Expert Panel Closes MSFT Annual GovCon Summit

PVBS was pleased to sponsor the “Government Contractor Expert Panel” that closed the 3rd annual Microsoft Government Contractor Summit on November 17 at the Marriott Fairview Park. The moderator was Tom Temin of Federal News Radio 1500AM.
Panel members were:

Kwesi Rogers President, Federal National Payables, Inc.
Ken Bricker, Managing Partner, Goodman and Company
Tony Bui, President, EMW

Questions posed [...]

Sign up for a Government Contractor Accounting Software Demo

Accounting, finance, and operations executives at fast-growing government contractors want to ensure that the government contractor accounting solution they choose meets and exceeds their requirements. PVBS offers demos regularly at our customer’s offices or in our state-of-the-art training center in Reston. We also offer online demos for our many customers across the US and worldwide.
Click [...]

We’ll be at the Grant Thornton Government Industry Roundtable on February 24th

 
We attend Grant Thornton’s Government Contractor Industry Roundtables. The next one is on the morning of February 24 and features Stan Soloway, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council (PSC) and Norm Duquette, who will discuss the latest trends in the sector. They’ll also provide an overview of GT’s 14th Annual Government Contractor Industry [...]

PVBS Customer iGov CFO Rich Marksberry Shares Tips for GCs

 
Rich Marksberry brings a unique blend of tech and financial expertise to his role as CFO of iGov, a systems integrator based in McLean, Va. Marksberry joined iGov at a critical time in the company’s history, when it was redefining its focus away from simply being a product reseller to a full-scale information technology engineering [...]

Microsoft Government Contractor Summit Agenda

Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS) is proud to be the Premier sponsor of the second-annual Microsoft Government Contractor Summit which will take place on Thursday, December 11 at the Fairview Park Marriott. This event is limited to 300 executives so please reserve your spot today.
Click here to register.  
 
When: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
Where: Fairview Park Marriott, 3111 Fairview Park [...]

Three Things Oberon Did to Earn its $170+ Million Price Tag

PVBS co-sponsored an event last week with Microsoft and investment banker KippsDeSanto. Over 100 senior executives from some of the fastest growing government contractors in town gathered at the Tower Club to learn what Jodi Johnson and Dave Young did to put their company, Oberon Associates, in position to be sold for $170+ Million earlier [...]

Microsoft Government Contractor Summit

On December 11th, Microsoft will be holding a full day event geared to help Government contractors capture more business and manage financial growth. The event will be held at the Fairview Park Marriott, Fairfax, VA.
Hear from Industry Experts, C-Suite Executives of Fast Growing Organizations, and key partners, such as PVBS. To reserve your seat at [...]

Leading Gov’t Contractor CFO Talks about Software Selection Criteria

Sherry Craighill, the CFO at government services provider Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, LLC (HHB), has selected, implemented, and managed many project accounting and financial management solutions for companies, non-profits and government contractors. We posed the following questions to her.
 
PVBS: Why are companies still using project accounting and financial management software solutions that do not meet their needs?
Sherry Craighill: There are [...]

Wash Tech Top 100 Contractors Posted

Washington Technology posted its annual Top Federal Contractors last week. The top ten usual suspects are listed below.

1

Lockheed Martin Corp.

$13,448,719,816

1

2

The Boeing Co.

$9,706,621,413

2

3

Northrop Grumman Corp.

$7,914,924,473

3

4

Raytheon Co.

$5,170,829,645

6

5

Science Applications International Corp.

$4,919,829,998

5

6

General Dynamics Corp.

$4,900,416,938

7

7

KBR Inc.

$4,130,649,651

4

8

L-3 Communications Corp.

$3,944,840,524

9

9

Computer Sciences Corp.

$3,670,742,772

11

10

EDS Corp.

$2,457,890,300

10

Government Resellers Say Dynamics NAV Fits the Bill

iGov (McLean, VA) is a management and technical services firm that specializes in helping federal agencies with their IT programs.  Established in 1996, iGov is an example of the rare government reseller that has shifted its business model from pure product sales to the services model. Today, the company offers numerous sophisticated services to its [...]