and increased business opportunities.  For more information, and to join the Lion’s Den, visit www.GTSCoalition.com.

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The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) is a nonprofit, non-partisan 501(c)(6) association of companies that create,develop and implement solutions for the federal homeland and national security sector. Our vision is to provide an ethical, effective platform for information exchange between the public and private sector on homeland and national security ideas, technologies and innovations.  Our mission is to provide exceptional advocacy, capacity building, partnership opportunities and marketing in the Federal security space for small and mid-sized companies and to support and assist our government partners achieve their critical missions with the highest integrity; best and most innovative technologies; and results-based, quality products and services to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from any terrorist attack or natural disaster. For more information on these mentors and the Government Technology & Services Coalition, please visit www.GTSCoalition.com.
GTSC Lion’s Den Launches Mid-Tier Initiative
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GTSC Lion’s Den Launches Mid-Tier Initiative

The Lion’s Den, a group of mid-tier companies in the Government Technology & Services Coalition, today launched a campaign to educate the federal contracting community on the value of “mid-tier” or “other than small” companies. “The road for a mid-tier is rough,” said Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO & Founder of GTSC, “small businesses excel, perform, and grow, only to be stymied by their success.”

“The federal government has made a tremendous commitment to small business – setting aside numerous contracts to support their launch and growth. Assuring that these competent, successful businesses continue to provide great service to their government clients leverages this investment and reaps the return of more mature companies,” said Beth Fleshman, Vice President, Alion and Chair of the Lion’s Den.midtierfemalecropped

GTSC’s Lion’s Den, comprised of companies between $15 million and $1 billion in revenue, focuses on policies and activities to support the growth of companies that have grown out of, or are about to grow out of, their North American Industry Classification System codes (NAICS). The campaign, launched with an info-graphic on the value proposition of mid-tier firms, will work with the public and private sector to understand why there should be a viable path for these companies and how to achieve it. Learn more about the campaign here.

“The lack of mid-tier opportunities leaves matriculating small businesses with nothing to bid on. Often, they can’t even bid on continuation of their current contracts despite exceptional performance.  While change isn’t always bad, the government stands to lose substantial investment in providers with proven business acumen and expertise meeting mission needs,” said Dianna Francois, Vice President, WBB Inc.

Members of the Lion’s Den include Alion, Barbaricum, Blacktsone Technology Group, BlueWater Federal, CENTRA Technology, E3 Federal, Eagle Ray, GAP SI, Grant Thornton, Integrity One Partners, Micropact, Miracle Systems, Morgan Franklin, NCI, Salient, SE Solutions, and WBB.

midtiermale2What can you do?

We invite you to join us to be part of the solution.

  • Share our infographic with colleagues in the public and private sectors.

  • Schedule a mid-tier presentation for your office.

  • Join the Lion’s Den.

  • Share our media updates, twitter posts, and linkedin updates using #midtier
    and #midtiergovcon

  • Join the GTSC Linkedin group and the Lion’s Den subgroup.

  • Refer interested government officials to the Lion’s Den to set up a presentation.

    Contact us with questions or comments [email protected].

GTSC Honors 2013 MVP Charles Armstrong, CIO, CBP
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GTSC Honors 2013 MVP Charles Armstrong, CIO, CBP

Washington, D.C. – July 12, 2013 – The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) celebrated its second anniversary yesterday, honoring Mr. Charles R. Armstrong, the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer at U.S. Customs and Border Protection with the 2013 Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award.

Mr. Guy Torres, Director of Information Technology Contracting at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with GTSC's 2013 MVP Awardee, Mr. Charles R. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Mr. Guy Torres, Director of Information Technology Contracting at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with GTSC’s 2013 MVP Awardee, Mr. Charles R. Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

“Our MVP award recognizes those officials who make a tangible difference to modernize and improve government operations so the mission of homeland and national security does not suffer under our budget constraints,” said Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO of GTSC. “Mr. Armstrong has focused on expanding targeting, analysis and enforcement capabilities; data and information sharing; and enhancing operational capacity and processing, in addition to the revenue producing capabilities of CBP. We are extremely proud to present this award to such a worthy recipient.”

The GTSC awards program seeks to recognize public and private sector individuals who work to achieve the homeland and national security missions of the nation. The MVP Award is presented to an exceptional official who modernizes and improves the operations and performance of an agency, component, program or division to increase capacity, speed delivery, use innovation and improve performance. For more information about GTSC’s awards, click here.

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GTSC also released its 2012-2013 Annual Report outlining the organization’s significant accomplishments in its short two years. “I believe much of the success of GTSC comes from its members’ entrepreneurial desire to challenge the status quo – it is an extremely grassroots effort initiated by small companies in the market concerned with assisting their clients to achieve their mission objectives – on time, on budget and on target,” said Chris Gorman, Chair of the GTSC Steering Committee. “We have brought the community of homeland and national security together to tackle these challenges and leverage all of our collective resources. As the annual report says, it’s all about the mission.”

The coalition also recognized numerous outstanding members and advisors who have contributed to the vision and mission of the organization, including:

Julie Barth, L-3 STRATIS; Dr. Steven Bucci, The Heritage Foundation; Mary-Claire Burick, MC Strategy; Robert Burton, Venable LLP; Bill Carroll, Strike Force Consulting Services; Brad Cole, Agilex; Dr. Sherilyne Dougherty, DAI; Rob Edmonds, Uniplus Consulting; Brian Finch, Dickstein Shapiro LLP; Nicole Geller, GCS, Inc.; K. Eileen Giglio, WAGsolutions, Inc.; Chris Gorman, The Efiia Group; Mila Halpine, Cognivault, LLC; Scott Halpine, Cognivault, LLC; Earl Holland, Growth Strategy Consultants; Stephen Howard, TecPort Solutions, Inc.; Tom Hughes, Datamaxx Group; Laura Jones, SAIC; Robert V. Jones, PReSafe Technologies, Inc.; Mike Kelly, TASC; Sara Kindsfrater-Yerkes, TeamCatapult; Victoria Laing, Linda LeFevbre, NCI, Inc.; RADM Don Loren, Old Dominion Strategies; Lisa Martin, LeapFrog Solutions, Inc.; Michelle Mrdeza, MXM Consultng LLC; Brian Nault, BlueWater Federal Solutions, Inc.; Anne Petera, Harris; Kathy Pherson, Pherson Associates, LLC; Wayne Pizer, L-3 Communications; Larry Pokroy, VisionOnline; John Rothenberger, SE Solutions, Inc.; Ravi Singh, Deosi, LLC; Carmine Taglialatela, TecPort Solutions, Inc.; Chani Wiggins, Winn Strategies; and Chuck Winwood.