Keynote Speaker - Stan Soloway
Stan Soloway is President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, the principal national trade association of the government professional and technical services industry. PSC is widely known for its leadership on the full range of government acquisition / procurement and outsourcing and privatization issues. Soloway assumed the presidency in January 2001. PSC has a membership of nearly 350 companies of all sizes, performing services of all kinds for virtually every agency of the government.

In addition to serving as President of PSC, Soloway was confirmed by the Senate in June 2007 as a member of the bi-partisan Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He writes a monthly column in Washington Technology magazine and was a member of the congressionally mandated, national panel on the future of government outsourcing chaired by the Comptroller General of the U.S. Soloway is also a Principal of the Partnership for Public Service, where he also serves as a charter member of the “Senior Advisors to Government Executives” program and as a mentor to mid-career civil servants in the Partnership’s Excellence in Government Fellows Program. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association, and received the prestigious Federal 100 Award in 2005.

Learn more about Mr. Soloway here.

Chad Braley
Chad Braley is the CEO and Managing Director of Capital Edge Consulting, Inc., in the firm’s Reston, VA office. Mr. Braley’s area of expertise includes the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), agency supplement regulations, Truth in Negotiations Act, government accounting requirements, Earned Value Management (EVM), Material Management & Accounting Systems (MMAS), DCAA audit and regulatory non-compliance support, business systems, ICAPs, ERP systems, risk mitigation.  Mr. Braley has successfully supported clients in developing and implementing compliance controls, policies, processes, and procedures to successfully mitigate the risk of regulatory noncompliance and has assisted over 75 companies in successfully completing government audits.  Mr. Braley has extensive experience in the Cost Accounting Standards and has successfully supported companies in developing their CAS Disclosure Statements, changing cost accounting practices, developing cost impact statements, and defending allegations of noncompliance.

Kenneth D. Bricker
Kenneth D. Bricker is a Partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman.  Mr. Bricker has worked in the government-contracting and acquisitions arena since 1975. He has private sector experience as a Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of a government contractor, as well as government experience as a Senior Auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency.  He has extensive knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). Mr. Bricker frequently assists clients with regulatory issues such as systems reviews (accounting, estimating, purchasing, billing), bids and proposals, rate structure development, forward pricing, wage determinations, claims (equitable adjustment, delay, termination), defective pricing, and incurred cost submissions.

Terry Carlson
Terry Carlson was a Director of Navigant Consulting, Inc. at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office where he advises clients on the regulations, guidelines, and cost accounting standards applicable to government contractors.  Mr. Carlson spent 20 years as President of his own firm, T. A. Carlson and Company, providing consulting services to the contracting community. He was previously a Professor of Financial Management at the Defense Systems Management College and taught courses in accounting and management information systems as an assistant professor of accounting at Villanova University.  He is a frequent speaker on government contracting issues and has had articles on contract administration and risk management published in professional journals. Mr. Carlson is also currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, where he teaches procurement courses.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the 2011 JAMIS User Group Conference, please contact Tiffany Pierce at (303) 279-2929 or email at summit@jamis.com.