Monthly Meeting: February 2, 2012

"The Future of Acquisition Automation"
Workshop Speaker: Mr. Jim Hargrove, Vice President and Senior Acquisition Expert, Business Systems Solutions for CACI International

"Hot Acquisition Issues on Capitol Hill"
Dinner Speaker: Mr. Alan Chvotkin, Executive Vice President and Counsel for the Professional Services Council (PSC)

RSVP for this event by noon on February 1, 2012. Register online using a credit card at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=227324, * or by contacting Pat Maxson at 703-767-0110 or novancma@gmail.com. The price of our monthly meetings is $40.00 for advanced registration (*$43.15 for credit card registration) and $45.00 for walk-ins.

DINNER SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Jim Hargrove, Vice President and Senior Acquisition Expert, Business Systems Solutions for CACI International

Mr. Hargrove is a Vice President with CACI International and currently the senior acquisition expert for their Business Systems Solutions, including the DoD Standard Procurement System (SPS) and the Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector. He has over 34 years of acquisition experience, both within the government and private sector. While with the Federal Government, he gained experience in all types of contracts as both a Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) and an Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) and was a certified Weapons System Acquisition Manager. His breadth of experience covers the full spectrum of the contracting field from program management to procurement to contract administration and close-out. In industry, his extensive experience ranges from directly supporting contracting officers and teaching SPS classes to managing large programs. He has a M.S. in Operations Research from the Navy Postgraduate School and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Georgia Tech. He is active in the National Contract Management Association from which he received the National Achievement Award in 2001.

DINNER SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Alan Chvotkin, Executive Vice President and Counsel for the Professional Services Council (PSC)

Mr. Chvotkin is one of the most knowledgeable and respected experts on federal acquisition policy, legislation, and regulation in the nation. At PSC, he is responsible for all of the association?s legislative and regulatory policy activity. Mr. Chvotkin is also a founding member and continuing leader of the federal contracting industry?s Acquisition Reform Working Group, which was established in 1993.

In his early career, Mr. Chvotkin served as professional staff on the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He later became counsel and staff director to the Senate Small Business Committee, and then counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Prior to joining PSC, he was a vice president of AT&T Government Services where he was responsible for managing key AT&T programs and opportunities; earlier at AT&T, he was the vice president responsible for the government contracts, pricing, compliance, and proposal development organizations. From 1986 to 1995, he was corporate director of government relations and senior counsel at Sundstrand Corporation.

Mr. Chvotkin is a member of the Supreme Court, American and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He is also a member of the National Contract Management Association and serves on its national board of advisors and as a ?Fellow? of the organization. Mr. Chvotkin is also a two-time ?Fed 100? winner. He has a law degree from The American University?s Washington College of Law, a master?s in public administration and a bachelor?s in political science, also from American University.