Charles Lyons-Burt

Last year, long-running data storage company Seagate made the decision to refocus its core harddrive business, especially in emerging markets. This shift resulted in a necessary shuttering of its federal arm and, in turn, opened up a new opportunity for now-former Seagate exec Bill Downer. The spry businessman endeavored to partner with a colleague who […] More

Justin Fessler never planned to get into government contracting. He began his career at IBM initially thinking he would join a commercial team, but after a series of unexpected turns, he ended up getting tasked with selling software to the federal government. In this position, he began supporting around 40 field reps across three product […] More

As executive director and board member at SciTec, Jim Bower oversees organizational business development for the company’s remote sensing military mission applications, as well as strategy, marketing and client engagement. Bower has been with SciTec since 2021 full-time, but he’s partnered with the Princeton, New Jersey-based company in some capacity for the last decade. He was previously […] More

Sharon Dunbar offers the ideal government contracting perspective: decades (three to be exact) served in the military and now a lengthy stint in senior roles at a major industry organization. Dunbar concluded her time in the U.S. Air Force overseeing international 60,000-person aerospace expeditionary operations as a major general and commander. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, […] More

Now that J&J Worldwide Services—the McLean, Virginia-based provider of engineering services, base support operations and facilities maintenance—has officially rebranded as CBRE Government & Defense Services, its executives are excited to talk about its new direction. After speaking at length with CEO Patrick Roddy last week, we checked in with Amanda Hendry, the company’s chief operating officer, and Darren Blue, group […] More

Patrick Roddy is fluent in scaling mid-sized businesses for growth, expansion and acquisition. As executive vice president, chief operating officer and, eventually, president of American Facilities Professionals, his work was recognized as propelling the company to be one of the fastest-growing private organizations in the U.S. by Inc. 5000. After real estate giant CBRE acquired J&J […] More