Speed to Contract. Speed to Market.
Conversations on protecting U.S. national security, by improving government acquisition efficiencies on multiple fronts. Hosted by Tim Templeton. See live discussions of this fascinating topic at the Government Contract Pricing Summit in June. For information & registration, visit gcpsummit.com.
Episodes
11 episodes
Kevin Plexico: Staying Ahead With Tech Initiatives and Trends.
In this episode, Host Tim Templeton speaks with Mr. Kevin Plexico, who serves as Sr. VP of Information Solutions at Deltek. Kevin and his team provide industry-leading content to government contractors in architecture, engineering, and construc...
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29:58
Michael Weaver: Use Technology to Create Massive Contract Momentum
Host Tim Templeton talks with Michael Weaver, ProPricer Director of Corporate Strategy. They cover: how to reduce stages of the contract proposal process from 7-8 weeks to 30 seconds, how one contractor could have avoided a $12 million mistake ...
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28:57
James 'Hondo' Geurts: From $75B to $150B in Contracts a Year, with Fewer Resources
Host Tim Templeton talks with James “Hondo” Geurts, Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board for Sierra Space, and former Undersecretary of the Navy. This lively discussion covers: focusing on mission outcomes instead of processes; the ...
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31:17
Shay Assad: Fuse Defense & Commercial Business Models to Benefit the Warfighter
Host Tim Templeton talks with Shay Assad, former Director of Defense Pricing in the DoD and CEO of Raytheon Co.’s Engineering and Construction Businesses. Among other topics, they discuss how deliberate risk can empower deliberate speed, why en...
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Stan Soloway: Know How to Fully Leverage OTAs & Other Tools & Tech
Host Tim Templeton talks with Stan Soloway, former DoD Acquisition Official and CEO of the Professional Services Council. They discuss the real possibilities of bringing OTAs into daily contracting use, leveraging CSOs as another powerful yet u...
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29:02
David Cade: Government Can Save Time & Money Using Commercial Approaches
Host Tim Templeton talks with David Cade, VP of US Government Services Business Transformation for the Boeing Co., about the powerful benefits of forming templated contracts, standardizing proposal procedures, and creating synergies among comme...
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29:09
Bill Greenwalt: Arm Warfighters Faster through Mid-Tier Acquisition Authority
Host Tim Templeton talks with Bill Greenwalt, founder of the Silicon Valley Defense Group and former senior DoD official. Why should it take 15 years to arm the warfighter? Mid-Tier Acquisition Authority can take that number down to 3. Plus, it...
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28:34
Elliott Branch: Make Value Analysis & Modular IP Systems a Reality
Host Tim Templeton talks with Elliott Branch, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Procurement. Subjects on deck: how we can rethink contracting competition to integrate efficient tradeoffs, how value analysis can b...
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David Drabkin: Use the FAR as a Sword, Not a Shield
Host Tim Templeton talks with David Drabkin, a former official within the DoD, GSA, and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of the US Senate. At the top of their topics: the long-term positive effects of rewriting FAR sections, t...
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25:57
Soraya Correa: Act With Urgency in Both Peacetime and Wartime
Host Tim Templeton talks with Soraya Correa, former Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer, about several dichotomies: that failure is necessary to succeed; that even though problem definition may be multi-dimensional, it’s e...
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28:05
Major General Cameron Holt: Transform the US Acquisition Process to Win the Silent War
Host Tim Templeton talks with Major General Cameron Holt (retired) about the single largest threat to our nation: the ‘Silent War’ with China. It’s not a war that’s entirely about military-on-military force. However, the need to quickly move th...
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