July 28
10:00 – 11:30 am
With two months left in the fiscal year, it looks like money is growing on trees and the smart companies are reviewing and analyzing what it will take to win in this “firehose” environment. Join us for a Market Outlook review that will take a look at where the opportunities are and discuss some strategies on how to go after them.

Speaker: Kimberly Purlia, Senior Partner, Purlia | Parris
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ABOUT KIMBERLY
Kimberly Purlia has over 27 years in both Government and Private Sector as a results oriented, solution provider spanning multiple areas of Homeland Security, Preparedness, IT Services, Intelligence Programs & Support, Requirements Management, and Threat & Domain Analysis. Working with the Department of Homeland Security since inception, Ms. Purlia has implemented plans, strategies, and policies involving Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources issues and capabilities, IT Security & Information Assurance, Transportation Security, Customs & Border Protection solutions, and National Operations Center coordination.

She has worked for and supported large and small organizations and currently consults to Small and Large businesses in Strategic Initiatives and specific IT & Consulting opportunities with DHS, FAA, and other Critical Infrastructure partners across the Federal Civilian market. Previously, Ms. Purlia worked multiple projects with General Dynamics as a Program Manager, Solution Architect, and Account Director. She is highly skilled in relationship management, coordinating teams and companies for strategic engagements, and “connecting the dots” between government and industry.

She is a retired Intelligence Officer with the US Navy, and active in several industry and charity organizations including the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council where she sits on the Thought Leadership Committee and Chairs the Information Sharing working group; and the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) where she supports the Small Business Shared Interest Group (SB SIG) and Chairs the Programs committee within the SIG.

Ms. Purlia holds a BA in Criminal Justice from the University of San Diego, CA; and a AA in Music Theory from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA; and has post graduate work in Theories of Law.

October 6, 2011

10:00 am Location TBD

Wayne Lucernoni, Vice President, Intel & Civil Programs, Harris IT

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Join us for an intimate mentoring conversation with Wayne Lucernoni of Harris Corporation. Harris is a $5 billion international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. …Read More

Dan Stoneking, Director of the Private Sector Office at FEMA invites you to the first national conference on “Building Resilience through Public-Private Partnerships.”

This is the first time FEMA has brought together participants from all levels of the government and private sector leaders from across the nation – along with FEMA’s 10 new regional private sector liaisons. …Read More

Join us for a homeland security outlook with
Michael Kelly
Executive Advisor, Homeland and Defense Security

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: Battelle, 1550 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 6th floor–more–>
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Michael Kelly, a seasoned homeland security professional who recently moved from the Battelle Memorial Institute to TASC will join the Government Technology & Services Coalition for an assessment of the homeland security environment, a look at strategy for the next five years and how his company has successfully navigated the homeland security and defense markets.

Established in Winchester, MA, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) began serving the US government with modeling, simulation, analysis, and evaluation of integrated navigation and guidance systems. Earliest programs included the Trident Submarine, Minuteman Missile and the Space Shuttle in 1966. Since then, TASC has evolved and acquired several companies, eventually being acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation Information Technology Sector. Northrop Grumman integrates its Information Technology and Mission Systems sectors. All Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance and advisory services related work was moved into the TASC subsidiary and development project to other units.

The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (WSARA) of 2009 becomes law to prevent the occurrence of conflicts created when a contractor is used for both advisory support services and the development on a major defense acquisition program. Northrop Grumman had both development and advisory services programs so on December 19, Northrop Grumman sells TASC, Inc., its advisory services business, for $1.65 billion to an investor group led by General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. For a full description of TASC’s evolution, visit their history here.