Exclusive Interview - Joe Kampf is back in the game

After selling Anteon to General Dynamics for $2.1 Billion, well known CEO Joe Kampf took some time on the sideline to plan his next chapter. He is back in the market and has already made his first acquisition. Read more.

A Green Sun is Rising in the Federal Space

Come and hear computer pioneer and work station legend Scott McNealy speak on May 6th at the Potomac Officers Club at the Tyson’s Ritz Carlton. New membership applicationss now being accepted or existing members can register here.

Sun sits at the confluence of several important trends he and Sun have led the effort towards blade servers and virtualization. Both of these technologies are used to reduce space, materials, energy (Think Green) and cost when developing scaled computing services. They have embraced the reduction of resource consumption in highly reliable and massively scaled operations. McNealy is personally focused on how Sun applies their technology to Civilian and Defense Government requirements. If you are a Sun partner, competitor or just interested – you need to hear the always energetic and controversial Scott McNealy.

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Intellipedia

The intelligence community has been known to embrace Web 2.0 technologies. Attend the upcoming New New Internet breakfast on April 24th and hear expert technologist Chris Rasmussen of the intelligence community speak on Web 2.0, Intellipedia and other IC initiatives. Register here.

Joe Ragan’s transformative leadership at GTSI

Joe Ragan

By Lisa Singh - Over the last few years, GTSI — an enterprise solutions and services provider to the government — has been a company in transition, moving from its old role of being a traditional government reseller of IT products into a total solutions provider. Today, the company is well-positioned to go out and grow the services business. A big part of that growth can be credited to Joe Ragan, and his leadership as CFO. Ragan recently talked with us about the joys and challenges of his new role as CFO, how he’s help turn GTSI around, and what hot trends might very well shape public companies in the DC area and beyond. Read more.

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Interview with CoVant Co-Founder Joseph Kampf on First Acquisition

In 2006 Anteon, one of the area’s largest government contractors, was sold to General Dynamics for $2.1 billion. The transaction marked the successful culmination of a stratospheric growth story for the Anteon management team, which had guided the contractor from a $100 million company to the $2 billion mark in a decade’s time.

While Anteon began a new chapter as General Dynamics, principals of its management team also decided it was time to turn the page. Anteon President and CEO Joseph Kampf, Executive VP of Technology Seymour L. Moskowitz, Executive VP of Corporate Development Mark Heilman, VP of Corporate Development Gerald Dorros, and Senior VP Roger Gurner all decided to move on.

Click here to read the full interview.

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  Are you trying to learn the best way to partner with the large prime contractors? Well check out this year’s National Small Business Week. It’s an event hosted by the SBA focused exclusively on small business. Come hear Shiv Krishnan, President & CEO of INDUS Corporation, along with other experts talk about the “Secrets of Building Alliance Partnerships with Prime Contractors” and network with policy makers as well as successful small business executives on April 23rd at the Mandarin Hotel in Washington DC.
• Khari Brown of Capital Partners for Education
  March 4, 2008 by Lisa Singh
  For the past seven years, Khari Brown has been on a mission. As executive director of Capital Partners for Education, he and the organization he oversees have helped youth from some of Washington, D.C.’s poorest communities have a shot at a better education. Since the program’s inception, over 100 students have graduated from D.C.-area private high schools with the help of CPE.

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SBA's Small Business Week: April 21 – 25, 2008

The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce Small Business Week April 21-25, 2008. Since 1963, every President has declared National Small Business Week to formally recognize the important role of America’s small business community.

This year’s event will be chockfull of powerhouse sessions that provide the tools — and connections — to address your business goals for today and tomorrow.

Tien Wong

Confirmed several keynotes and administration officials, including. Sec. Michael Levitt, Newt Gingrich, Ambassador Susan Schwab (U.S. Trade Representative), Administrator Steve Preston (U.S. Small Business Administration), David Lattimore (CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City), John Bryant (CEO of Operation HOPE), and William Kovac (Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce). Attendees will also have the unique opportunity to participate in meetings with corporate and federal buyers who have contracts to be filled by small businesses.

Also, recently added speakers include Tien Wong, CEO of Opus8 and Shiv Krishnan, CEO of Indus Corp.

For more information, please visit www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com.

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