Hosted by nationally-known speaker and consultant Mark Amtower, Amtower Off-Center highlights the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain silly of doing business in the government market. Every week experts join Mark for a lively discussion of current issues facing the government contractor community.
This week on Amtower Off Center, Martha Dorris, founder and CEO of Dorris Consulting joins host Mark Amtower to discuss customer experience and how it fits in the federal government. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Adam Vasquez, CEO of Merit joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to talk about his book: Toothfish: The Origins of Markets, and the concept of market invention. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure at Forcepoint, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of how the federal goverment's cybersecurity efforts are being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
This week on Amtower Off Center, ATARC CEO Tom Suder joins host Mark Amtower to discuss how is company is his company is helping government agencies and contractors resolve their toughest technology challenges. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss a wide variety of contracting stories, including, the drama surrounding CMMC, the launch of Polaris, and SEWP's record breaking year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, author Joan Magretta joins host Mark Amtower to discuss her new book, "What is Strategy? An Illustrated Guide to Michael Porter", and provides tips on how to develop a competitive business strategy for your company. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the "new normal" for federal workers and contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic, and whether fiscal year 2021 will start with a continuing resolution. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Christopheer Parente, founder of StoryTech Consulting, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how contractors can develop and deploy their content to grow their businesses. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Ray Bjorklund of Birchgrove Consulting joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the steps contractors can take to make sure they are targeting the right federal agencies for their products and services. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on brand differentiation, content creation, social selling, and how to leverage visible experts to help grow your business. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Bloomberg Government's Daniel Snyder joins host Mark Amtower to talk about STARS III, CIO-SP4, Alliant 2 and other large contracts that are emerging by the end of this fiscal year and early FY 2021. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Doug Mashkuri, VP and general manager of GovLoop, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss what contractors should consider when selecting a virtual meeting platform. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Erica Pyatt, manager of Advocacy & Government for LinkedIn, joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of LinkedIn as a publishing platform and marketing tool. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the impact of Covid 19 on the government contracting market. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, author and consultant Neal Schaffer joins host Mark Amtower to talk about influence marketing and his new book, The Age of Influence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Author and speaker David Meerman Scott returns to Amtower Off Center to discuss the continuing and expanding influence of web 2.0 tools in marketing and public relations and how these tools can be used for PR and damage control. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Ana Hirsbrunner, president of Synectics for Management Decisions, joins host Mark Amtower to talk about her family owned small business and the role it plays in the GovCon market. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the state of marketing during the coronavirus pandemic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
PropLIBRARY's Carl Dickson makes a return appearance on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the evolution of his approach to building winning RFPs, and the creation of his "Must Win Process" online tool. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Brian Chidester of OpenText, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss current trends in GovCon marketing, including how events and digital platforms should be used as part of a company's overall marketing plan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, for a wide-ranging discussion of the mergers and acquisition climate, the popularity of "best in class" contracts, and the budget outlook for the rest of this year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Federal Business Council CEO David Powell joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how to develop your criteria for selecting and participating in events. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Nyla Technology Solutions CEO Shana Cosgrove and Larry Letow, operating partner at Interprise Partners, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the clearance process and some of the challenges that contractors face when doing business in the IC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
This week on Amtower Off Center, VMWare's Christina Morrison and Allan Rubin of ORock Technologies joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the state of marketing in government contracting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
GovCon small business adviser and author Judy Bradt joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the steps you can take to grow your business and win more government contracts in 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This week on Amtower Off Center, Joshua Frank, managing partner of RSM Federal joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of consolidated schedules, category management and how to get ahead of the bidding process. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Joanne Woytek, program director of NASA SEWP, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center, to discuss the program's recent growth, and shares her vision on how to make buying from and selling through SEWP as seamless as possible for contractors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Deltek Senior Vice President Kevin Plexico and Bob Lohfeld, CEO of Lohfeld Consulting Group join host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the growth of GWACs over the last five years, best in class contracts, category management and the impact of GWACs and IDIQs on small businesses. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aaron Heffron, president of Market Connections joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the results from the recently released 2019 Federal Media and Marketing Study which examines the media consumption habits of federal workers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
C2 Technologies CEO Dolly Oberoi joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the evolution of the "small business" contracting ecosystem and why now is a great time to be a small contractor in government. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
