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Amtower Off-Center

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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.

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Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Amplifying your brand in the GovCon market 19.03.2019

Evan Weisel, Tony Welz and Stephen Mackey of W2 Communications, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the evolving nature of communications and PR in 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 .

The 2019 High Growth Study 13.03.2019

Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to talk about his company's recently released 2019 High Growth Study which examines why some federal contractors are doing better than their slower-growing peers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

The keys to creating winning proposals 01.03.2019

Bob Lohfeld, founder and CEO of Lohfeld Consulting, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss a wide range of bid and capture process issues including what set-aside companies are facing as they graduate to full and open competition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mergers & acquistions 25.02.2019

Kevin DeSanto, managing partner and co-founder of KippsDesanto, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss his company's 2019 survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in the aerospace, defense and government services sectors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The power of Podcasts 22.01.2019

Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton and Kurt Schneid, executive producer at Brand Ready Media, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, discuss the popularity of podcasts and how to leverage them to build your company's brand. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

SEWP is 25! 18.01.2019

NASA SEWP Program Manager Joanne Woytek and Markus Fedeli, sales manager for Red River, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the growing popularity of SEWP and how it manages both its vendor and federal customer relationships. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Contracting: A look back at 2018 and what's ahead for 2019 21.12.2018

Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the top contracting stories in 2018 and what's ahead for contractors in 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Big issues facing small contractors: The intelligence community 12.12.2018

LG-TEK President Larry Letow, and Axiologic Solutions co-managing partners Tom Stauber and Michael Chavira, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the challenges that small contractors face when working in the intelligence community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Inside the buyer's brain 10.12.2018

Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the challenges facing subject matter experts, including difficulty they have in maintaining brand equity and awareness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Big issues for small contractors: Small businesses with no set-aside status 07.11.2018

Brendan Walsh, Sr VP Partner Relations at 1901 Group and Ed DeLisle, principal attorney and chair of the Government Contracting Group for Offit Kurman, join host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the challenges facing small contractors with no set-aside status. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Big issues for small contractors: AFCEA 30.10.2018

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower talks about some of the big issues facing small contractors with Elizabeth Moon, AFCEA's Small Business program Manager, USmax Corp. President and CEO David Pak, and Eric Strauss, director of Business Development at Connected Logistics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

Big issues facing small contractors: Bidding to win 29.10.2018

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the biggest issues facing small government contractors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Big issues facing small contractors #1: SDVOSB 19.10.2018

Scott Denniston, executive director of the National Veterans Small Business Coalition. joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the challenges facing veteran owned small businesses, including funding issues and a recent court case that further reduces their ability to win government contracts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

The Government IT Sales Summit 12.10.2018

immixGroup Vice President and GM Troy Fortune, and Rita Walston, the company's senior director of Marketing Programs, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the upcoming Government IT Sales Summit and how to bring cutting edge technology to the government market. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

What to do in Q1 FY19 08.10.2018

Government Marketing University's Lou Anne Brossman and Rita Walston of the immixGroup join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of topics germane to GovCon marketing professionals. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

All things PSC 01.10.2018

David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council  joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging interview on a variety of topics, including who the PSC serves and what it does for its members. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Marketing is everything 07.09.2018

IT marketing legend Regis McKenna joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of his marketing philosophy and his experiences in working with clients Apple, Intel, 3Com and other companies in Silicon Valley. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Smooth transition? Flush end of FY 18 morphs to another probable CR 22.08.2018

Bloomberg Government's Dan Snyder and Allen Federal President Larry Allen join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss what contractors can expect in the last few weeks of fiscal year 2018. They will also take a look at some of the top contracting issues for fiscal year 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

KPIs for what it takes to win business 20.08.2018

Host Mark Amtower discuses the 2018 Government Contractor Study with Market Connections president Aaron Heffron and Merritt Group Sr VP Matt Donovan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

"Playing to win" in the GovCon market 08.08.2018

Carl Dickson, publisher of Captureplanning.com and PropLIBRARY.com joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the recent 2018 Federal Contractor Study and what small businesses can do to beat their much larger competitors for government contracts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

An analysis of the 2018 GovCon market 03.08.2018

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews William Sanders, director of Technology Strategy and Business Development (SLED) for Oracle, and Mike Smoyer, president of the Digital Government Institute and producer of 930Gov. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

FITARA, IoT and other CIO concerns 02.07.2018

Mark Forman, vice president and Global Head of Public Sector for Unisys, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss FITARA, the Internet of Things, and the top issues facing the CIO community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

An update on the SmartPay program 25.06.2018

David Shea, director of GSA's Center for Charge Card Management, joined host Mark Amtower for a lively discussion of the federal SmartPay program. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Creating your ‘subject matter expert’ profile on LinkedIn 11.06.2018

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews Judy Schramm, CEO of ProResource, a marketing firm specializing in helping executives tell their stories and develop their personal brands. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Digital transformation & the ‘7i’s’ 01.06.2018

Tech marketing expert John Kostak joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss branding, identity management, and the findings in Kostak’s study: “Digital Transformation and the “7i’s”. June 4, 2018 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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