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Mission Statement
  • Educate members about policies and issues that affect companies doing business with the United States Government, the Commonwealth of Virginia and local government entities
  • Enhance and facilitate business development opportunities for members with the United States Government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and local government entities
  • Influence policy decisions at the federal, state and local government level for the benefit of member companies
Our Goals
To add value to the membership and encourage new membership by providing high content programs, information exchange, and business and networking opportunities as well as to provide a forum for members to share their views about relevant issues affecting their business with government entities.

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Committee Leaders

Chair
Siddhartha Chowdhary, PMP
President and CEO
Credence Management Solutions LLC
(703) 819-6876
SChowdhary@credence-llc.com
bio

Vice Chair
Sundar Vaidyanathan
Director, Unisys
(703) 589-0215
sundar.vaidya@unisys.com
bio

Vice Chair - Programs
Matt S. Schrader
Dutko Worldwide
(202) 863-4214
matt.schrader@dutkoworldwide.com
bio

Co-Vice Chair - Programs
Cathy Cromley
Business Development Director
Market Connections, Inc
cathyc@marketconnectionsinc.com
bio

Vice Chair - Outreach & Communications
Meti Fekadu
Business Development Manager
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA)
(703) 790-0600
mfekadu@fceda.org
bio

Board Liaison
Deepak Hathiramani
Vistronix
(703) 770-4100
Deepak.hathiramani@vistronix.com

Meetings

Committee Meetings - Northern Virginia Technology Council

To Be Announced
Upcoming Events



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Links

Press Coverage

Lawmakers concerned GSA reorganization will cause confusion: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1105/110705d1.htm

Archives

November 18, 2009
Current Status of the M&A Market and Growth Financing in Government Contracting

An informative session that brought together a panel of experts to provide an overview of the government contracting market, growth financing options, and trends in public company valuations, M&A valuations and volume as well as other trends in the transaction area.

Growth Financing for Government Contractors - Accounts Receivable Financing; Unbilled Payroll Financing; Purchase Order Financing | David Marrin, Division Manager, Senior Vice President, Government Services Group, Wells Fargo Business Credit

Government Services Market Update | Kevin P. DeSanto, Kipps DeSanto

Government Contractors Value Drivers | Gregg N. Funkhouser, CPA, Government Contracting Segment Leader, Goodman & Company and Kathy S. Jensen, CPA, Senior Manager, Goodman & Company



Leadership Bios

Siddhartha Chowdhary, PMP
President and CEO
Credence Management Solutions LLC

Siddhartha (Sid) Chowdhary is president and CEO of Credence Management Solutions LLC. Credence provides management consulting, business transformation, strategy, and advisory services to government agencies, combining industry-accepted processes and best practices with active stakeholder involvement to deliver practical customer-focused solutions.

Mr. Chowdhary previously served as the operational vice president for Software Performance Systems, Inc (SPS). He is also the co-founder and serves on the board of directors of Information Technology Growth Solutions (ITGS), an IT services firm based in Roanoke, Va.

Mr. Chowdhary has extensive experience working with all levels of government. He is very active in the IT community, working with professional organizations both in the United States and in India that connect government to industry on technology policy issues.

He has been selected as one of 1105 Government Information Group's "Rising Stars: The Class of 2008 - The Up and Coming in the Government IT Community", and his accomplishments have been recognized at the 21st Annual GCN Awards for "Outstanding Information Technology Achievement in Government."

Mr. Chowdhary is a certified project management professional (PMP), a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and an attendee at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI) executive education programs.

He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Leigh Marjamaa-Chowdhary, and their daughter, Maya Aasha Chowdhary. The family has founded a charitable trust which provides career guidance and support to underprivileged youths in India.


Sundar Vaidyanathan
Director
Unisys - Federal Systems

Sundar Vaidyanathan is a director within Federal Civilian Group at Unisys Corporation. He currently serves as the program manager for the Enterprise Acquisition modernization efforts witin GSA Federal Acquisition Service. Previously, he was with KPMG Consulting Inc. providing IT consulting services to public sector and telecom clients world-wide.

Mr. Vaidyanathan is very active in the IT community, working with professional organizations such as Industry Advisory Council (IAC). He currently serves as the co-chair for Best Practices subcommittee within Collaboration and Transformation SIG at IAC. He joined hands with executives from Industry and Government to build houses for underprivileged families in Nicaragua through "Bridges to Community".

Mr. Vaidyanathan is a certified project management professional (PMP) and obtained MBA from R.H. Smith School of business, University of Maryland and M.S. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Mr. Vaidyanathan lives in Ashburn, VA with his wife Vidhya Rajaraman, and their kids, Anuraag and Anaahita. He actively supports his family trust (Sathya Sai), which provides financial assistance to kids with special needs for their education in India.


Matt S. Schrader
Senior Associate
Dutko

Matt Schrader is a senior associate at Dutko. He has an in-depth understanding of how to sell complex information technology solutions into the federal, state and local governments, drawing upon his background in IT, sales, and government relations.

Mr. Schrader began his working career serving Virginia's 11th District Congressman Tom Davis. Through serving in various capacities to the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee and the representative for much of the federal contracting community, he was able to form close relationships with executive-level decision makers in both the private and public sectors. He went on to work for LexisNexis Special Services, Inc., a separate division of LexisNexis that specializes in providing the federal, state and local government markets with risk management and enterprise solutions.

Immediately prior to joining Dutko, Mr. Schrader worked as an account director for the Corporate Executive Board, a leading business consulting and best practice research firm in Washington, D.C. He also performed a short stint at the Republican National Committee and reported for the National Journal during the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

Mr. Schrader graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Information Science.


Cathy Cromley
Business Development Director
Market Connections

Cathy Cromley is a results-oriented sales and marketing professional with a proven track record of exceeding quota, developing and executing successful marketing programs with measurable ROI and building, leading and retaining effective teams. In her current role as Business Development Director at Market Connections, she is responsible for growing the company's revenue for its custom research solutions.

Prior to joining Market Connections, Ms. Cromley held various sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility with IDC, Secure Computing (acquired by McAfee in November 2008), 3Com, GTSI/Falcon Microsystems, Centel and Sears Business Systems.

Ms. Cromley has a BS in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. She and her husband, Carter, both native Washingtonians, live in Oakton, VA and love to keep up with their two boys, cheer our local professional sports teams and travel.


Meti Fekadu
Marketing Manager
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA)

Meti Fekadu is a National Marketing Manager with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA). He is responsible for promoting Fairfax County, Virginia and providing business assistance to U.S.-based government contractors and high-tech firms. Fairfax County is a world-class center of commerce and trade and the technology hub of the East Coast.

Prior to joining the FCEDA, Meti was a consultant to the Federal government working for the U.S. Department of Commerce on technology solutions intended to streamline client relationship management. He has also performed strategic analysis and advocated for California's international trade and the San Francisco Bay Area economic development communities as a member of the regional consulting arm of the World Trade Centers Association. Before that, Meti was with the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service providing market research and export assistance counseling to U.S. companies evaluating business opportunities across the globe. In addition, he has spent time researching international trade and public policy issues in India, Mexico and South Africa.
Meti received his M.A. from George Mason University's School of Public Policy and a B.A. from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.