The lessons learned during the early years working as a small business supporting federal agencies are akin to paying tuition — so you can be a better company, explains FTS Federal’s Leigh Ann Hope for…
March 7, 2024
Helping lock down corporate financial communications catapulted Diligent into risk management, audit and compliance, and ultimately ESG. We talk with CEO Brian Stafford about that evolution for the latest episode of ASMC’s The Business of…
February 9, 2024
“The game has to come to you. And so as the game comes to you, you take what the pitcher offers.” That, says Patrick Lynch of Lynch Consultants, is key to success in government contracting.…
January 8, 2024
Set up an infrastructure early and start bidding early too, recommends Tabatha Turman, who launched her financial solutions company in 2007. Bidding early lets a business win or learn (not lose), she explains on The…
December 6, 2023
With all the talk of software supply chain risk management, it might be easy to lose sight of the fact that the government manages many large physical supply chains. We get advice on solving complex…
November 9, 2023
That belief lies at the core of why brothers Dan and John Saaty founded Decision Lens nearly 20 years ago. On The Business of Defense, Dan shares how the company has evolved its tools so…
October 13, 2023
When Jonathan Moak left a large tech company after working in the Army, he didn’t plan to quickly join a startup. But that’s exactly the turn his career took. We asked the Inkit SVP to…
September 21, 2023
“Only 3% of all CPAs are in the socioeconomic classification of Black. When you’re looking at the space, there’s an opportunity,” points out Salome Tinker, a partner in the financial consultancy TSC Enterprise. She’s on…
September 1, 2023
All entrepreneurs want their government contracting businesses to grow, but sizing out of a special small business status can be tricky. On ASMC’s The Business of Defense, a former Army service member shares how his…
July 19, 2023
It can act as a force multiplier, says Dave Sterling, CEO of Royce Geo. Sterling talks both about the evolution of his eight-year-old business and how DoD and the IC are adopting a new approach…
June 12, 2023
Before getting to the challenges, CGI Federal’s Horace Blackman wants to share that, psst, the government as a whole is more innovative than the private sector. Learn about that and those unique challenges on ASMC’s…
May 10, 2023
Iberia Advisory, which helps agencies tackle complex financial management challenges, opened for business during the COVID-19 pandemic. On ASMC’s The Business of Defense, President Ryan Waguespack shares tips on what’s contributed to early success.
April 14, 2023
Employee stock ownership plans may be less common among government contractors than in the commercial world, but an ESOP helped Calibre Systems build a successful consultancy, explains CEO Richard Pineda on ASMC’s The Business of…
March 16, 2023
The management consultancy, which began as a carveout of PwC’s public sector practice in 2018, today has revenue of $3 billion. Find out about its M&A strategy when Guidehouse’s defense and national security leader joins…
February 8, 2023
