Government Technology & Services – GTS Coalition https://gt.gtscoalition.com Advocating for small and mid-size security companies in the Federal security market Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:03:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Dec. 16: Business Development for Emerging Small Companies https://gt.gtscoalition.com/1216-business-development-for-emerging-small-companies/ Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:15:18 +0000 https://www.gtscoalition.com/?p=5190 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

Tony saccoAbout 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.

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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

 

 

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]]> GTSC Awarded Strategic Partner of the Year by Linden Resources https://gt.gtscoalition.com/gtsc-awarded-strategic-partner-of-the-year-by-linden-resources/ Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:45:52 +0000 https://www.gtscoalition.com/?p=4914 Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2013 – Linden Resources honored the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) with its Strategic Partner of the Year award for GTSC’s work with the Vets Ready2Work program. The partnership helps veterans find meaningful employment on their return to civilian life by connecting veterans with disabilities, trained by the Vets Ready2Work program with employers in the GTSC community.

“As companies working in homeland and national security, GTSC members are committed to contributing to this critical community and assuring that we take care of those who sacrifice so much for our nation,” said Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO and Founder of GTSC. “Assuring that these veterans find meaningful work to reintegrate and continue to support their families is the least we can do.”

GTSC member companies are committed to working with Linden to hire veterans, providing feedback on workplace requirements and referring veterans to the program. GTSC members DAI; Dynamic Security Concepts, Inc.; Man-Machine Systems Assessment; NCI, Inc.; Pherson Associates, LLC; PReSafe Technologies LLC; SCI Consulting Services, Inc., The Strativest Group LLC; and ProQual-I.T., Inc. committed to work to place veterans in meaningful positions.

“Our strategic partnership with GTSC has increased our business opportunities and brought more focus to hiring our nation’s veterans,” said Linda Chandler, the CEO of Linden Resources. “This partnership continues to advance Linden’s mission of expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities.”

Pictured above, left to right: Linda Chandler, CEO of Linden Resources; Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO of GTSC; and  Lisa Lopinsky, former Board Chair of Linden Resources.

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The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) is a nonprofit, non-partisan 501(c)(6) association of companies that create, develop and implement solutions for the federal homeland and national security sector. Our mission is two-fold: first, to provide exceptional advocacy, capacity building, partnership opportunities and marketing in the Federal security space for small and mid-sized companies. Second, to support and assist our government 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. For more information on these mentors and the Government Technology & Services Coalition, please visit www.GTSCoalition.com.

Linden Resources was founded fifty-three years ago by a group of Northern Virginia parents seeking jobs for their children with disabilities. Today, Linden remains focused on its mission to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It operates three commercial businesses that generate revenue to support its mission, which include: print and mailing services; warehousing and fulfillment; and document destruction. The organization manages over a dozen federal contracts, employing people with disabilities. For more information about Linden Resources, visit www.Linden.org.

 

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