Executive Profiles

Chris Stansbury, Health Care Segment Partner and Growth Leader at Guidehouse

Chris Stansbury is a partner and growth leader of the health care segment at Guidehouse, a consulting firm that services public and private sector customers. Stansbury oversees the identification and capture of strategic sales and growth opportunities across public sector health markets and international bodies such as NATO. He focuses on growing major

Jordan Parsons, Vice President and FDA and NIH Account Executive at ICF

Jordan Parsons is a vice president and the account executive of ICF International's Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health accounts.Parsons leads efforts to deliver domain expertise and digital modernization capabilities that support the NIH and the FDA. She also ensures that ICF can make a significant impact on her clients and b

Zaki Saleh, Senior Vice President of the Health and Civilian Market at LMI

Zaki Saleh is the senior vice president of the health and civilian market at LMI, handling profit and loss management, business growth, project delivery and execution, customer satisfaction and business development. Saleh, who joined LMI earlier in August, is a 20-year veteran of the federal consulting industry, according to his LinkedIn and&n

Five Executives Driving Digital Transformation in GovCon

Digital transformation is the process of implementing digital technology into all aspects of a business to adapt to changing requirements. According to cloud specialist Salesforce, the move toward smart applications gives organizations a chance to reimagine how they engage with customers.Even small busines

Mark Drever, President and CEO at Xcelerate Solutions

Mark Drever, a Potomac Offers Club member, has served as the president and CEO of Xcelerate Solutions for over a decade. Under his leadership, the company has secured contracts with the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and other entities within the intelligence community. Xcelerate also won prime contract vehicles with the General

Amy Bleken, CEO at Client Solutions Architects

Amy Bleken is the CEO of Client Solutions Architects, which provides information technology services and consulting to the public sector. Bleken, a Potomac Officers Club member, leads the company in providing digital transformation and mission-centric services to the U.S. Navy, Army, and the Department of Defense, among other clients.The executive joine

Tonia Bleecher, CEO of Ventech Solutions

Tonia Bleecher is the CEO of Ventech Solutions, a health care IT company that delivers enterprise data and emerging technology solutions.Ventech's services include application modernization, systems operations, data center operations, systems development, software testing and data management.In her role, Bleecher serves as a trusted adviser to clients a

John Foley, President and Chief Financial Officer of DSA

John Foley is the president and chief financial officer of data and enterprise IT company DSA.Foley oversees the company's efforts to provide digital modernization, cloud, cybersecurity and professional IT solutions to federal government clients. He is also responsible for managing and directing the company's strategic growth initiatives, accounting, co

Rocky Thurston, Chief Operating Officer at Digital Management Inc.

Rocky Thurston serves as chief operating officer at Digital Management Inc., an information technology management firm located in Bethesda, Maryland. DMI offers services related to digital transformation and consulting to commercial and federal customers. Before joining DMI, Thurston served as president of Peraton’s citizen security and public se

Conrad Symber, Senior Vice President of Growth and Strategy at Aeyon

Conrad Symber has been serving as Aeyon’s senior vice president of growth and strategy since December 2021. In the said role, Symber leads the company’s growth team in each military department, defense agency, and civilian and commercial markets. He is also in charge of Aeyon’s corporate growth strategy and growth initiative centered on business i

Rich Wissler, Business Development Director at SAIC

Rich Wissler is the director of business development at Science Applications International Corp. Since joining the company in July 2021, Wissler has been working as the lead business developer for the company's U.S. Air Force, commands and agency business area, supporting multiple information technology and mission capability sets of USAF and enterprise

Emily Martin, VP of Growth at Yorktown Systems Group

Emily Martin is the vice president of growth at Yorktown Systems Group and is a Potomac Officers Club member.Martin oversees the company's marketing, corporate strategy and new business development. She has over 17 years of experience in defense contracting, having supported multiple Department of Defense and intelligence community organizations and all

Tim Gillespie, President of G-Force

Tim Gillespie serves as president of G-Force, a firm located in Herndon, Virginia, that provides growth strategy and execution for the aerospace and defense sectors. Gillespie previously served as vice president of advanced programs at Jacobs, according to his LinkedIn profile.The executive, a 28-year industry veteran, worked in various leadership

Eldar Imanverdi, Vice President of Business Development at CRDF Global

Eldar Imanverdi, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as vice president of business development at CRDF Global, a research nonprofit focused on security and education headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Imanverdi’s tenure at CRDF spans 18 years, encompassing a variety of leadership roles. The executive’s key accomplishment in his cur

Robert Curbeam, Senior Vice President of Space Capture at Maxar Technologies

Robert Curbeam, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as senior vice president of space capture at Maxar Technologies, a space systems maker headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.Maxar offers products and services related to robotics, satellite access,  precision mapping, geospatial intelligence and others, according to its website.Prior t

Five Space Sector Leaders in Government Contracting

Space has been seeing a renewed focus from both the federal civilian and military sectors. The United States established the Space Force in late 2019, recognizing space not just as a place from which to support combat operations but as a warfighting domain in itself. Meanwhile, NASA's Artemis program is