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GCNCommmittee
Welcome to GovConNet
GovConNet Home (new page) | Resources (new page) | All Events (new page) The following individuals are the founding members of the GovConNet Committee:
Jackie Asencio is President/CEO of C2 Portfolio, Inc., one of the region’s leading human capital management service providers. With more than 27 years experience, Ms. Asencio has been a major influence in helping small government contractors grow and compete in the federal market place. As a seasoned trainer and coach, Ms. Asencio works closely with business owners ensuring their human capital management strategies are aligned to their business goals. She has extensive experience of full life cycle recruiting, talent management, succession planning, career development, reward and recognition strategies, performance management, regulatory compliance, compensation, benefits, risk management, and outplacement services. Prior to founding C2 Portfolio, Ms. Asencio provided human capital management support to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of State, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the World Bank Group.
Michael Bowlds is President of the Mountaintop Marketing Group and has more than 15 years experience marketing and extending services to the government, financial, corporate, and academic markets. Mountaintop was founded in 2001 fueled by Mr. Bowlds' sincere passion to support to small businesses throughout the country. Providing comprehensive advertising and marketing solutions for B2B sales, Mountaintop soon established a focus on Government marketing and business development services. Mountaintop continues to grow and expand its government marketing and support services.
Douglas T. Brown, is Senior Vice President and Manager of the Corporate Banking Government Contracting Group for PNC Bank N.A., Washington, DC. Mr. Brown has been with PNC and its predecessor bank, Riggs Bank, since 2001 and previously worked for Bank of America, N.A. and its predecessor banks for 16 years as a Loan Officer, as well as a manager of Loan Officers in the Mid-Atlantic region. Subsequent to 1990, the majority of Mr. Brown’s customers were companies that provided services to the Federal Government and State governments. He sits on the MCCC Board of Directors as Treasurer. Robert A. Burton is a nationally-recognized federal procurement expert, who focuses his practice on assisting government contractors navigate the complex and rule-driven procurement process. He represents companies that conduct business across the entire spectrum of the federal government, from the largest defense contractors and systems integrators to small businesses that provide products and services to the government.
Joseph Buyalos is a Partner with The Insurance Exchange. He leads the firms Employee Benefits practice and in his 14 years with the firm has tremendous experience in designing and negotiating ultra competitive fringe benefit programs for his many government contractor clients ranging from employers with around 50 employees up to 5,000 employees worldwide including several war risk countries. In addition to government contractors, Buyalos also has several large technology, association, and non-profit clients. He is also the driving force behind the GovConNet Benefits Survey which will give government contractors throughout the region and the country access to real-time high quality benefits benchmarking data at no cost to Survey participants.
Larry Davis is Managing Partner of Aronson Capital Partners. Larry leads the firms M&A advisory practice, which is focused on the Federal IT sector. He has over 20 years of M&A and corporate finance experience in the federal sector having completed over 25 transactions. As a result of his unique industry experience, he serves as a strategic advisor to middle-market companies assisting them in developing strategies to enhance shareholder value.
Mark Gossart, CPA, is an Officer in the Firm’s Tax Services Group. Mark specializes in income taxation, tax research and planning at the federal and state levels, and tax compliance, including the preparation and review of federal and state tax returns for a wide variety of individuals and business entities.
Jospeh Jezior is a partner/owner of Technology Business Solutions Inc. and has more than 22 years of experience in guiding organizations through financial design, compliance, allocations and project costing to support complex government contracting requirements. He is a proven leader with a comprehensive portfolio of skills and experiences in business development, sales & marketing, strategic planning, P&L management, government contracting, professional services management, operations management, finance & administration and project management.
Barry Kane is president of Catapult Technology and has nearly 40 years of experience in the public and private sectors, with a background in engineering, telecommunications, and information technology. As a senior manager, he has a track record of acquiring new work, expanding existing contracts, building and running an efficient organization, and exceeding revenue and profit estimates. Prior to joining Catapult, Kane was senior vice president at CACI and executive vice president and chief operating officer of AlphaInsight, where he was responsible for all aspects of operations, business development, and proposal development. He has also managed government contracts for SIGNAL Corporation and Synetics Corporation.
Alexandra B. Kessler, CPA leads Aronson & Company’s Government and Technology Services group. Her clients include commercial and government contractors, and technology and government contracting service organizations. She specializes in assurance, tax, consulting services, government cost principles and regulations, due diligence as it relates to merger and acquisition activity, and assisting companies develop and create strategic planning objectives.
Pamela J. Mazza, managing partner at PilieroMazza PLLC, practices in the areas of corporate counseling, government contracts, government relations, Native American law and association law. Within her government contracts practice, Mazza advises on all aspects of government contracting, with a specialty in issues pertaining to small and disadvantaged businesses. She counsels clients on a variety of corporate issues including corporate formation and restructuring, shareholder agreements, and trade secrets protection. Mazza also represents trade associations, coalitions and corporations before Congress and the Administration. She sits on the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and acts as General Counsel to the Chamber.
Eric Pietras is a Senior Vice President with TD Bank, N.A. (formerly Commerce Bank) and is the founder and manager of the Bank’s Government Contractor Lending practice. He is also in charge of the Bank’s regional Middle Market Lending effort. Eric has more than 24 years in commercial banking, most of which has involved serving the government contracting sector. Prior to joining Commerce Bank in 2005, he spent ten years with Chevy Chase Bank, where he started and ran that Bank’s Government Contracting & Technology Group. Prior to joining Chevy Chase Bank in 1995, Eric worked in a number of commercial lending positions for Bank of America (successor to Nationsbank and Maryland National Bank), and Wachovia Bank (successor to Signet Bank and First Union Bank). Eric holds a BA in Economics with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His board activity includes serving a Director and Committee Chair on the Board of the National Capital Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) (through June 2008) and Small & Emerging Contractor Advisory Forum (SECAF) (through June 2007). Eric was awarded the Dealmaker of the Year Award in 2007 in the Capital Provider category from the National Capital Chapter of ACG.
Keith Romanowski, Senior Manager, Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Company has more than 19 years of experience in the Government Contracting sector. He has handled SEC reporting and FAR, CAS, and GAAP compliance. Keith provides consulting to companies that use Deltek GCS Premier and Deltek Time & Expense. Keith also advises clients on financial and operational issues, including indirect rate structures, general ledger chart of accounts, account reconciliations, monthly and year end closings, and financial statement reporting. Keith is a graduate of the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Accounting.
DeVance Walker is the Manager of Small and Minority Business Services for the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development. Several of his initiatives, such as the Business Mentorship Program and the Procurement Fair, have received national recognition. He develops programs, coordinates business conferences and seminars and serves as a contract administrator for the County government. Recently, he served as the manager for the County’s acclaimed Business Resource Center. During his twenty years with the County, he has received more than 100 business and community service awards.
Mitchell Weintraub is a Certified Public Accountant and a founding partner of Cordia Partners and has been instrumental in assisting clients with management and staffing of their accounting departments. Mitch has over 18 years of professional experience in accounting department development for new organizations, process and organizational reorganization, reengineering and management of existing departments. He also has experience in personnel and corporate policies and procedures, management reporting and financial statement preparation and review as well as extensive experience in audit, tax and consulting services.
Christine Williamson serves as a Member of the Government Contracting and Technology Industry Group. From her experience in working on engagements involving the closing and management of acquired financial institutions, she has been able to adapt to various organizational sizes and levels of accounting personnel. She has performed financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations for construction, professional services firms, retail, and not-for-profit clients.
John Zuccaro is Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain Management, Lockheed Martin Corporation. John has over 30 years contracting/procurement experience in the federal prime contractor sector. He has earned "lifetime" Certified Purchasing Manager status from the Institute of Supply Chain Management. His current responsibilities include procurement operations and the Small Business/Supplier Diversity program for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Services business area headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.
Mr. Eisig is the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce's Chairman for 2009-2010.
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