Emerging Small Business group – GTS Coalition

Michael P. Jackson joins GTSC as Steering Committee Chair

Kristina Tanasichuk — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:47:59 +0000

GTSC today announced that Michael P. Jackson, CEO of Vidsys (www.vidsys.com) and Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation has joined the Coalition leadership as Chair of the Steering Committee. Jackson, the CEO of a small business working in the homeland and national security space, joins GTSC’s leadership to “share innovative, pragmatic lessons learned from small and mid-sized businesses serving public agencies responsible for essential security missions.” Read the press release here.

Dec. 16: Business Development for Emerging Small Companies

Kristina Tanasichuk — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:15:18 +0000

Join the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) and the Emerging Small Business Group on December 16 to learn about best practices for business development for emerging small companies. Our presenter is Tony Sacco who is the former Vice President of SAIC. He over 40 years of experience in business development, IT systems development, integration and operations. Topics will include:

Introduction to the BD lifecycle from a small business perspective
Challenges and opportunities in each phase
Strategies and techniques to be successful at BD

About Mr. Sacco

Mr. Sacco has over 40 years professional and management experience in the fields of Business Development, IT Systems development, integration and operations. A majority of his experience was and is involved in the management of significant, fixed price, software intensive, development, systems integration and O&M programs for the federal government. His last responsibility, before retiring, was the SAIC program manager for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) EAGLE $1.25B IDIQ program which included winning and executing over 40 competitive Task Orders. His previous assignment includes more than 7 years of IT program management on DHS and predecessor agency contracts, leading a $400 million IT engineering services program. Mr. Sacco is a PMI-certified PMP and an experienced earned value methodology (EVM) instructor with real-world ability in implementing solu¬tions for large federal programs. As program manager on a major IT services contract, Mr. Sacco oversaw critical projects for DHS, including the design and build of the DHS network backbone for OneNetwork, design and imple¬mentation of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) facility, and design and implementation of the DHS enterprise architecture (EA). In part, the work that Mr. Sacco led for SAIC re-sulted in SAIC’s selection by Frost and Sulli¬van as the 2005 Homeland Security Company of the Year. He also was the program manager for the development and worldwide deployment of the Navy War Gaming System (NWGS). He holds a BSEE from Polytechnic Inst of NY; a MSOR from New York University and a MBA from Rider University. He is a member of the Program Management Institute (PMP) and a IEEE Life Member He is certified to teach EVM and courses in Business Development, PM and Quality Management.

About the Emerging Small Business Group

The Emerging Small Business Group is open to GTSC members with revenue <$2.5 million. It will focus on understanding the numerous challenges of starting/growing a small business in the Federal space and marshaling GTSC’s vast resources of peers, owners, mentors, subject matter experts and online virtual tools to provide our emerging small business members the knowledge and techniques they need to meet the challenges of growing a business.

Emerging Small Businss Group Chair: Elaine Kapetanakis

Sept. 24: Emerging Small Business Group Meeting

Kristina Tanasichuk — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:00:40 +0000

Member companies of the Government Technology & Services Coalition under $2.5 million in revenue are invited to join Elaine Kapetanakis, CEO of Kapstone Technologies, Inc., for a meeting to discuss the challenges and opportunities of starting and operating a small business and how to best leverage the vast resources available within the Coalition. This session will serve as the first meeting for the newly formed Emerging Small Business Group (ESB).

The Emerging Small Business Group’s Mission

The Emerging Small Business Group (ESB) was formed to provide dedicated programming and resources for Emerging Small Businesses (businesses with revenue <$2.5M). The group focuses on engaging emerging small business owners, understanding the numerous challenges of starting/growing a small business in the Federal space and marshaling GTSC’s vast resources of peers, owners, mentors, subject matter experts and online virtual tools to provide our members the knowledge and techniques needed to meet the challenges of growing a business.

ESB Chair: Elaine Kapetanakis, CEO, Kapstone Technologies, Inc.

Kapstone Technologies, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business based in Reston, Virginia offering Information Technology Services to the Federal, state, and local governments.