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The Government Technology & Services Coalition, the leading non-profit organization working with small, mid- and large companies working in homeland and national security, annually describes our activities and successes on behalf of our members.
2. LETTER FROM THE CEO PAGE 3
ABOUT GTSC PAGE 4
OUR PROGRAMMING PAGE 5
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT PAGE 6
SPONSORS PAGE 7
INSIGHT SESSIONS PAGE 8
GTSC DAYS PAGE 9
CAPACITY BUILDING PAGE 12
GTSC MEMBERS PAGE 14
CEO-TO-CEO ROUNDTABLES PAGE 16
HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY PAGE 18
BUILDING THE HOMELAND
SECURITY COMMUNITY PAGE 21
THE LION’S DEN PAGE 22
MENTORS PAGE 23
STRATEGIC ADVISORS PAGE 24
STRATEGIC PARTNERS PAGE 25
HOLIDAY AWARDS PAGE 26
SPEAKERS PAGE 27
3. Dear GTSC Members, Government Partners, Supporters, and Friends,
Congratulations on another tremendous year! When I write this annual note, I think, “What have we done
this year of which we can be proud? What progress have we made in the mission to secure our country?” I am
thrilled to report, building on our tradition, our list of accomplishments continues to grow.
This year, GTSC acquired one of the most prestigious voices in homeland security—the Homeland Security Today (HSToday)
magazine and media platform. The media hub is now a non-profit voice for the homeland security mission, and we are
thrilled with the level of engagement and interest from our members, prestigious partners, and the broader community.
GTSC’s vision for this news platform is to make it the source for constructive, collaborative homeland security dialogue,
analysis, and news coverage. We aspire to share information that will help state and local governments understand the
threats and how to mitigate them, that helps federal officials get their message out in full, and that helps our government
partners in all jurisdictions understand the private sector innovations that can help them stay safe and protect our nation.
Thank you to everyone who has come out to support the new HSToday with editorial input, ideas, and articles! Please keep
them coming!
In 2017, GTSC, along with the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, launched a GovCon Academy for transitioning
military veterans. Together, GTSC and NCOA will help veterans who want to come back and support the mission of a secure
nation by providing them with first-class sessions and seminars about government contracting. GTSC members also
participated in an unprecedented number of “Reverse Industry Days” hosted across the government enterprise, starting at
the Department of Homeland Security and moving to the Department of Treasury and the General Services Administration.
We also launched our GTSC Days website presence to feature our extremely popular and valuable sessions that provide
members and community with a “deep-dive” into the components at DHS.
And that’s just the NEW stuff!
We also continued our traditional programming, bringing you insight into your government partners, the best sessions to
prepare your internal capacity to do business, and networking rivalled by no other organization. Membership increased this
year by nearly 20% and we’ve seen many more companies devoted to helping our government partners achieve mission join
to support GTSC. We are extremely pleased to see that.
Overall, 2017 has been a tremendous year made possible by our active, caring, devoted members and our diligent,
committed, amazing, government partners. I want to take a moment to thank ALL of the people who throughout the year
take time out of their schedules to work on a program with us, to speak to us, to engage in a substantive and meaningful
conversation around how we can do better. That essential collaboration is how we work together to ensure that our children
are safe and our nation is secure. In the end, “It’s All About Mission.” Are you wearing YOUR button??
Thank you all for your contributions to a tremendous year. We couldn’t do it without you, and we wouldn’t want to.
Yours,
Kristina Tanasichuk
CEO & Founder, GTSC
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SUCCESSISAJOURNEY
NOTADESTINATION
4. ABOUT US
GTSC focuses on the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, Justice,
Defense, State, Treasury and the
Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC)
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(6) trade association of
innovative, agile, small and mid-size company CEOs that
create, develop, and implement solutions for the Federal
homeland and national security sector. These companies
founded the Coalition to band together and work with
their Federal partners to achieve their mission - despite
significant budget challenges - by bringing the innovation,
creativity and ingenuity of successful small businesses to
the homeland and national security mission. These CEOs
-- many former government officials -- joined together to
share best practices, information and resources, to lead
the initiatives and solutions that would bring the best of our
community together to protect our homeland.
OURVISIONISTOPROVIDEANETHICAL,
EFFECTIVEPLATFORMFORINFORMATION
EXCHANGEBETWEENTHEPUBLIC
ANDPRIVATESECTORONHOMELAND
ANDNATIONALSECURITYIDEAS,
TECHNOLOGIESANDINNOVATIONS.
IT’SABOUTMISSION. Our Mission is to provide
exceptional advocacy, capacity building, partnership opportunities and
marketing in the Federal security space for small and mid-sized companies.
To do that, we believe that GTSC must help our Federal 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.
Learn more at
www.GTSCoalition.com
5. OUR PROGRAMMING
Forthepastsixyears,wehavefocusedonwaystomakeourmemberssmarter,betterandmoreefficientattheirbusiness
development,networking,partnering,andteaming. Ourprogrammingevolvedovertimetobringdecisionmakersfrom
ourfederalpartnerstogetherwithourmemberstotakea“deepdive”intocomponentsanddirectoratessothatwecould
understandthemissionfromendtoend,andtheservices,technologiesandtalentsthatenablethatmissiontomoveforward.
GTSC works to educate our members through the following types of sessions:
INSIGHT
SESSIONS
The Market Solution Series provides an inside
look at creative, successful interactions and
challenges that may be impeding growth in the
Federal homeland and national security market.
These intimate roundtables take members
inside the “story” and allow them to understand
the market components and forces that result in
success. This series was developed in response
to members who were interested in creative
ways to partner and team to win business with
the Federal government.
MARKET
SOLUTION
SERIES
No one understands the challenges and unique
demands of our market like someone who
has grown a successful company in it. CEOs of
successful member companies join members to
share their insights, lessons learned and advice
for others working in the Federal homeland and
national security markets.
The GTSC Business Development Exchanges
(BDEs) are member-led trusted environments
to meet and develop potential teaming partners,
improve business development efforts and
share information among peers. GTSC currently
supports BDEs in the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of
Defense.
CEO-TO-CEO
ROUNDTABLES
CAPACITY
BUILDING
MENTOR
SESSIONS
GTSC Insight sessions host federal or
Congressional officials to discuss challenges in
the federal security mission, host workshops
on engagement with the Federal customer,
and promote the exchange of innovative ideas
between the public and private sector.
Every company - small to large - faces a host of
growing pains and internal challenges to meet
the needs of success. Through exceptional
relationships with an A-list of advisors, mentors
and luminaries in corporate growth, GTSC
hosts hands-on sessions to provide member
companies with the best tools available to them
to build their internal capacity and further their
growth.
Throughout the year, executives from our
mentor companies join our members and
others from our broader community to share
their advice and perspectives on the homeland
and national security markets. These sessions
provide invaluable insight into how large
corporations are positioning themselves in
the market, opportunities for teaming and
partnership and relationship building between
large and small firms.
For six years, the Government Technology & Services Coalition has carefully
developed a deep dive into the components and missions of the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. Since 2011, beginning with our inaugural CBP Day, the
model and concept has grown across the Department to offer government and
private sector partners an opportunity to understand and tackle critical mission
challenges together. An intimate, relaxed environment encourages participants
to speak frankly and participate in meaningful exchanges to advance innovation,
security best practices, and understand the market dynamics that result in the
best products and services being offered to solve the nation’s security needs.
Learn more at
www.GTSCDays.com 5
6. GTSC provides its members with numerous opportunities to have their voices heard on decisions, planning, and operations with our
government partners. GTSC actively participates with the mission and procurement officials responsible for the decisions that can
make or break your company. We have developed a number of active workgroups:
INDUSTRYOUTREACH
Across government our partners have struggled with finding
the appropriate mechanisms to reach out to industry to inform
and problem solve. GTSC has worked with companies and
agencies to help current and potential government contractors
understand their clients and their mission, and with our
government partners to find innovative ways to bring their needs
to the contracting community.
DEBRIEFACTIONGROUP
The De-Brief Action group has been active since day one. Given
a de-brief can make or break your next proposal opportunity,
members have taken a special interest and focus in improving the
content and timeliness of these important learning experiences.
Since its inception the group has helped train Federal officials
and in 2016 developed a suggested mock-debrief process.
Debrief Action Group Lead:
Andrea Stone, CEO,
Dynamic Pro, Inc
DHSBUSINESSDEVELOPMENT
EXCHANGE
Our DHS Business Development Exchange is a focused group
that shares information and teams to pursue opportunities at
DHS. The purpose is to help GTSC companies active at DHS to
be more efficient in their Business Development efforts.
Sara Kindsfater-Yerkes, BluSky
Doris Reeves, DAI,
BUSINESSWORKSHOPSFOR
GOVERNMENT
Meeting with Executive Officials throughout the Federal
government, the Government Technology & Services Coalition
heard repeatedly that everyone wanted – and needed – a better
understanding of the private sector. To that end, GTSC hosts
four workshops that provide a mini “MBA” on the lifecycle,
process, challenges and decisions that companies face as they
enter and grow in the Federal market.
Taught by CEOs and C-suite level executives from the GTSC
membership, these workshops increase the understanding and
exchange between industry and government. Members of the
GTSC’s Lion’s Den were asked to present a 3.5 hour workshop on
the mid-tier process before contracting officers at DHS. If you
are interested in more information or would like to schedule a
workshop, please contact us at: www.GTSCoalition.com
NEWIN2017:EMERGINGSMALL
BUSINESSGROUP
We launched our Emerging Small Business Group in April, geared
towards companies with a revenue under $2.5 million but open to
all our members. The sessions focus on strategic sessions with
a small business representative from one of our agencies. The
Emerging Small Business Groups welcomes ideas for speakers or
topics from its member companies.
Emerging Small Business
Group Lead:
Earl Holland,
Growth Strategy Consultants
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
ACQUISITION&PROCUREMENT
ACTIONGROUP
Our federal partners face numerous obstacles when buying
the things they need, when they need them. Rapidly changing
technology, delayed procurements, protests, lack of
information sharing, and workforce challenges are just a few
of the road blocks. Through the Acquisition & Procurement
Action Group, GTSC has been working with the procurement
officers within our partner agencies to improve the acquisition
and procurement process. This action group focuses on
providing member input to improve federal outreach to small
and mid-sized businesses and assuring that our members
have a seat at the table. Through this group, GTSC members
also engaged heavily in the Federal “Reverse-Indsutry-Days”
hosted by the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury,
and the General Services Administration. All GTSC members
are welcome to participate.
Acquisition & Procurement
Action Group Lead:
Carolyn Muir, Executive Vice
President, SE Solutions
Reverse Industry Day Planning & Participation
GTSC was one of the first industry groups to develop the
Reverse Industry Day model with the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. The forums, meant to educate
contracting workforces on business process and decision-
making have taken hold across the Federal government and
GTSC is one of the leading non-profits assisting the U.S.
Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, State, General
Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management,
and the U.S. Army. GTSC has developed an amazing cadre of
members committed to helping their government partners
improve the acquisition and procurement process and assure
they get the best of what the private sector has to offer.
7. This year GTSC has continued our effort to build our community by participating in charity efforts on behalf of homeland
security causes. GTSC members came out in force to support the Border Patrol Foundation’s Border Heroes Classic Golf
Tournament.
In October we continued our effort for the Border Patrol Foundation, supporting the
WHS Cook-Off & STEM expo. This fabulous family fun day is in its seventh year and in
2017 supported the Border Patrol Foundation and the WHS STEM Initiative.
HUGE THANKSto the many GTSC members who supported the WHS expo including:
MotorolaSolutionsFoundation,Capgemini,NTTData,INTEGRITYOne,E3FederalSolutions,
GrantThornton,AASKI,TCI,BlueWaterFederal,eGlobaltechandICSAdvisory.
BUILDINGTHEHOMELAND
SECURITYCOMMUNITY
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Partnership with Non-Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
NCOA and GTSC partnered on two initiatives this year. In
the spring we announced a joint partnership at NCOA’s
Annual Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, NV. The
organizations will work together to develop expos to meet
the needs of transitioning veterans, find and offer training
for veterans, and work with GTSC members to identify the
skills needed, and jobs available. GTSC will work with its
members to identify gaps in their labor pools, strategize on
future needs, and work to match appropriate transitioning
military personnel with high quality employment.
In July GTSC and NCOA ramped up their partnership and
launched the NCOA GovCon Academy, a series of
in-person and online courses on Government Contracting
for transitioning veterans.
Special thanks to our Strategic Advisors from GTSC
that joined the faculty, including:
Earl Holland, CEO, Growth Strategy Consultants
Amy McDougal, CEO, CleaResources
Jackie Santisteban, President, Government Sales Advisors
To learn more about NCOA’s
GovCon Academy Visit:
http://ncoausa.org/career-center/
The voice of today’s enlisted.
14. AASKI Technology
Abacus Technology Corporation
Accela Consulting
Accenture
Acuity
Aegis
Agoge
Alethix
Amyx
Applied Social Media Concepts
Ardian Group, Inc.
ARS Limited
Aspire Services & Research
Assured Enterprises Inc.
AVER LLC
BDO
Belcan Government Services
BlueCapture Consulting
BlueMont Technology Group
BlueWater Federal Solutions, Inc.
BRMI
Cambridge International Systems
Camus Technologies
Capgemini Consulting
Catalyst Partners
CENTRA Technology
Cevans consulting
Citizant
CLT3 Security
Command Consulting
Contraqer
Corner Alliance
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Covata
Crowell & Moring
CSRA
DAI
DecisionPoint
Desert Research Institute
Digital Authentication Technologies
DT Professional Services
DynamicPro, Inc.
E271 Advisory Services
E3 Federal Solutions
Eagle Hill
eGlobaltech
Electronic Payments Coalition
EnProVera Corporation
Enterprise ITech Corp
Epigen
ESCgov
Excella Consulting
Everymay
EY
Fidelis Strategy Group
FirebirdAST
Foresight Wireless
GenesisOne, Inc.
Global Solutions, Inc.
Goldbelt
GovMobile
Grant Thornton, LLP
GreenZone Solutions
Growth Strategy Consultants
GSIS
Hazsim
Hitachi
HPE/DXC
HWC
IACCM
IDV Solutions
IEM
Inceptima
InfoTech Solutions and Security
Integrated Analytics, LLC
INTEGRITYOne Partners
Intellectus
Intelligence Community News
IT-ISAC
JAG Global Learning
Kapstone Technologies
KBTS Technologies, Inc.
LeapFrog Solutions
Level 4 Security
GTSCME
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Linden Resources
Luminara Consulting
Mass Mutual
MAXIMUS Federal
MaxiSoft Corporation
McMenamin Consulting Group
Merit 321
Merodoma Consulting Group
MHA Technologies
Mind Alliance
MobilePro Systems
Motorola Solutions
Mount Airey Group
MSM Technology
Mulesoft
NCI Information Systems, Inc.
NCOA
NGCI Global
NiyamIT
Northrop Grumman
NTT DATA
Oak Hill Farm Group
Octo Consulting
Om Group, Inc.
Open Cognition
P.Allen Haney Company
Pearl Grace Group, Inc.
Peraton/Harris
Pherson Associates, LLC
Platinum Systems, Inc.
Potomac Blue
Potomac Management Solutions
Potomac Wave Consulting
PReSafe Technologies
Pyramid Systems
Radiant Creative
Red Hat
REGA Solutions
Richard Skinner Consulting
Rigil Corporation
Rofori
SBD2 - Solutions by Design
Schambach & Williams
SE Solutions, Inc.
Security Industry Association
SensorWare Systems
Sev1Tech
SevAtech
Simon Computing
Simple Technology Solutions, Inc.
SoftwareAG
Stone Lock Global
Strategic Operational Solutions, Inc.
Strativest, LLC
Strike Force Consulting
Successful Culture
Sure Secure Solutions
Sutherland Global
TechAnax
Tellenger
Teneo Iter, LLC
TestPros Inc.
The Ambit Group
The Celeen Group (TCG)
The Chertoff Group
The Sentinel HS Group, LLC
The Wolverine Group, LLC
Three Sixty Corp.
TRI-COR Industries
Tripwire Operations Group
TWE, LLC
Vector Technical Resources
Vertical Jobs
Voigt Peters
VX Technologies
VXT Corporation
WAG Solutions
Warfield Global
Winn Strategies
WMIndustries
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EMBERS
18. EXPANDING OUR VOICE:
THE ACQUISITION OF
IN OCTOBER 2017, GTSC
ACQUIRED HOMELAND
SECURITY TODAY
MAGAZINE AND MEDIA
PLATFORM.
GTSC acquired HSToday to put real facts and analysis in
context to tell the stories of homeland security in a way
no other outlet can.
Since 2004, HSToday has been an essential resource and
news platform for the homeland security community,
catering to: professionals within the Department of
Homeland Security and other agencies with homeland
security responsibilities like the FBI, ODNI, Treasury
etc.; state and local law enforcement and emergency
responders; members of the Intelligence Community;
legislators, policymakers and regulators; professionals,
business leaders and analysts in the private, nonprofit and
academic sectors. Going forward, HSToday will continue
to offer coverage on pressing homeland security
issues, drawing on unbiased writing, expert voices
and a commitment to collaboration with the security
community.
The new HSToday will focus on telling the whole story
and particularly articulate the challenges faced by the
Department of Homeland Security, Justice, and others
engaged in the work of securing the nation. Rather than
overworked generalist reporters struggling to cover the
most superficial homeland issues, we are a collection of
subject matter experts embracing a culture of objectivity
to deliver real news value to our colleagues in the
homeland security community.
The new focus is on security
practitioners and analysts, not
journalists.
Withthisnewconcept,GTSC’sHSTodaywilldelivertrusted,
nuancedwritinginformedbynamedsourcesatthehighest
levels of government, leaders throughout the private
sector,andotherprofessionalsengagedinthehomeland
securitymission.HSTodayarticleswillcover:federalefforts,
outreach, plans and activities to secure the homeland;
analysisonhomelandsecurityindustryachievements,ideas
and opportunities; and rich writing and reporting on the
complex,challengingissuesrelatedtoguardingagainstand
respondingtothreatsnaturalandmanmade.
The Government Technology & Services Coalition’s
Homeland Security Today (HSToday) is now the premier
news and information resource for the homeland security
community, dedicated to elevating the discussions and
insights that can support a safe and secure nation. A non-
profit magazine and media platform, HSToday provides
readers with the whole story, placing facts and comments
in context to inform debate and drive realistic solutions
to some of the nation’s most vexing security challenges.
HSToday’s contributors and editors hail from throughout
the homeland security community. They are the thinkers
and doers who shape and implement the United States’
security methodologies, strategies and tactics. From
policymaking in Washington, DC, to operations in
challenging security environments, HSToday’s vast
network of experts deliver the most authoritative, timely
coverage of America’s efforts to address threats
man-made and natural.
Government Technology
& Services Coalition’s
GTSC
19. Signupandlearnmoreatwww.HSToday.us
Contactus
HSTodayMag@GTSCoalition.com
Followus@HSTodayMag
Government Technology
& Services Coalition’s
GTSC
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THETEAM
PROVENLEADERSANDSMESIN
HOMELANDSECURITY
KristinaTanasichukisCEOofthe
GovernmentTechnology&ServicesCoalition
andhasdevelopedandbuilttheCoalition
aroundcommunicationandcollaboration
betweenthepublicandprivatesector
indefenseofourhomeland. Aleaderin
homelandsecuritypublicprivatepartnership,
criticalinfrastructureprotection,cyber
security,STEM,innovation,commercializationandmuch
more,shebringstoHSTodaydecadesofexperience
inhomelandandatrustedcommunityofexpertsand
subjectmatterexperts.Aregularcontributortonumerous
homelandsecurityrelatedmediaandevents,Tanasichuk
bringsanewvisionandin-depthknowledgeofthefederal
homelandandnationalsecurityapparatustoHSToday.
SheisalsothepresidentandfounderofWomenin
HomelandSecurityandPresidentofInfraGardNCR,a
publicprivatepartnershipbetweentheFBIandprivate
sectortoshareinformationtoprotectthenation’scritical
infrastructure.TanasichukgraduatedfromSt.OlafCollege
withaBAinPoliticalScienceandAmericanStudieswitha
concentrationinRussianstudiesandreceivedherMaster’s
inPublicAdministrationwithapolicyconcentrationfrom
GeorgeMasonUniversity. Shehasalsoattendedthe
FBIandDEACitizensAcademiesandtheMarineCorps
ExecutiveLeadershipProgram.
JustinHienz
ManagingEditor,HSToday
HSTodayManagingEditorJustin
Hienzisacommunicationsstrategist,
counterterrorismanalyst,andthe
presidentofCogentWriting,LLC,
aWashington,DC-basedstrategic
communicationscompanyworkingwith
thehomelandsecuritycommunity.Heisasubjectmatter
expertonhomegrownviolentextremism,conducting
researchwiththeNationalCenterforRisk&Economic
AnalysisofTerrorismEvents(CREATE),andheisalso
afellowattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaSafe
CommunitiesInstitute(SCI).HienzholdsMasterofArts
degreesinjournalismandreligiousstudiesfromthe
UniversityofMissouri.
February 2014 Vol.11,No.1 $5.95 USD
INSIGHT & ANALYSIS FOR GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKERS
™
Homeland
SecurityTODAY
www.HSToday.us
INSIDE
Going Wireless
Linking security and threat data systems
BORDER NEWS
Sensor on a Leash
Detecting threats from 10,000 feet
Update on IFT
A final decision looms
Cyber
Superstorms
Will we be able to weather them?
EXCLUSIVE
The Maritime
Domain
Visual awareness
on the big screen
21. SPONSORS
GTSC sincerely thanks our member companies that have
invested in our organization to build a better, more effective
homeland and national security government contracting landscape.
SUPPORTERS
SMALL BUSINESS SPONSORS
PATROL SPONSORS
GUARDIAN SPONSOR
PATRON SPONSORS
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22. GTSC is home to the Lion’s Den, a distinguished cadre of mid-sized companies
devoted to the homeland and national security market. Their success, the result
of exceptional work for their clients and their outstanding business acumen,
has graduated them to “other than small” status in the federal market. This
designation creates new and difficult challenges for mid-sized companies
now ineligible for set-asides and facing intense competition from very large
companies. 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.
THE LION’S DEN
To learn more about GTSC’s MidTier Project and members visit
www.GTSCMidTierSolution.com
Chair of the Lion’s Den:
Michael Stabolepszy, Managing Partner,
INTEGRITYOne Partners
THE LION’S DEN
24. STRATEGIC ADVISORS
GTSC is extremely proud of our strategic advisors. Some of the most respected and experienced people in the homeland and
national security community have joined us to move this market forward and achieve its mission. Strategic advisors lend their
expertise to our sessions, are available to our members for consultation, and advise GTSC leadership on the most effective ways
we can impact agency missions we can help our government partners achieve mission.
Greg Marshall
Former Chief Security Officer
for the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS)
David Aguilar
Former Deputy Commissioner
of U.S.Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) and Chief
of the U.S.Border Patrol;
Partner,GSIS
Chris Cummiskey
CEO, Cummiskey Strategy
Solutions & Former Acting Under
Secretary for Management,
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
Michelle Mrdeza
Founding Strategic Advisor,
GTSC, Senior Advisor,
Cornerstone Government
Affairs, Former majority
staff director of the House
Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Homeland
Security.
Charlie Armstrong
Former CIO and Assistant
Commissioner for the Office
of Information Technology,
CBP; Principal, E271 Advisory
Services
Tom Essig
Former Chief Procurement
Officer, Department of
Homeland Security
Paul Benda
Partner & Chief Technology
Officer GSIS
Former Director, HSARPA
P. Allen Haney
President, P.Allen Haney
Company
Earl Holland
President, Growth Strategy
Consultants
Rear Admiral John
Acton
Former RearAdmiral,U.S.Coast
Guard and SpecialAdvisor to the
PresidentialTransition who works
with the Coalition on initiatives
with the U.S.Coast Guard and
continuedWhite House transition.
Robert Burton
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Amy Hutchens, Esq.
Founder and President of
CLEAResources, LLC
Master Chief
Mark Allen
Former Coast Guard Reserve
Force Master Chief, USCG
Mo McGowan
Partner,Command
Consulting Group,Former
AssistantAdministrator,
Office of Security Operations,
Transportation Security
Administration
Bill Carroll
President
EnProvera Corporation
JimWilliams
Former Commissioner
of the General Services
Administration’s Federal
Acquisition Service
Richard Skinner
Former Inspector General,
U.S Department of Homeland
Security
Charles Winwood
Senior Consultant, Border
Security and Enforcement
Tamla Tymus, Esq.
Former Subcommittee
Director/General Counsel,House
Committee on Homeland Security,
Subcommittee on Oversight and
Management Efficiency
Caryn A.Wagner
Former Under Secretary for
Intelligence and Analysis, U.S
Department of Homeland
Security
JillVaughan
Senior Advisor at GSIS
and former Assistant
Administrator for the Office
of Security Capabilities and
the Chief Technology Officer
at the Transportation Security
Administration
ChaniWiggins
Former Assistant Secretary
for Legislative Affairs, U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security CEO,Winn Strategies
Molly Wilkinson
Executive Director,
Electronic Payments
Coalition, Former General
Counsel, Deputy General
Counsel & Staff Director
for Subcommittee on
Contracting Oversight, U.S.
Senate Homeland Security
& Government Affairs
Committee
Luke McCormack
Former CIO, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
26. GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES COALITION
GTSC members believe that numerous public and private sector officials work to protect the homeland every day. These
heroes work on the challenges and issues that are critical to achieving the mission of protecting our homeland with little
to no recognition. GTSC developed our Annual Awards celebration to recognize these heroes and raise awareness of their
contributions to the homeland and national security mission. Nominations are held annually and are open for the month of
October. Anyone can nominate an individual or team for a GTSC Award.
Acquisition Excellence
Federal Reverse Industry Day
Advocates & Teams
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Soraya Correa
Chief Procurement Officer
Jaclyn Smyth
Director, DHS Strategic Sourcing Program Office
Carla Thomas
Industry Liaison
Michael Villano
Industry Liaison
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Desmond Brown
Director, Office of Small Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
Cherina Hughes
Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization
General Services Administration
Millisa Gary
Task and Delivery Order Ombudsman
General Services Administration
United States Treasury
Harrison Smith
IRS Deputy Chief Procurement Officer
Mitchell Winans
Special Assistant, IRS
Most Valuable Player
Thomas Homan
Deputy Director and Senior Official
Performing the Duties of the Director
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Small Business
Champion of the Year
Antonio A. Villafana
Chief Information Officer
Office of Health Affairs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Excellence in Outreach
Joseph A. Giunta, Jr.
Executive Director & Principal Assistant
Responsible for Contracting (PARC)
U.S. Army Contracting Command – Orlando
GTSC
Small Business of the Year
INTEGRITYOne Partners
GTSC
Mid-Tier Business of the Year
Acuity
GTSC
Mentor of the Year
Accenture
GTSC
Strategic Partner of the Year
Non-Commissioned Officers Association
GTSC
Strategic Advisor of the Year
Charles Armstrong
Founder, CEO
e2.71 Advisory Services
GTSC
Mission Awards
Thomas Bojito
Supervisory IT Specialist
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Elizabeth Capello
Deputy CIO
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Kelly C. Good
Acting Deputy
Executive Director Program Management Office
U.S. Border Patrol
Keith Jones
Acting CIO
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Maggie M. Myers
Public Affairs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Melinda Rogers
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Department of Justice
Chief Michael Schaff
Chief
Fairfax County International Search &
Rescue/Virginia Task Force 1
Citizen of Mission Award
Lori Gordon
Senior Strategist
HWC, INC.
2017 Annual Awardees
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BIG THANK YOUTO ALL OUR SPEAKERS OVER THE YEARS
Scott Algeier Executive Director IT-ISAC
Denise Anderson National Council of Information Sharing andAnalysis
Centers,Vice President,Financial Services-ISAC
David Andrew SeniorVice President and Practice Manager CACI
Charles ArmstrongAssistant Commissioner and Chief Information
Officer,CBP,DHS
Janice AyalaAssistant Director,Operations,HSI ICE
Stacey Banks CEO Oxford Federal
Paul Benda Partner and CTO GSIS
Jeffrey Berkin CSO CACI
Kevin Boshears Director,Office of Small,Disadvantaged,and
Underutilized Business,DHS
Sharie BourbeauAssistant Commissioner and Principal Executive for
Program Development Customs and Border Patrol
Kimberly Brown Deputy Branch Chief,Program Management
Operations Branch,Office of Chief Procurement Officer,FEMA,DHS
Vincent Brown Senior Program Specialist,Federal Insurance &
MitigationAdministration,FEMA,DHS
Michael BruemmerVice President,Data Breach Resolution,Experian
Sara Bryant Section Chief,Grant Directorate,FEMA,DHS
Steven Bucci, PhD,Lead Cyber Strategist,StrategicAdvisor,IBM,GTSC
Mary-Claire Burick CEO MC Strategy
Robert Burton,Partner,StrategicAdvisor,Venable LLP,GTSC
Gwen Camp Director,Individual & Community Preparedness,FEMA
Robert Carey Deputy Chief Information Officer DOD
Patrick Carney SeniorTechnicalAdvisor,Technical Counter Intelligence
& Cyber Directorate,ODNI
Larry Castro Managing DirectorThe Chertoff Group
Justin Chiarodo Partner Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Heidi Coloney Specialist,USCIS,DHS”
Richard Conway Partner Dickstein Shapiro
Tim Cummins President & CEO IACCM
Chris CummiskeyActing Under Secretary for Management DHS
Bruce Davidson Director SAFETYAct Office
Art Davis Director of Security BoozAllen Hamilton
Edward Davis Former Police commissioner of the Boston Police Dept.
Brian de Vallance Chief of Staff toAssistant Secretary Jane Holl Lute &
SpecialAdvisor to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano DHS
Kevin Delin CEO SensorWare Solutions
Ryan Denmark CEO RSDC Group
Deborah Determan Director,Research&DevelopmentPartnerships,DHS
Brant DeWitt Senior PolicyAdvisor for Cybersecurity,Chairman Michael
McCaul,Homeland Security Committee,US House of Representatives
Babs Doherty CEO,Eagle Ray,Inc.,
Antonio Doss District Director Small BusinessAdministration
Noel Due Supervisory SpecialAgent,Cyber Division,Operation Clean
Slate,FBI - HQ
Elaine Duke former Under Secretary for Management DHS; Elaine Duke
andAssociates
Caitlin DurkovichAssistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection,
NPPD,DHS
Eric Eifert SeniorVice President ManTech
Bernard Elero SeniorVice President,Chief Growth Officer,L3 STRATIS
Mui Erkurn Ombudsman DHS
Tom Essig Former Chief Procurement Officer; Owner,DHS;TWE,LLC
Elizabeth Ferrell Partner,McKenna,Long &Aldridge,
Brian Finch Partner,Global Security,Dickstein Shapiro LLC,
Beth FleshmanVice President,Alion,Science andTechnology Chair,
GTSC Lion’s Den
Bruce M Foucart Director,National Intellectual Property Rights
Coordination Center,DHS
Gary Galloway Deputy Director,Office of InformationAssurance,DOS
Dr. Daniel Gerstein Deputy Under Secretary,Science &Technology
Directorate,DHS
John Gibbons Partner Dickstein Shapiro
Porter Goss SeniorAdvisor Dickstein Shapiro
Christopher Graham Unit Chief,National Intellectual Property Rights
Coordination Center,DHS
Jeannine Hamilton Deputy Director CBP
P. Allen Haney CEO P.Allen Haney Company
John Harmon PartnerTactical Network Solutions
Lilly Harris CEO Man-Machine SystemsAssessment (MSA)
Arlette Hart CISO FBI
Latetia HendersonAssistantAdministrator,OfficeofAcquisition,TSA,DHS
Devon Hewitt Member Protorae Law PLLC
Time Hoescht ChiefTechnology OfficerAgilex
Ryan Hoffman DirectorThe Chertoff Group
Kelly HogganAssistantAdministrator,Security Operations,TSA
Earl Holland President Growth Strategy Consultants
David Honey Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for
Science &Technology ODNI
Leslie Hope Chief,USCIS/ESD/Biometrics Division,DHS
Michael Hopkins Specialist Federal Law EnforcementTraining Center
(FLETC) DHS
Sue Hopkins CEO DSCI
Stephen Howard Executive Director,TecPort Solutions’ Cyber Defense &
Compliance,Forensics Services Division
Tom Hughes Director Datamaxx
Amy Hutchens General Counsel,Vice President Compliance & Ethics
Services,Watermark Risk Management International”
Valerie Isbell Executive Director,Passenger Systems Program Office,
CBP,DHS
Linda JackstaExecutiveDirector,CargoSystemsProgramOffice,CBP,DHS
Todd Jasper Director of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Man-Machine SystemsAssessment
Antwayne Johnson Director,IPAWS,FEMA
Ron Johnson Senator US Senate
Faye Jones Small Business Specialist DHS
Laura JonesVice President,Business Development,Civilian Sector,GDIT
Rendell JonesAssociate Director,Management Directorate,USCIS,DHS
Brian KamoieAssistantAdministrator,Grant Programs,FEMA,DHS
Elaine Kapetenakis CEO KapstoneTechnologies
Deen Kaplan Partner Hogan Lovells
Lisa Kaplowitz DeputyAssistant Secretary for Policy,Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response,HHS
Stephen Karoly Director,Deployment & Logistics Division,Office of
Security Capabilities,TSA,DHS
Kate Kastelic Director,IDIQContracts&StrategicGrowthPrograms,CRGT
David KaufmanAssociateAdministrator,Policy,ProgramAnalysis,and
InternationalAffairs,FEMA
David Kaufman Office of Policy & ProgramAnalysis,FEMA,DHS
Jason Kaufman Managing DirectorThe Chertoff Group
Michael Kelly ExecutiveAdvisor,Homeland & Defense Security,TASC
Maria Kersey Director,Small Business Programs,Defense Intelligence
Agency
Charles Kieffer Staff Director,Homeland SecurityAppropriations
Subcommittee,US Senate
Beth Anne Killoran Executive Director,Office of ProgramAccountability
and Risk Management (PARM),DHS
Jennifer Kirkhoff SeniorVice President Miracle Systems
David Knox Vice President of National Security Solution Oracle
Kent Knudsen Information Systems Security Management K2Share
Ted Koutras Senior Specialist DHS
Kathy Kraninger Proffessional Staff Member,Subcommittee on
Homeland Security,HouseAppropriations Committee
Kate Kudrewicz Director of Procurement US Patent &Trade Office
Josh Kussman Sr.Vice PresidentThe Sentinel HS Group
John Lainhart Partner,Cybersecurity & Privacy,US Public Sector,IBM
Global Business Services
Kristen Lane IntelligenceAnalyst,Cyber Division,FBI,
Kevin Learned Attorney General Counsel PC
Traci Lembke DeputyAssistant Director,Homeland Security
Investigations,ICE
Michele Leonhart Administrator US Drug EnforcementAgency
Brian Lepore Director of Defense Capabilities and Management,,
GovernmentAccounting Office
Kimberly Lew Chief Personnel Security Division DHS
Jeffrey Lolley CISO Hogan Lovells
Wayne LucernoniVice President,Intel & Civic Programs,Harris IT
Darryl Madden Director,READY Campaign ,FEMA,DHS
Bob Maher Senior Policy Officer,Mission Integration Division,ODNI
Colleen ManaherDirector,WesternHemisphereTravelInitiative,CBP,DHS
Andrea Marsh Senior Market Manager Battelle
Lisa Martin CEO,LeapFrog Solutions,Inc.
Dennis Martinez Board Member National Fire ProtectionAssociation
Linda Mathes CEOAmerican Red Cross of the National Capital Region
Joan McCarroll Director,Systems Engineering and Integration Center of
Excellence,TASC,Inc
Andrea McCarthy President HARP
Jim McCarthy Owner/Technical Director,AOC Key Solutions,Inc.
Michael McCaul Chairman House Committee on Homeland Security
Sean McCloskey Program Manager,Cybersecurity Evaluations
Program,DHS
David McKernan Coordinator of Emergency Management Fairfax
County Office of Emergency Management
Daniel McLaughlin Executive director Office of Procurement Operations
J. Patrick McMahon Co-Chair,Government Contracts Practive Group,
General Counsel PC
Jason McNamara Vice President,ObsidianAnalysis,LLC,
Marrianne Meins President,Intelligence,Agilex
Linda Millis Director,Public Sector Partnership,ODNI
Kathy Mills Corporate Security Officer/Security Director,CENTRA
Technology ,Inc.
Heather MolinoVice President Cornerstone GovernmentalAffairs
Emile Monette SeniorAdvisor for Cybersecurity,Office of Mission
Assurance,GSA
Frank Montoya Jr.,Counterintelligence Executive Office of the National
Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX)
Jeanie MooreActing Director,Private Sector Office,FEMA,
John Morton Director,ICE,DHS
Michelle Mrdeza Principal Cornerstone GovernmentalAffairs
Carolyn Muir EVP,Business Operations,SE Solutions
James MulvenonVice President,Defense Group Inc,Center for
Intelligence Research andAnalysis,
Stephen Murphy SpecialAgent in Charge Organized Crime and Drug
EnforcementTask Force Fusion Center
Brian Nault President,BlueWater Federal Solutions,Inc
Nick Nayak Chief Procurement Officer Department of Homeland Security
Robert Nichols Partner,Covington & Burling,LLP
Ben Nicholson Majority Clerk,Subcommittee on Homeland Security,US
House of Representatives
Jaime O’Keefe Senior Manager,Marketing & Communications,Harris
IT Services
Marlene Owens Program Manager,TechnologyTransfer,Science &
Technology Directorate,DHS
Ludmilla Parnell Director,Business Development,Small Business
Partnerships,GDIT
Sandy Peavy Chief Information Officer Federal Law EnforcementTraining
Center (FLETC) DHS
Anne Petera DHS Client Executive Harris Corporation
Kathy Pherson CEO PhersonAssociates
Wayne PitzerVice President,Small Business Programs,L-3 STRATIS
Kimberly Raleigh Counsel,Office fo Law and Policy,National Security
Division,DOJ
Marty Rathman Director of Client Relations,GAP Solutions,Inc
Sue Reingold Deputy Director/Acquisition Risk Office of the Director of
National Intelligence
Stephen Rice AssistantAdministrator,Office of InformationTechnology,
TSA,DHS
Renee Richardson Deputy Director,INTEL Information Operations and
Cyber,OASD ReserveAffairs,US Navy,
John Riggi Section Chief,Cyber Division,FBI,
Maria Roat FedRAMP Director,Office of Citizen Services and Innovative
Technologies,GSA
Mike Rogers Chair,Homeland Security Subcommittee onTransportation
Security and Senior Member,HouseArmed Services Committee
Les Rose President L3 STRATIS
John Rothenberger CEO SE Solutions
Tony Sacco Consultant Pyramid Systems
Malcolm Sandilands Partner Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Nicholas SavageAssistantSectionChief,CyberCriminalSection,FBI,DOJ
Laurie Schive Director Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Phyllis Schneck Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity,NPPD,DHS
Sara Schoerlucke Director Northern Border Division
John Schwink Deputy Director,Personnel Security,ICE
Frances (Nadine) Sellers Contract Specialist,Small Business Programs
Office,National Geospatial-IntelligenceAgency
Richard Serino DeputyAdministrator,FEMA,DHS
Vipul Sharma Vice President & CTO,Civil Government & Healthcare IT
Solutions,L-3 NSS
Tim Shaughnessy SeniorTechnicalAdvisor Dept.of Homeland Security
Lindsay Sheehy Partner Dickstein Shapiro
Dr. Gary Shiffman Managing DirectorThe Chertoff Group
Scott Shoup Chief Data Officer,FEMA,DHS
David Silverberg Editor;Author Homeland SecurityToday; Master of
Disaster:The Political & Leadership Lessons ofAmerica’s Greatest Disasters
Cedric Sims Executive Director ProgramAccountability & Risk
Management Office
Richard Skinner StrategicAdvisorandformerInspectorGeneral,GTSC,DHS
Andrew Smith Associate Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Kathleen Smith Chief Marketing Officer ClearedJobs.Net
Michael Smith Director,Strategic Sourcing,DHS
Elissa Sobolewski Program Manager Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
Charlie Sowell DeputyAssistantDirector,SpecialSecurityDirectorate,ODNI
Michael Stabolepszy Managing Partner & Co-Founder
INTEGRITYOne Partners
Curt Steiner Vice President Motorola
Mary Ann Stoops Principal,Savvy Marketing Partners,LLC
Francis X. Taylor Under Secretary for Intelligence &Analysis US
Department of Homeland Security
Chuck Taylor Acting Chief Security Officer DHS
Trent Teyema Assistant SpecialAgent in Charge,Cyber Division,
FBI-WFO
Guy Torres Director,InformationTechnology Contracting,CBP,DHS
Paul Townshend Director of Cyber Security,MountAirey Group,Inc.
Randy Trzeciak Senior Member of theTechnical Staff,Software
Engineering Institute’s CERT,Carnegie Melon University”
Rod Turk CISO US Department of Energy
Brian Usher President-ElectAmerican PublicWorksAssociation
Ronald D. Vitiello Deputy Chief,US Border Patrol,US CBP,DHS
John Wade Vice President and Manager,Joint & Interagency Market
Group,Battelle Memorial Institute
James Wadsworth UC Radio Systems Development Unit FBI
Dr. Starnes Walker ChiefTechnology Officer &Technical Director,U.S.
Fleet Cyber Command & U.S.Tenth Fleet,US Navy
Heather Walker IntelligenceAnalyst,Cyber Division,FBI,
Dr. Michael Walter Detection Branch Chief & Program Manager,
BioWatch,Office of HealthAffairs DHS
Matt Warren President,Homeland Security,Agilex
Julie Watt Transportation SecurityAdministration DHS
Dave Webb Chief,Federal Branch at FEMA,Continuity of Operations
Division
Jeremy Wensinger President,Global Security & Solutions,USIS/PAE
Joe Westmoreland Director,Personnel Security,US CBP
Richard Whisner Senior Program Manager IDV Solutions
Colonel LeeWight DirectorWashington RegionalThreat &Analysis Center
Alice WilliamsActing Director,Small Business Programs,USArmy
Contracting Command
Jim Williams SeniorVice President Daon; General Services
Administration’s FederalAcquisition Service &Acting GSAAdministrator
Glenn Wood Vice President,InfraGard Board & Co-Chair,Cyber SIG
Director,Civilian Intel,Oracle
Colonel Lee Wright Executive DirectorWashington RegionalThreat &
Analysis Center
Lyn Young Director,Personnel Security,FEMA
Elizabeth Zimmerman AssociateAdministrator,Office of Response
and Recovery,FEMA,DHS
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