A specialized advisory firm for maximizing enterprise value and pre- transaction readiness services. Springer Lawson advises firms from $5 to $150m in areas of growth acceleration, turn around services and preparing a company for investment or sale.
Former CEO, COO, Entrepreneur
Government Contract Solutions Inc., federal government contractor for Civilian agencies and Service Provider for all Highly Classified Intelligence Government Agencies located in Virginia
375+ people
Seasoned Government Contracting Executive/Entrepreneur Building End to End Enterprise Value
Describe your industry experience:
- CEO for 18 years in the Federal Government Contracting highly cleared and civilian professional services arena.
- Management Consulting
- IT Program/Project management/Portfolio management
- Business development strategy, capture strategy, marketing collateral, BD mgmt.
- Corporate strategic development
- Corporate financials and reporting
- Proposal review
- USAID Contracting
- Warzone Contracting
- Highly Cleared Intelligence Contracting and Security
Describe your functional experience:
Founder and CEO of 375+ professional services firm (non socio-economic status) that served the highly classified and civilian government markets in the areas of program management of mission critical IT programs, financial audit readiness services and acquisition of large scale services/products/systems.
Describe your key business transactional experience:
In current role, advise CEO’s on strategic planning to maximize growth, preparation for seeking minority investment and explore, asses and present all available exit and investment options. Springer Lawson performs enterprise-wide corporate and operational health assessments and provides preparation guidance for a company planning to exit in about 3 -5 years.
As GCS CEO, led GCS through a formal M&A process and ensured its successful ownership transition to an private equity company buyer with no earnout.
What is the most important skill you bring to a corporate board?
As a seasoned and energetic business veteran who personally experienced the major growing pains of running of a successful business, have strong understanding of complex business models, interrelationships, and issues and offer thought leadership and assistance in a collegial, team setting. In addition to those areas, have many years experience pivoting, leveraging and growing businesses in service, solutions and products for multiple clients. Have broad management and building teams experience in BD, HR, Operations, Talent Management, Accounting, infrastructure build, FSO activities and creative client specific solutioning.
