A happy contracting professional is a national asset. Let’s focus on that job happiness.

Our mission is to help government contracting professionals master the modern rules, become procurement champions, and enjoy their lives in the process. Our nation desperately needs a new breed of mission-focused contracting professionals who bridge the public-private divide and deliver relevant products and services to their missions…meaningfully.

We understand it’s hard to make true changes and feel motivated when government bureaucracy continually adds more complex rules, fosters risk-averse environments, and fails to prioritize the development of modern acquisition professionals. Today, we see a growing number of understaffed, revolving-door offices with untrusted, undervalued, and underutilized workforces.

Government contracting offices need to revamp their acquisition training.

Will Roberts is a lawyer and previous Chief of Acquisition for the Defense Department Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). Will has led teams of highly motivated government acquisition professionals and cultivated a climate of value, excellence, and success. He also was a contracting officer for many years and understands the critical role of substantive training that inspires the students and teaches rules in a way that fosters critical thinking.

Justin has worked with hundreds of COs and Program professionals to identify acquisition strategies, improve market research, and buy emerging technologies in more efficient ways. A former 1102, Justin has led teams that have taught more than 85% of all FAC-C-DS-certified contracting personnel through the Digital IT Acquisition Professional Training Program (DITAP)course and helped agencies rewrite acquisition guides and policies and developed technology roadmaps for program offices.

Randy Zmuda is a federal government advisor, facilitator, and instructor responsible for delivering strategic consulting and education to the public and private sectors in service of acquisition innovation, complex requirements development, product management, and digital services. As a prior DoD civilian employee, Randy is passionate about rebuilding the reputation of government work at all levels while ensuring workforce development remains paramount in the face of the ever-evolving technological advancements of today’s business environment.

Michael J Arendt, Jr. is a self-starting AI acquisition expert with 18+ years of experience in business and contracting innovation for a range of technologies across the federal government. With a strong commitment to mission success, Mike is passionate about guiding and supporting multiple military and civilian agencies through providing subject matter expertise on acquisition strategy & execution, contract management, long-term planning, and risk management.

Scott is a seasoned video production professional and marketing specialist. He has more than 15 years of experience creating content for large and small clients.

Anne Laurent has spent 40 years leading analysis and reporting about acquisition and procurement, government management, and the federal market for Federal Times, Government Executive, Bloomberg Government, the Partnership for Public Service, the National Contract Management Association’s Contract Management Magazine, and more. She is a proud member of the virtuous insurgency of acquisition innovators. She has authored thousands of articles illuminating government and industry acquisition best. She has been a National Academy of Public Administration fellow for 23 years.

P-39 received his name because the contract office used FAR Part 39 to purchase him. He is an irritable robot and all-around bad example of emerging technology. But he’s always ready to replace any human worker who only performs menial tasks rather than engaging in critical thinking and innovation. He is also our website designer. Clearly, he didn’t read this bio or he would not have posted it. Typical.