The Business of Defense

Through better financial literacy, servicemembers become better able to focus on the mission, explain Poncho Co-Founders John Preston Brown and Jim Shelton. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A “consume versus build” model can help agencies revamp their back-office IT environments at scale, explains Groundswell CEO George Batsakis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Modern financial systems offer the ideal way to tie budget to strategy and improve decision-making, explains Russ Rumbaugh, who left the Navy in January 2025. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Racine Sykes, CEO of Yellow House Consulting Group, shares four tips that helped her young business navigate a path toward early success as a government contractor. Discover her story on The Business of Defense. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For Brian Jacobs, CEO of weElevateIT, bringing together different DoD teams to implement the latest technology and modernize is his idea of the perfect job. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Matthew Enekwe launched his accounting firm in 2011, serving small medical and dental offices. Now, he’s on a journey to become a GovCon. Find out what he’s learned so far and shared on The Business of Defense. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Former Air Force financial management leader Kristyn Jones says Space Force is closing in on clean audit opinion, following Marine Corps for fiscal 2023. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For federal contractor St. Michael’s, ESOP proves path for growth and paying it forward. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

When launching a federal contracting business, brute force and staying power count for a lot. But to sustain that business, takes an additional set of skills. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

CEO Lido Ramadan shares three ways Aminad Consulting maintains a values-based culture — one that intrinsically helps grow the small business’ work within DoD. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As a woman-owned business delivering IT services to federal agencies, perseverance and resiliency really pay off, says Sireesha Deena, who’s celebrating the 20th anniversary of her company, Infopact. Discover more on SDFM’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Fuse Integration team spends as much time as possible with warfighters, says CEO Sumner Lee, so “we can make sure we understand their hard problems when they’re in the field.” Discover more on ASMC’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A redwood tree can live upward of 2,000 years. Will Redwood Strategy Group still be providing financial and IT services to agencies in 4024? We talk with CEO Hailey Le about her company’s growth plans for ASMC’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The lessons learned during the early years working as a small business supporting federal agencies are akin to paying tuition — so you can be a better company, explains FTS Federal’s Leigh Ann Hope for the latest episode of ASMC’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Helping lock down corporate financial communications catapulted Diligent into risk management, audit and compliance, and ultimately ESG. We talk with CEO Brian Stafford about that evolution for the latest episode of ASMC’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

“The game has to come to you. And so as the game comes to you, you take what the pitcher offers.” That, says Patrick Lynch of Lynch Consultants, is key to success in government contracting. Check out the latest episode of ASMC’s The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Set up an infrastructure early and start bidding early too, recommends Tabatha Turman, who launched her financial solutions company in 2007. Bidding early lets a business win or learn (not lose), she explains on The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

With all the talk of software supply chain risk management, it might be easy to lose sight of the fact that the government manages many large physical supply chains. We get advice on solving complex supply chain problems on The Business of Defense . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

That belief lies at the core of why brothers Dan and John Saaty founded Decision Lens nearly 20 years ago. On The Business of Defense , Dan shares how the company has evolved its tools so that agencies can make the most of data in context. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

When Jonathan Moak left a large tech company after working in the Army, he didn’t plan to quickly join a startup. But that’s exactly the turn his career took. We asked the Inkit SVP to offer advice on how a startup can succeed in federal contracting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

“Only 3% of all CPAs are in the socioeconomic classification of Black. When you’re looking at the space, there’s an opportunity,” points out Salome Tinker, a partner in the financial consultancy TSC Enterprise. She’s on a mission to improve that statistic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

All entrepreneurs want their government contracting businesses to grow, but sizing out of a special small business status can be tricky. On ASMC’s The Business of Defense, a former Army service member shares how his company has prepared for that transition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It can act as a force multiplier, says Dave Sterling, CEO of Royce Geo. Sterling talks both about the evolution of his eight-year-old business and how DoD and the IC are adopting a new approach to analytics on ASMC’s The Business of Defense. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Before getting to the challenges, CGI Federal’s Horace Blackman wants to share that, psst, the government as a whole is more innovative than the private sector. Learn about that and those unique challenges on ASMC’s The Business of Defense.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Iberia Advisory, which helps agencies tackle complex financial management challenges, opened for business during the COVID-19 pandemic. On ASMC’s The Business of Defense, President Ryan Waguespack shares tips on what’s contributed to early success. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .