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Leadership

A Deeply Experienced Executive Management Team

Agilex has established an exceptional leadership team. They are distinguished by their strategic vision, significant management experience, uncompromisable ethical standards, and demonstrated commitment to client success. Alumni of multiple industry leaders, they are working with our professionals to establish Agilex as a preeminent provider of consulting, solutions and IT services.

Executive Leadership

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R. Scott LaRose
Chairman
 

Scott LaRose, a highly respected technology entrepreneur, serves as the Chairman of the Board for Agilex Technologies, Inc. Mr. LaRose also leads the Office of the Chairman, which provides operational oversight of the company and directly manages revenue generation activities, including sales, business development and product management.

Mr. LaRose co-founded and led Mythics, Inc., an award-winning Value-Added Reseller (VAR) and professional services provider for the public sector. As an Oracle Platinum Partner, Mythics has been recognized as Oracle's North American VAR Partner of the Year as well as the Oracle University Partner of the Year. Mythics was recently ranked twelfth on GSA's list of top IT contractors. He also co-founded ADS, Inc. and IronBrick and continues to serve on the board of directors for each firm. He began his career in sales management with Oracle Corporation serving the state and local government market.

Among his many charitable and community activities, Mr. LaRose serves on the boards for the Radford University Foundation, The Hillier-LaRose Foundation and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. Previously, he has served on the Board of Visitors for George Mason University and Radford University. He has also served on the Virginia Attorney General's Task Force on Regulatory Reform and Economic Development. Mr. LaRose is a graduate of Radford University and has pursued additional studies in business and management information sciences at James Madison University.




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Jay H. Nussbaum
Vice Chairman
 

Jay Nussbaum co-founded Agilex with Bob LaRose and currently serves as the company's Vice Chairman. He also leads sales, marketing, alliances and solution development activities as a member of the Office of the Chairman, which provides executive oversight of the company.

Mr. Nussbaum brings demonstrated leadership and expertise in building high-growth sales, marketing and customer service organizations in the technology sector. Prior to co-founding Agilex, Mr. Nussbaum was the Global Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Citigroup Global Transaction Services (GTS). This operating unit of the financial services giant provides treasury and trade management solutions to multinational corporations and government entities. Previously, he served with BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG Consulting), where he created the Managed Services organization and subsequently led the company's sales, marketing and alliances organization globally.

During a ten-year career with Oracle Corporation, he established Oracle Services Industries, the company's sales and consulting organization serving the education, healthcare, communications, utilities, financial services and public sectors. Reporting directly to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Nussbaum grew the organization from just under $60M to more than $1.5B during his tenure. Mr. Nussbaum began his career at Xerox Corporation, culminating his service as President of Integrated Systems Operations. In this role, he was responsible for integration and consulting services in the commercial and federal government markets.

Mr. Nussbaum has served on the Board of Directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation, KPMG Consulting and MicroStrategy. He has also served in various advisory capacities at the University of Maryland, George Mason University and James Madison University. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he was named the school's Alumnus of the Year in 1989.




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John Gall
President
 

With the company since inception, John Gall was promoted to President of Agilex in March 2011. In this capacity, he provides the strategic framework, management and oversight for a majority of Agilex' business, including corporate finance and accounting, contracts management, human resources, and quality programs.

Mr. Gall brings to Agilex deep experience in financial management and corporate development for the government IT market. His operational leadership was critical to his two previous firms, as they went from start-up through sustained revenue and profitability growth during his tenure. Shareholders realized significant equity gains when these ventures were sold separately for over $500M. He served as a principal member of the merger and acquisition team in both instances.

Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance for Integic Corporation, the 2004 GovCon Midsize Government Contractor of the Year. In this capacity, he managed the company's finance and accounting operations as Integic grew rapidly to $160M in annual revenue. Integic was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2005.

Previously, Mr. Gall was Vice President of Finance for Advanced Technology, Inc. (ATI). He implemented the financial and operational structure that allowed the company to grow from start-up to over 2,000 employees with annual sales of $150M. ATI was acquired by Emhart/Black & Decker in 1988 and became a core component of PRC/DynCorp.

Mr. Gall began his career as a Supply Corps Officer in the U.S. Navy. He received his bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters in Business Financial Management from George Washington University.

Sector Leadership

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Ira S. Entis
President
Government Services Sector




Ira Entis leads the Government Services Sector business at Agilex. He also serves as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for partnerships and alliances at Agilex.

A twenty-year veteran of the technology industry, Mr. Entis has served as a technology consultant and advisor to both public and private sector enterprises, led the development of industry solutions and defined the global market strategy for sector leaders.

Prior to Agilex, he served as the Vice President of Global Marketing at BearingPoint, where he led a team of professionals worldwide responsible for positioning in the marketplace, industry and product marketing, sales enablement, and client satisfaction programs. Mr. Entis began his career at Oracle Corporation, where he led a solutions group that combined Oracle technology, applications, and partner capabilities to drive value for Oracle Service Industries clients. During his tenure with Oracle, he also advised clients and implemented systems in a number of sectors, including law enforcement, education, public transportation, accounting and financial services.

Mr. Entis serves on numerous boards of small businesses in the Washington area and has served on the Advisory Board of the Information Technology Services Marketing Association. He is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.




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Jerry McClure
Vice President - Operations
Government Services Sector




Jerry McClure brings over 35 years of business management, project leadership, and technical experience to the role of operations director for the Agilex Government Services Sector. He joins Agilex from Acolyst where he served as Vice President of Government Programs. Previously, he served in the federal government for thirty years, including 25 years of management experience with the United States Postal Service (USPS). Most recently, he was responsible for the finance and supply chain management portfolios at USPS, which encompassed over two hundred systems and annual systems budgets of over $100M. Mr. McClure also led the IT organization charged with making USPS’ IT systems, policies, methodologies and procedures compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. In accordance with a Congressional mandate, USPS was the first federal agency to achieve this milestone.

Mr. McClure received his MBA from Averett College and holds a masters certification in Information Technology Project Management from George Washington University. He also served in the US Navy with an A7 attack squadron aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.




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Lawrence R. Albert
President
Healthcare Sector




Larry Albert leads the Agilex Healthcare sector. He is an accomplished executive with an expert focus on healthcare technology and military systems.

Before Agilex, Mr. Albert created and led the healthcare practice at Integic Corporation where it became a $100 million business unit within seven years. In this role, he led the design, development and deployment of the world’s largest electronic healthcare management system, the DoD’s Medical System: Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA). After Integic was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation, Mr. Albert expanded the business to include the National Health Information Network (NHIN), and supporting the United Kingdom National Health Service, and the Veterans Administration. He began his professional career at Advanced Technology where he was Vice President of logistics engineering, focusing on foreign military sales.

Larry Albert received his Bachelors degree in Operations Research from the U.S. Naval Academy, and completed graduate work at American University. Before he joined Advanced Technology, Mr. Albert served as a naval officer on nuclear submarines.

Learn more about the Healthcare Sector.




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Rich Lowell
Vice President - Operations
Healthcare Sector




Rich Lowell brings significant technical and project management experience to the role of operations director for Agilex’ healthcare practice. He joins Agilex from Northrop Grumman, where he served as a Senior Technical Fellow within their healthcare team. Previously, Mr. Lowell served as Vice President for Technology for Integic’s healthcare practice. In this capacity, he oversaw the successful execution of Integic’s five-year, $250M CHCS II contract with the Military Health System.




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John G. Edwards
President
Intel Defense Sector




John Edwards leads the Intel Defense sector at Agilex Technologies. He has an unwavering commitment to mission and a reputation for solving tough problems. Mr. Edwards has spent his entire career within the Intelligence Community, serving twenty years with the Central Intelligence Agency. At the Agency, he spent fourteen years providing overseas technical operations and engineering support, and six years serving as a Senior Agency Official within the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) where he played an integral role in implementing the DCI’s strategic and operational priorities.

Prior to joining Agilex, he served as Vice President for Special Programs at Blackbird Technologies where he developed and managed the technical programs, professionals, and product development team supporting the Intelligence and Defense Communities. In addition, he served as a representative of the White House Presidential Advance Office, as a Site Lead, where he coordinated official and political events receiving Presidential participation and supported senior staff that traveled with the President.

As a result of his many accomplishments, he was awarded the Intelligence Commendation Medal, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, and the DCI Director's Medal. Mr. Edwards holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from ITT.

Learn more about the Intel Defense Sector.




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Bob Shipman
Vice President - Operations
Intel Defense Sector




Bob Shipman is a business operations leader with over 20 years experience delivering information technology services and solutions to the public and private sectors. As the Operations Director for the Defense & Intel Sector, Mr. Shipman reports to the Sector President and is responsible for all operational functions including program execution, staffing, resource management, financial management and ensuring a positive customer experience.

Prior to joining Agilex, Mr. Shipman served on the senior leadership team at Windward IT Solutions as Vice President of Federal Services. He was responsible forservice delivery, program growth and profitability, capture activities within the federal sector. In addition, he also ran the company’s IBM Tivoli maintenance and support program. During his tenure at Windward, Mr. Shipman roled out a standardized program management methodology and implemented a number of process improvements for streamlining the company’s service delivery function.

Mr. Shipman spent the early part of his career in program management roles for several IT services firms with a focus on government IT services, telecommunications services management and pharamaceutical industry application development. These firms ranged from start-up professional services firms, including one he co-founded, to large government integrators.

Mr. Shipman holds a Masters Degree in Geographic Information Systems and a Bachelors Degree in Geology from the University of Georgia.




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Matthew Warren
President
Justice & Homeland Security Sector




Matt Warren is responsible for managing and growing the Justice & Homeland Security sector business at Agilex. Since joining the company in 2008, Mr. Warren has led a number of strategic initiatives within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that have measurably improved the department's operational performance. He also leads Agilex' relationship with the Department of Justice (DoJ).

Mr. Warren joined Agilex from Oracle Corporation, where he led the company's strategic sales initiative for the federal civilian sector, including the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and State. Previously, he held responsibility for the company's DHS account and he managed Oracle's business relationship with the Department of the Treasury prior to that. While at Oracle, Mr. Warren was named the company's top sales representative within the public sector and he also received the Annual Achiever awards for exceeding quota for eleven consecutive years.

Mr. Warren began his career with GTSI, where he was the reseller's top performing inside sales representative. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Learn more about the Homeland Security Sector.




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Michael Armao
Vice President - Operations
Justice & Homeland Security Sector




Michael Armao provides business management and operational leadership for Agilex' Justice & Homeland Security Sector business unit. He is an accomplished managing director with more than 12 years of experience in project management, building and managing teams, and profit and loss responsibility.

Having spent more than half of his career leading solutions teams for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), he brings significant experience to his current role. Most recently, he directed a full service lifecycle applications group managing over 25 enterprise applications within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Under his leadership, this program grew to become a $70M annual account employing over 300 professionals. Within DHS, his team provided comprehensive managed application services, digital property management, and server consolidation for the stand up and maintenance of DHS.gov.

Prior to his engagement within DHS, he spent 5 years in international sales and business development within the technology and management consulting sectors, serving in a series of assignments within Europe, mainland China and South America. In addition to his technical and business acumen, he is also fluent in German and Italian. He received his Bachelors degree from Georgetown University.

Client Services

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Robert L. Otto
Executive Vice President
Advisory Services




Robert Otto heads the Advisory Services division at Agilex. He is one of the most distinguished and highly recognized CIO leaders in government and industry.

Mr. Otto comes to Agilex Technologies after 38 years of federal service with the last 27 years of service at the United States Postal Service where he served as both the Chief Information Officer as well as the Chief Technology Officer for this $75 billion organization. In this role, he led, managed and maintained the Postal Service’s IT infrastructure, provided IT business solutions to support business objectives of the organization, and managed one of the world’s largest technology networks and the world’s largest intranet. During his tenure at the Postal Service, Mr. Otto reduced the overall IT spend by more than $100 million annually while implementing cost avoidance solutions that annually saved another $50 million.

Mr. Otto oversaw a massive consolidation to standardize the entire organization’s systems, implemented Shared Services in IT, Finance, and Human Resources while simplifying their overall management and support. Under his direction, the agency transformed itself by modernizing its infrastructure, web-enabled their applications, refreshed over 200,000 desktops/laptops, implemented computer security and wireless technology, enabled mobile computing through hand held devices, and consolidated over 25,000 servers at hundreds of locations across the country to just 3,000 servers at two IT centers. Before leaving, he implemented virtualization and blade technology reducing servers and costs, saving the Postal Service millions more a year.

Mr. Otto also managed one of the largest email, wireless blackberry and data warehouse services as well as the USPS.COM web presence that annually generates over $500 million in revenue. His organization was the first business to implement a single instance of SAP Human Resources to support over 700,000 postal employees.

Mr. Otto has won numerous industry and postal awards including the Vice President’s Award in 1996 and 2000, the Inspector General Award in 2001, the Board of Governors Award in 2003, and the most prestigious John Wannamaker award in 2007. From 2004 to 2007, his organization was recognized as one of Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT. This is an achievement that no other federal, state or industry organization has yet to achieve.

He received his education and training from the University of Virginia, Duke University, and the University of Maryland, with a Master’s degree in Public Administration from American University.

Learn more about the Advisory Services.




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Tim Hoechst
Chief Technology Officer
 




Tim Hoechst leads Agilex’s research and development of new technology solutions. He represents Agilex with its executive customers and provides counsel on IT issues.

Prior to joining Agilex, Mr. Hoechst spent 19 years at Oracle Corporation in a variety of roles. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President in the Public Sector Division leading the technical professionals that supported Oracle’s Government clients in the United States and Canada. The product and industry experts on his staff helped Public Sector organizations exploit information by designing and building comprehensive information management solutions. Many of their innovations have become part of the Oracle product line and are used extensively by Oracle’s customers throughout the world.

As the Chief Technology Executive for Oracle in the Public Sector, Mr. Hoechst was also a spokesperson for Oracle on technical and industry issues. He has a special talent for describing sophisticated concepts in accessible language. He represented Oracle with customers, at conferences, on Capitol Hill, and in the media. He also sits in an advisory capacity to several Government organizations on science and technology issues.

Mr. Hoechst joined Oracle in 1988 as a consultant and built information systems for many of Oracle’s largest federal customers including the IRS, the VA, the Postal Service, and the Department of Defense. In 1990, he coauthored a book called Guide To Oracle as part of McGraw-Hill’s Database Experts Series. During his career, he has held a variety of technical positions working with development, marketing, sales, consulting, and Oracle internal IT. This breadth of experience has allowed him to develop the technical and social perspectives required to offer practical solutions to those he advises.

Hoechst received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.




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Wendell Ocasio, MD
Chief Medical Officer
 




Dr. Wendell Ocasio is responsible for Agilex's healthcare strategy. He is a renowned expert in Electronic Health Record architecture, design, integration, deployment, and training. His expertise spans both the domain aspects of medical informatics as well as the technical aspects of large-scale systems integration, performance, and capacity planning.

Dr. Ocasio was the Chief Architect for the Department of Defense’s $4 Billion global longitudinal electronic health record, AHLTA. He transitioned the system from a test platform involving two hospitals into the largest electronic medical record in the world, spanning hundreds of facilities and millions of patients in real time, worldwide. Dr. Ocasio architected groundbreaking modifications to the system allowing data to be stored in local caching repositories, greatly increasing system availability during network or data center outages. At the request of the Military Health System’s CIO, he led the tiger team of government and contractor senior engineers during the analysis, troubleshooting, and repair of a major performance issue. He oversaw the design, development, and implementation of major software and hardware enhancements, including critical database management system upgrade as well as an overhaul of the storage subsystem configuration.

Before Agilex, Dr. Ocasio was at Northrop Grumman where he was the lead architect for one of the four architecture prototypes of the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network. There, he designed the prototype’s federated architecture approach using Service Oriented Architecture principles, and an HL7 RIM-based canonical data model.

Dr. Ocasio is a sought after speaker and panel participant in the healthcare IT forum. He has won many awards including the Department of Defense’s Military Health Service IT Professional of the Year in 2003.

As a Harvard National Scholar, he received his Bachelors degree magna cum laude in Engineering Sciences. He received his M.D., cum laude from the Harvard Medical School – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Health Sciences and Technology program, specializing in advanced technology and research. He completed his residency at the New York University Medical Center and is board certified in surgery.

Dr. Ocasio was a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force. He continues to practice medicine as a volunteer general surgeon at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC and the Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center in Fort Meade, MD.

Operational

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Joe Donohue
Chief Financial Officer
 




Joe Donohue is the CFO for Agilex Technologies. Mr. Donohue is a seasoned financial executive who has managed the financial operations of companies ranging from a 75 year old Fortune 500 company, to a 15 year old software firm, to a startup solutions firm.

Before Agilex, Mr. Donohue led all business development and P&L management for the Customer Support & Education practice at Integic, a Northrop Grumman company. Under his lead, this business grew from $5 million in revenues and $1 million in profits, to $9 million in revenues and $3 million in profits, with customer renewal rates averaging 90%. Before Integic was sold to Northrop Grumman, he created and led the P&L management for multiple practice areas within the organization. He assisted in establishing the first product call center, and created, planned, and budgeted for launch of the company’s customer support and maintenance organization. He also assisted in the planning and negotiations of the sale of Document Systems Group for over $3 million to Moore Business Forms.

Prior to Integic, Mr. Donohue created and led the financial operations for a division with $232 million in revenues at Legent Corporation. During his tenure at Legent, he also led the financial management of the Customer Support Organization. Mr. Donohue began his career at the Marriott Corporation where he assessed the financial viability of new hotel development.

Mr. Donohue received his Bachelors degree in International Relations from Tufts University and a MBA in Finance from George Washington University.




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John Harllee
Vice President, Contracts
& General Counsel




John Harllee serves as General Counsel & Vice-President of Contracts at Agilex. In this role, he provides leadership in terms of all contractual and legal activities, intellectual property and corporate pricing, and is a key member of our mergers and acquisitions team.

Mr. Harllee began his career as in-house counsel for Oracle and subsequently was in-house counsel at Netscape Communications and America Online. He returned to Oracle as Vice President for Sales Operations, where he managed operations for the company’s North American government, education and healthcare license sales unit. In this capacity, he served as the organization’s lead negotiator for large, complex software transactions. He was also responsible for directing and managing organizations which handled standing government acquisition vehicles, proposals, pricing, and the sales organization for the company’s channel business within the government, education and healthcare sectors.

Mr. Harllee earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1994.




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Carole J. Scott
Vice President
Corporate Communications & Administration




Carole Scott leads all corporate communications and public relations at Agilex and partners with the CMO in managing all branding and external relations campaigns. She is also responsible for the daily operations of facilities management and administration. She is the corporate Secretary for Agilex Technologies, and is supporting the Agilex Mentor-Protégé Program with Brown Technology Group.

Ms. Scott came to Agilex from Integic Corporation, where she directed all corporate internal and external communications, branding, public relations, and served as Corporate Secretary of the Integic Charitable Foundation. Previous employment included CEO support at Advanced Technology, Inc. (ATI) and office management responsibilities at a Fairfax law firm. Ms. Scott is a successful communications professional whose flair for eliciting corporate spirit, and creating and launching engaging communications programs, including radio spots, earned her the nickname “the voice of Integic.”

Ms. Scott received her Bachelors Degree in English from George Mason University.




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Charles E. Virtue
Vice President
Human Resources




Charlie Virtue is implementing and managing the comprehensive human resources program at Agilex. He brings with him more than twenty-six years of progressive leadership experience in all areas of HR.

Before Agilex, Mr. Virtue spent more than ten years at Integic Corporation prior to and after its acquisition by Northrop Grumman Corporation. At Integic, he led the company’s Human Resources organization and also served as a corporate officer. Prior to Integic, he held HR leadership roles in such organizations as GTE, Contel Federal Systems, Space Communications, and Bechtel.

Mr. Virtue has a Bachelors degree from Pace University and a Masters degree at Hood College.




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Theresa M. Nevarez
Vice President
Human Resources Operations




Teri Nevarez has responsibility for the daily operation of Agilex’s Human Resources organization. Ms. Nevarez brings more than fifteen years of HR leadership experience with a strong background in recruiting, employee relations, performance management and benefits within both the private and public sectors.

Prior to joining Agilex, Ms. Nevarez was the Director of Human Resources within the Intelligence Group at Northrop Grumman Corporation. She spent most of her career at Integic Corporation, which was later acquired by Northrop Grumman. At Integic, she held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources. She began her career at SAIC in the Human Resources Department.

Ms. Nevarez received her Bachelors degree in Business and Finance from Mount Saint Mary’s College and her Masters degree in Human Resources Management from American University. She served on the Board of Directors of New Horizon Credit Union prior to its acquisition.




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Paul Burkard
Treasurer and Controller
 




Paul Burkard leads the finance and accounting teams at Agilex and helps drive key management decisions through financial input and assessment of technical accounting issues. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with 24 years of experience leading accounting and finance at major IT government contractors as well as at a mid-size commercial and government contractors. He is known for putting first rate financial and accounting practices in place keeping internal controls strong and financial information accurate.

Prior to Agilex, Mr. Burkard was responsible for all corporate accounting activities at Integic. Here, he was the functional lead in implementing a flawless CostPoint ERP system solution whereby his team closed the books ahead of schedule, never missed a payroll, and paid all vendors on time. When Integic was sold to Northrop Grumman in 2005, he assisted Northrop Grumman through the acquisition and was told by their senior management team that his team’s accounting practices and numbers were in the best condition of any company they had acquired. Earlier in his career, while at GTE, he successfully transitioned a $1.2B government IT unit that had been acquired by a major telecom company.

Mr. Burkard received his Bachelors degree in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh.