Non-profit, non-partisan Government Technology & Services Coalition shares its 2020 Annual Report. The Report outlines new programming, expanded offerings, and online resources developed for their members despite COVID 19.

2. Letter From Our Ceo
Letter From Our Ceo
e braved one of the
toughest years in our
history and made it through to
our 10th anniversary! Thanks
to all of our loyal members
we’ve conquered a terrible
year and set the stage for a
NEW DECADE, new year, new
administration, and new op-
portunities serving the home-
land security mission.
Throughout 2020 our lives
were turned upside down with what seemed to be one epic ter-
rible thing after another. From the pandemic, to extreme social
unrest from the killing of George Floyd, to killer wasps, to an ex-
tremely contentious election that has divided the nation, topped
off with a massive cyber attack on our government, it was a long
and challenging year.
For GTSC it was a tough year – our sponsorship dried up, some
members decided not to support us, and of course, we were una-
ble to host events in-person. It had a huge impact on our organ-
ization and we were saved by the UK government paying some
of our staff, generous donations from companies like Pyramid
Systems, Northrop Grumman, Excelicon, Sev1Tech, Amivero and
others, and the continued support of loyal members like you. In
addition I would like to send a big thank you to all who donated $5
for our high five campaign!
This annual report will catalog our continued work and hopefully
inspire you in the new normal.
As you know, GTSC pivoted very early in the pandemic to contin-
ue providing you with the communication and outreach you need
to continue understanding the government’s direction, plans, and
progress in working through the challenges.
As soon as COVID hit, GTSC reached out to our members and
community and developed a comprehensive list of companies
providing solutions for COVID-related challenges. We compiled
details on over 100 companies and distributed them to procure-
ment officials at DHS, State Department, and IRS.
Despite having to ZOOM all the time, we managed to continue our
programming and added our “Procurement updates” so you had
the opportunity to speak directly to numerous procurement offi-
cials in some of the busiest components in the Departments of
Homeland Security and State. By the fall, we had readjusted and
were able to host CBP week – that evolved into CBP weeks – pro-
viding you with the most thorough look at CBP’s missions, plans,
and progress, anywhere.
As we continue to evolve in the new normal we urge you to en-
gage more, include us in your thoughts more, let us know what
would help you. We are all working to adjust and adapt and GTSC
is here to help you with all of your efforts toward success. Please
take a moment to include a conversation within your organiza-
tions of how leveraging all the resources we’ve developed could
help your company more.
Please enjoy this review of our year. We’ve tried to use a little hu-
mor to recognize what all of us have gone through, and continue
to adapt to as we move forward.
Thank you for your loyalty, for sticking by us through this tough
year, and for participating to continue the robust communication
needed between industry and government to tackle the tough
challenges ahead.
Onward and upward.
Kristina
Kristina Tanasichuk
CEO, Government Technology & Services Coalition
Executive Editor, Homeland Security Today
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3 Letter from our CEO
4 About Us
5 Our Programming
6 Member Engagement
8 Capacity Building
9 Emerging Small Business Group
9 Business Development Exchanges
10 Procurement Updates
12 Emergency Management Week 2020
14 CBP Week 2020
16 Homeland Security Today 2020 Awards
18 The Lion’s Den
20 Mentors
22 GTSC Members
26 Homeland Security Today
36 Strategic Advisors
37 Strategic Partners
38 Sponsors
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For a decade GTSC has served the homeland security mission.
Our Vision is to provide an ethical, effective platform for informa-
tion exchange between the public and private sectors on home-
land and national security ideas, technologies and innovations.
It’s About Mission.
Our Mission is to provide exceptional advocacy, capacity building,
partnership opportunities and marketing in the Federal security
space for small and mid-sized companies. To do that we believe
that GTSC must help our Federal partners achieve their critical
missions with the highest integrity; best and most innovative
technologies; and results-based, quality products and services to
prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from
any terrorist attack or natural disaster.
The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) is a non-
profit, nonpartisan 501(c)(6) trade association of innovative, agile
small and mid-size company CEOs that create, develop, and im-
plement solutions for the Federal homeland and national security
sector. These companies founded the Coalition to band together
and work with their Federal partners to achieve their mission -
despite significant budget challenges - by bringing the innovation,
creativity and ingenuity of successful small businesses to the
homeland and national security mission. These CEOs - many for-
mer government officials - joined together to share best practic-
es, information and resources, to lead the initiatives and solutions
that would bring the best of our community together to protect
our homeland.
Our first decade focused on ways to make our members smarter,
better and more efficient at their business development, network-
ing, partnering and teaming. Our programming evolved over time
to bring decision makers from our Federal partners together with
our members to take a “deep dive” into components and directo-
rates so that we could understand the mission from end to end,
and the services, technologies and talents that enable that mis-
sion to move forward. Since COVID we have adapted to bring new
program types all online exclusively for our members.
GTSC works to educate our members through the following types
of sessions:
GTSC focuses on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Procurement Updates
With the advent of COVID, communication from our Federal partners has become even more critical. To assure our members
have the most recent information about upcoming actions, GTSC launched procurement updates in March 2020. These inter-
active sessions allowed members to stay in touch and ask urgent questions despite the pandemic.
Capacity Building
Every company - small to large - faces a host of growing pains and internal challenges to meet the needs of suc-
cess. Through exceptional relationships with an A-list of advisors, mentors and luminaries in corporate growth,
GTSC hosts hands-on sessions to assure that member companies have the best tools available to them to build
their internal capacity and further their growth.
CEO-to-CEO Roundtables
No one understands the challenges and unique demands of our market like someone who has grown a successful
company in it. Understanding that, CEOs of successful member companies join members to share their insights,
lessons learned and advice for others working in the Federal homeland and national security markets.
Insight Sessions
GTSC Insight sessions host Federal or Congressional officials to discuss challenges in the federal security mis-
sion, host workshops on engagement with the Federal customer, and promote the exchange of innovative ideas
between the public and private sectors.
Market Solutions Series
The Market Solution Series provides an inside look at creative, successful interactions and challenges that may be
impeding growth in the Federal homeland and national security market. These intimate roundtables take mem-
bers inside the “story” and allow them to understand the market components and forces that result in success.
Mentor Sessions
Throughout the year, executives from our mentor companies join our members and others from our broader
community to share their advice and perspectives on the homeland and national security markets. These sessions
provide invaluable insight into how large corporations are positioning themselves in the market, opportunities for
teaming and partnership and relationship building between large and small firms.
Subject Matter Insights
To address the cross-disciplinary emerging topics, in 2018, GTSC launched Subject Matter Insights focused on the
signature GTSC deep dive into a topic of interest across the homeland enterprise. The series looks at emerging
technologies, concepts, and techniques to aid in mission such as artificial intelligence, cloud migration, mobile
security, cyber security and more.
About Us
About Us
Our Programming
Our Programming
PROCUREMENT
UPDATES
Business Development Exchanges
The GTSC Business Development Exchanges (BDEs) are member-led trusted environments to meet and develop
potential teaming partners, improve business development efforts and share information among peers. GTSC
currently supports BDEs in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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4. GTSC provides members with numerous opportunities to have
their voices heard on decisions, planning, and operations with our
government partners. GTSC actively participates with the mission
and procurement officials responsible for the decisions that can
make or break your company. Over our 10 years we have devel-
oped a number of active workgroups:
Industry Outreach
Across government our partners have struggled with finding the
appropriate mechanisms to reach out to industry not only to in-
form but to problem solve. GTSC has worked with numerous
components and agencies to help current and potential govern-
ment contractors understand their clients and their mission, and
with our government partners to find innovative ways to bring
their needs to the contracting community.
DHS Industry Communication
The DHS procurement office works with GTSC members to en-
gage on numerous initiatives including Reverse Industry days,
Security AIRs, COVID return-to-work task forces, and many other
initiatives that seek to improve industry-government communi-
cation. GTSC works with DHS to provide representation on behalf
of our members on all of these task forces.
Innovation Workgroup
The innovation workgroup is a collection of companies some of
whom are “outside the traditional govcon box” and others who
constantly innovate to bring new, fresh ideas to their govern-
ment clients. Their focus has been developing mechanisms to
bring unique and interesting security and other solutions to our
government partners and work with the DHS Innovation efforts.
Acquisition & Procurement
Action Group
Our federal partners face numerous challenges when buying the
things they need, when they need them. Rapidly changing tech-
nology and markets, delayed/cancelled procurements, protests,
lack of information sharing, and workforce challenges are just a
few of the road blocks. Through the Acquisition & Procurement
Action Group, GTSC has been working with the procurement of-
ficers within our partner agencies to improve the acquisition and
procurement process. This action group focuses on providing
member input to improve federal outreach to small and mid-sized
business and assuring that our members have a seat at the table.
All GTSC members are welcome to participate.
Lead: Carolyn Muir, Executive Vice President, Steampunk
Business Workshops for
Government
Meeting with Executive Officials throughout the Federal govern-
ment, the Government Technology & Services Coalition heard
repeatedly that everyone wanted – and needed – a better under-
standing of the private sector. To that end, GTSC houses four
workshops that provide a mini “MBA” on the lifecycle, process,
challenges and decisions that companies face as they enter and
grow in the Federal market.
Taught by CEOs and C-suite level executives from the GTSC
membership, these workshops increase the understanding and
exchange between industry and government. Members of the
GTSC’s Lion’s Den were asked to present a 3.5 hour workshop on
the mid-tier process before contracting officers at DHS. If you are
interested in more information or would like to schedule a work-
shop, please contact us at: www.GTSCoalition.com
Member Engagement
Member Engagement
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5. Ethics Training
Annually GTSC offers ethics training for all members. This refresher course covers ethical contractor behavior, updates members on
any changes to the rules, and provides certificates of participation.
Annual Meeting
Thank you for being a member of the Government Technology & Services Coalition! Once a year we have the opportunity to gather for
our Annual Meeting and learn more about the groundwork we’ve accomplished for a tremendous 2021. Hear from our partners and
leadership on how to approach the new year, and gather feedback on what you need from us! Join us to hear more of what we are doing
for you and our plans for 2021, including information about the DHS transition.
Border Patrol Procurement
& Acquisition
Our first meeting took a look at the individual acquisition program offices
within the PMOD that procure goods and services in support of U.S. Border
Patrol’s operational needs and requirements.
What’s Ahead for Small Business
at DHS in 2020?
GTSC and WHS showed you the love on Valentine’s Day! The
Government Technology & Services Coalition’s Emerging Small
Business Group and Women in Homeland Security invited you
for a look at the work of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
Small business specialists from across the components joined us
for a discussion of their plans for 2020, the DHS Mentor Protege
Program, and GSA joined us for a brief on Category Management.
GTSC ESBG Procurement Update:
NITAAC CIO-SP3 Small Business
Every Federal agency with procurement authority is responsible
for contributing towards meeting the Federal government-wide
small business procurement goals of awarding at least five
percent of all federal contracting dollars to small disadvantaged
businesses each year. With its $20 billion ceiling, the NITAAC Chief
Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small
Business (CIO-SP3 Small Business) GWAC is an ideal option to
assist federal agencies in meeting their socioeconomic goals,
across all categories.
Acting NITAAC Director Brian Goodger provided an overview of
the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC. The session focused specif-
ically on how federal agencies can leverage the vehicle to meet
their 8(a) socio-economic goals.
The Emerging Small Business Group focuses on the needs of our members with revenue under $2.5 million but is open to all mem-
bers. Sessions focus on industry outreach with small business representatives from the agencies and collaboration with its members
for topics and sessions to aid their understanding of the market.
Earl Holland,III,
President/CEO,
Growth Strategy Consultants
Kristina
Tanasichuk
CEO & Founder, GTSC
Executive Editor,
Homeland Security Today
Kenneth W. Bible
Chief Information Security
Officer, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Kendall
Holbrook
Dev Technology Group
Soraya Correa
Chief Procurement Officer
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Polly Hall
Director
Procurement Innovation Lab
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Richard McComb
Chief Security Officer
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Rob Burton
Partner
Crowell & Moring
Olivia Trivisani
Bowker
Amivero
Trevor Wagner
Testing & Sharing Lead
Procurement Innovation Lab
Earl Holland, III
President
Growth Strategy Consultants​
Vice PresidentAssociation
of Strategic Alliance Profes-
sionals
Darlene Bullock
Executive Director
Office of Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Utilization
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Patricia Todaro
Bolin
Chief Growth Officer
Global Security & Innovative
Strategies
Robb Wong
CEO
Fedsolve
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker
Chair Speakers
Emerging Small Business Group
Emerging Small Business Group
Business Development Exchanges
Business Development Exchanges
Ruynard R. Singleton, Sr.
Executive Director, Program Management Office
Directorate, US Border Patrol, US Customs and Border
Protection
Brian Goodger
Acting Director NITAAC (NIH Information Technology Ac-
quisition and Assessment Center). Associate Director OLAO
(Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations) in the Office
of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.
Michelene
Rangel
Management & Program
Analyst, Procurement and
Planning Oversight, USCG
Denise L.
Richardson
Procurement Analyst,
Small Business & Industry
Liaison Programs, USCG
Sharon M Davis
Director, Manager, Protégé
Program, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
Stacy Swann
National Account Manager,
GSA Federal Acquisition
Service
Robert Keegan
Small Business Specialist,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Robyn Towles
C&P Division Director,
Transportation Security
Administration
Anita Perkins
Small Business Specialist,
U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
Capacity Building
Capacity Building
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6. U.S. Immigration &
Customs Enforcement
GTSC held a members only webinar on procurement and acquisition activity at U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Special thanks to members who responded
to GTSC’s survey and asked for specific updates on:
• DHS ICE SEVP Application Design, Development, Test, Deployment,
O&M, Eng, and Security
• DHS ICE-Security Assurance Support Services
• Modernize and Automate the Inspection Process at ICE Detention Facilities
• DHS, USCIS, CYBER SECURITY DEFENSE SERVICES (csds) – RFI
• GTSC Procurement Update with DHS
U.S. State Department
GTSC held a members only webinar on procurement and acquisition activity at the U.S.
State Department. This webinar was designed to address non-COVID related procure-
ment, however, any questions around contracting and the pandemic, were addressed.
Internal Revenue
Service
GTSC held a members only webinar on procurement
and acquisition activity at the IRS. This was the first
in a series of three webinars that covered upcoming
procurements, IRS IT activity, and other initiatives.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Chief Information Officer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
GTSC worked with CBP to bring members three panels discussing different topics in procurement at the agency.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
ITI and other OIT requirements
GTSC held a members only webinar on procurement and acquisition activity at CBP. This webinar was deisgned to address
non-COVID related procurement, however, any questions around contracting and the pandemic were addressed. This was the first in a
series to address the numerous opportunities at CBP.
U.S. Secret Service
We heard from Kevin Nally, CIO, on his strategic plan and vi-
sion, in addition to his progress and accomplishments around
his goals of bringing the agency the latest innovation, improved
service delivery and cybersecurity modernization.
U.S.CoastGuardCyber&ITMissionsandOpportunities
GTSC hosted a procurement update from the U.S. Coast Guard on the cyber and IT missions.
Rear Admiral David Dermanelian, USCG, serves as the Assistant Commandant for C4IT
(CG-6). For a year during his current assignment, he was dual hatted as Commander of
Coast Guard Cyber Command and CG-6.
Rear Admiral Dermanelian has managed nearly all cyber and IT missions within the USCG
and discussed his current challenges, planned opportunities, and progress with the USCG’s
cyber missions.
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security – HQ
GTSC held a members only webinar on procurement and acquisi-
tion activity from DHS Headquarters. While we fielded questions on
COVID, this webinar focused on on-going activity.
With the advent of COVID, communication from our Federal partners has become even
more critical. To assure our members have the most recent information about upcoming
actions, GTSC launched procurement updates in March 2020. These interactive sessions
allowed members to stay in touch and ask urgent questions despite the pandemic. In
March, GTSC combined the BDE with the Procurement updates. Webinars are recorded
and available for members in our video archive.
Procurement Updates
Procurement Updates
Sarah Todd
Deputy Head of Contracting Activity, U.S.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement
(ICE), Office of Acquisition Management
Beth Cappello
Acting Chief of Information Officer
(ACIO) for the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS)
Julia Koo
Director at US Customs and Border
Protection
Julia Koo
Director at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection
Brigadier General
Kevin Nally
Director, C4
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Secret
Service
Rear Admiral David
Dermanelian
U.S. Coast Guard
Soraya Correa
Chief Procurement Officer, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
David Hansen
Supervisory Information Technology
Specialist, US Customs and Border
Protection
Sanjeev “Sonny”
Bhagowalia
Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Information & Technology,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Earl Lewis
Executive Director, Procurement at
Department of Homeland Security
Earl Lewis
Executive Director, Procurement at
Department of Homeland Security
Tommy Thompson
Unit Chief, Information Technology Divi-
sion, Office of Acquisition Management
Michael Dickson
Contracting Officer at US Department
of State
Katherine Lugo
Contracting Officer, US Department
of State
Anna Urman
Senior Procurement Analyast, US
Department of State
Grayson Cochran
Contracting Officer, US Department
of State
Harrison Smith
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer,
IRS
Shanna Webbers
Chief Procurement Officer, IRS
GTSC, co-hosted by Women in Homeland Security, heard from Elizabeth Capello
on her mission, challenges, and vision as she works to manage the IT and cyber
security needs of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the COVID
crisis -- and every day.
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7. Technology and the FEMA
Mission
FEMA Modification of
Response and
Recovery Efforts
in a Pandemic
Environment
Procurement
Update
Resilience for
All-Hazards
Preparedness: Expanding
our Understanding Linda Mastandrea
Director, Office of Disability Integra-
tion and Coordination
Chief Keith Bryant
Former U.S. Fire Administrator
Lytwaive
Hutchinson
Chief Information Officer (FEMA)
Jeffrey Dorko
Deputy Associate Administrator
(Acting)
Bobby McCane
Chief Procurement Officer
Alex Amparo
Senior Official Performing the Duties
of Deputy Administrator
Karen Filipponi
Chief Component Human Capital
Officer (FEMA)
Dr. Melissa Forbes
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bridget Bean
Deputy Administrator for Resilience
at FEMA, Senior Official Preforming
Duties of Department of Homeland
Security
Lester Ingol
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer
David Maurstad
Region 2 Administrator (Acting)
The Government Technology & Services Coalition’s EM2020 is a week of interactive webinars to explore
the missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the practice of emergency management, and
the nation’s preparedness for, response to and recovery from any emergency. Webinars featured a keynote
speaker and panel discussion for approximately 1.5-2 hours daily.
Emergency
Management Week 2020
Emergency
Management Week 2020 BBQ with peace of
mind this summer!
Peter Gaynor
Certified Emergency Manager, For-
mer Acting Secretary of Homeland
Security
Keynote
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEEK 2020
was proudly sponsored by
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8. Setting the Stage for Border Security:
Immigration & National Security
Supporting a Secure Border:
Operations
Procurement Update
Update from OIT
CBP Week: Innovation
Field Operations
Update
Air & Marine
Operations
Linda Jacksta
Retired Deputy Executive Assistant
Commissioner, Operations
Support at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection
Diane Sahakian
Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Acquisition
Peter Giambone
Contract Specialist
Sanjeev “Sonny”
Bhagowalia
Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Information & Technology,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Neil Clark
Lanzendorf
Director - Tactical Aircraft and Vessel
Acquisitions at U.S. Customs and
Border Protection - Air and Marine
Operations
Kathleen Scudder
Assistant Chief at at U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
Dave Fluty
Executive Director, Laboratories and
Scientific Services
Todd Bensman
Senior National Security Fellow;
Center for Immigration Studies,
former counterterrorism intelligence
practitioner
Dennis Michelini
Executive Director, Operations, Air
and Marine Operations
Border Patrol: A View
from the Front Lines
Chief Rodney
Scott
U.S. Border Patrol
Keynote: Setting the
Stage for Border Security
Mark Morgan
Acting Commissioner
Office of the CIO
Update
Supporting a
Secure Border:
Enterprise Service
Benjamine “Carry”
Huffman
Executive Assistant Commissioner,
Enterprise Services practitioner
Beth Cappello
Deputy Chief Information Officer,
Office of the CIO
Diane Sabatino
Deputy Executive Assistant
Commissioner, Field Operations
Bradford Slutsky
Director, Information and Incident
Coordination Center
Earl J. Lewis III
Executive Director, Information
Technology, Contracting Division
Timothy O. Evans
Branch Chief for the Border
Technologies Contract Branch, Office
of Acquisition, Office of Enterprise
Services
Valerie Isabell
Deputy Commissioner for Informa-
tion Technology, Office of Information
Technology
Chris Pietrzak
Deputy Director, CBP Commercial
Technology Innovation
George Talton
Director (Acting), Planning, Anal-
ysis, and Requirement Evaluation
Directorate
Julie Koo
Division Director, Information and
Technology (IT) Contracting Division
Ramona
Watts-Sutton
Chief of the Contracting Office, US
Customs and Border Protection
Ron Ocker
Executive Director, Intelligence
Operations, Office of Intelligence
Through COVID, terrorism, transnational crime, cybercrimes, and political and economic instability that
threaten the homeland, CBP tackles many of the most critical missions to counter foreign enemies. This
week examined CBP’s 12 strategic initiatives designed to harness and apply the power of data, intelligence,
and advanced analytics, develop and maintain top-quality IT infrastructure and access, and expand our in-
ternational and intelligence partnerships to leverage the benefits of interoperability and collaboration to
protect the country. GTSC continues to facilitate the interactions that bring together the people, information,
and collaboration necessary to understand our government partners.
CBP Week 2020
CBP Week 2020
Technology & The CBP Mission
Tom Mills
Chief Technology Officer, Office of
Information and Technology
David Hansen
Executive Director (Acting), Passen-
ger Systems Program Directorate
Robert Costello
Executive Director on detail to Border
Enforcement and Management
Systems Directorate. Office of
Information and Technology
U.S Customs and
Border Protection
CBP WEEK 2020
was proudly sponsored by
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9. MVPs
Federal
Deborah Shoedel
Intelligence Operations
Specialist, Department of
Homeland Security Office of
Intelligence & Analysis
State or Local
Chief Bryan Tyner
Minneapolis Fire
Department
Human Trafficking
Michael J. Diaz
Branch Chief/IC Liaison
Confidential Human Source
Division (CHS), Office of
Intelligence, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
Drones
Adam Jacoff
Robotics Research Engineer,
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Citizen of Mission
Lester Millet
President at InfraGard
Louisiana
Shelomo Alfassa
Homeland Security and
Emergency Management
Analyst, VIRSIG
Federal Small Business
Champion of the Year
Kevin Sherman
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration
Services
Excellence in Outreach
International
Naim Hoxha
National Organized Crime
Advisor, Organization for
Security and Co-operation in
Europe Mission in Kosovo
Domestic
Joshua Ederheimer
Deputy Director, Department
of Homeland Security Federal
Protective Service
Most Innovative Campaign
to Increase Security
International
Rifat Marmullaku
National Program Officer,
Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe
Domestic
Florida International
University Police
Department
Manuel Garza
Director for the Manifest and
Conveyance Security Division,
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
Rosanna Robertson
Program Manager,
Department of Homeland
Security Science and
Technology Directorate
Mission Awards
Lori Moore-Merrell
President and CEO of the
International Public Safe-
ty Data Institute, National
Fire Protection Association
(NFPA)
Rachel Zimmerman
Senior Director,
CyberPatriot Business
Operations, Air Force
Association
Laura Delaney
Deputy Assistant Director,
Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security
Agency, Department of
Homeland Security
Matt Dosberg
Digital Transformation Lead,
NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center
Battalion Chief Derrick
Phillips
St. Louis Fire Department
Bridget Pelaez
Assistant Director of
Emergency Management,
Florida International
University
Brian Keith
Protective Security Advisor,
Department of Homeland
Security
Kumar Babu
Program Manager for Air
Cargo, Department of
Homeland Security Science
and Technology Directorate
Acquisition Excellence
Federal
CISA National
Cybersecurity Assessments
and Technical Services
Acquisition
Hannah Mousa
Contracting Officer
Kirk Lawrence
Program Manager
Harry Mourtos
Program Manager
Market Maven
Mark Emery
Principal at Emery
Consulting
Mission Awards
Coronavirus
Doris Brown
Executive Director, Louisiana
Department of Health Bureau
of Community Preparedness
Terence O’Leary
Executive Deputy
Commissioner at New York
State Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency
Services
Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe
Undersecretary of
Homeland Security and
Governor’s Homeland
Security Advisor,
Massachusetts Executive
Office of Public Safety and
Security
Elizabeth Cappello
Acting Chief Information
Officer and Deputy Chief
Information Officer,
Department of Homeland
Security
Ronald Scott
Operations Supervisor and
Service Maintenance Worker,
Plant Operations Department,
Fort Valley State University
Mike Horton
Special Advisor to the CIO and
Secretary’s COVID Action
Group, Department of
Homeland Security
Tony Robinson
Region 6 Administrator,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Person of the Year
Chris Krebs
Former Director of the
Department of Homeland
Security’s Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure
Security Agency
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Director of the
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
2020 GTSC
Award Winners
GTSC Small Business
Member of the Year
Amivero
GTSC Mid-Tier Member
of the Year
Dev Technology Group
GTSC Mentor of the
Year
Northrop Grumman
Corporation
GTSC Strategic Partner
of the Year
Lisa Martin of Embrace
Communications
GTSC Strategic Advisor
of the Year
Luke McCormack
Homeland Security Today
2020 Award Winners
Homeland Security Today
2020 Award Winners
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10. The Government Technology & Services Coalition is home to the Lion’s Den, a distinguished cadre of mid-sized companies devoted
to the homeland and national security market. Their success, the result of exceptional work for their clients and their outstanding
business acumen, has graduated them to “other than small” in the Federal market. This status creates new and difficult challenges for
mid-sized companies now ineligible for set-asides and facing intense competition from very large companies. The Lion’s Den is focused
on creating and supporting programs, policies and ventures to support the continuum of growth from small to mid-sized through part-
nership, advocacy and increased business opportunities.
The Lion’s Den
The Lion’s Den
To learn more about GTSC’s MidTier Project and members visit
www.GTSCMidTierSolution.com
Mid Tier
Of The Year
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11. Improving life
one sip at
a time
BREWERY
Our Mentor companies join GTSC
to build a better team. Their
commitment to GTSC members
is to work with them to team,
partner and build better small
business relationships for the
long-term.
GTSC small and mid-sized members joined GTSC for a mentor session with AT&T to discuss AT&T’s federal vision, strategy, targeted
areas of growth, and partnership needs. Mentor sessions offer advice and counsel on the direction of the homeland security and law
enforcement market, their view of where to focus your business, and the types of needs they see evolving in this market. GTSC hosts
Mentor companies for this private meeting with other small business Coalition members and non-members to help find qualified, ad-
vanced small businesses with which to team. Mentor sessions are included in membership.
Mentors
Mentors
Mentor
Of The Year
21
Mentor Session with AT&T:
Partnering with AT&T to Win Government Contracts
Barb Perlowski
Assistant Vice President, AT&T
Erik Hand
DHS Senior Principal Architect, AT&T
Matt Thibault
Solutions Architect, AT&T
Bill Polizos
Director, Small Business Program,
AT&T

12. GTSC Members
GTSC Members
AASKI
Abacus Technology Corporation
Accela Consulting Inc
Accenture
Acuity Inc.
Acumen Solutions
Adobe Government
Alba Solutions
Alchemy Global Networks LLC
Alethia Consulting Corporation
Alethix
Amivero
Anika Systems
Applied Computing Technologies, Inc.
Applied Social Media Concepts, LLC
ARServices
ASRC Federal Constructors, Inc
Assertive Professionals, LLC
Assured Interprises Inc
AT&T Public Sector
Automation Technologies Inc. (ATI)
AVER, LLC
B&B Consulting Enterprises
Babel Street
Battle Resource Management, Inc.
BDO
Bluemont Technology & Research, Inc.
BlueWater Federal Solutions
Cambridge Global
Camus Technologies
CapGemini
Capital One
Catalyst Partners
CENTERPOINT
CES, LLC
CGI Federal
Chertoff Group
Citizant
CLEAResources
CMCI
CollabraLink Technologies, Inc.
Constellation West
Contraqer
Coreonyx
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Correnty Consulting - no logo
Covata USA
Critical Path Solutions, Inc
Crowell & Moring
Cybermedia Technologies
D & O Security Solutions, LLC
DeepWaterPoint
Deloitte
Deployed Resources
Dev Technology Group
Dignari, LLC
Dynamic Pro
Dynanet Corporation
E2.71
E3 Federal Solutions
Eagle Hill Consulting
eGlobaltech
Elbit Systems Of America
Embrace Communications, LLC
EnProVera Corporation
Enterprise ITech Corp.
Epigen Technology
ESCgov, Inc.
Excelicon
Excella Consulting
Favor TechConsulting, LLC (FTC)
Firebird Analytical Solutions & Technolo-
gies
Five 9 Group, Inc.
Forcepoint Federal LLC
Gate 15
General Dynamics Information Technology
Geocent, L.L.C.
Gitlab Federal, LLC
Global Solutions, Inc.
Global Technology Solutions Group
GovCon Rx
GovMobile, LLC
Govplace
Grant Thornton LLP
Grindstone
Growth Strategy Consultants
GSIS
Haney & Co
Hazsim
Holmes and Associates, Inc
HWC
IBA
IDENTIV
IEM
immixGroup, Inc.
Inceptima Management Solutions
Info Tech Solutions & Security
Infostellar Inc.
Integrated Analytics, LLC
IT Operational Strategies, LLC
Juniper Networks, Inc.
K2 Security Solutions Group
Holmes &
Associates, LLC
IT Operational
Strategies LLC
Small Business Of The Year
23

13. GTSC Members
GTSC Members
25
Strativest,
LLC
TWE, LLC
Potomac Blue,
LLC
Knight Point Systems
LCA Sales
Leidos
Leonardo DRS
Luminara Consulting
Management Concepts
ManTech
Marie, Inc.
Marklogic Corporation
Mathew Jung
MAXIMUS Federal
MaxiSoft Corporation
McMenamin Consulting Group
Metaphase Consulting
MHA Technologies, Inc.
MISSIONESSENTIAL®
Morgan Franklin Consulting
Motorola Solutions
Mount Airey Group
MSM Technology, LLC
NCI Information Systems, Inc.
Netcom Group
NIYAMIT, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corp.
NTT Data Federal
Nueducation
Nuix USG Inc.
Oak Hill Farm Group
Oak Leaf Technology Solutions
Oasys International Corp
Octo Consulting
Oneglobe LLC
Open Cognition
OPTIMOZ
Paratus Solutions LLC
Pearl Grace Group, Inc.
Peraton
Perspecta
Pherson Associates, LLC
Potomac Blue, LLC
Potomac Management Solutions
Potomac Ridge Consulting
POTOMACWAVE CONSULTING
Procentrix, Inc.
Professional Stewards Services
Pyramid Systems, Inc.
Qualtrics
Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Quantum Vetting Inc.
Radiant Creative, LLC
Red Hat
REI Systems Inc
Rofori Corporation
Sabree Software Services, Inc.
SAIC
Salesforce
Sandra L. Stosz, LLC
Schambach & Williams
Scientel Solutions
Secure Insights LLC
SensorWare Systems
Servicenow
Sev1Tech
Sevatec, Inc.
SharpEDG
Simon Computing Inc.
Simple Technology Solutions, Inc.
Soft Tech Consulting
Software AG Government Solutions Inc.
Solution Technology Systems, Inc.
Solutions By Design 2 (SBD2)
Sonora Associates
SOS International
Splunk>
Steampunk, Inc.
Strativest, LLC
SymposIT
Syntelligent Analytic Solutions, LLC
T-Rex Solutions, LLC
Tanium Federal Corporation
Technical Management Resources, Inc.
Tellenger, Inc.
Teneo Iter, LLC
Terathink Corp
TestPros, Inc.
The Emery Group
The Lydia Mode
The Wolverine Group
Transunion Government
TWD & Associates
TWE LLC
Unissant Inc
ValidaTek, Inc
Variq Corporation
Ventera Corporation
Vertical Jobs, Inc
Vmware, Inc.
Voigt Peters Dumouchelle
Voyager Analytics, Inc
Washington Business Dynamics (WBD)
WISE Solutions
Sandra L Stosz,
LLC
Schambach
& Williams

14. Improving life
one box at
a time
HAULIERS
Since 2018, GTSC has grown Homeland Security Today to one of
the most sought after sites in homeland security. In 2020 we dou-
bled users to 1.2 million and more than doubled our sessions to
1.5 million.
With nearly 2 million page views and over 16,000 joining us per
month from organic searches, HSToday is where serious profes-
sionals in homeland security get their news and information.
Despite this, HSToday faces the same hurdles as many in social
media – Facebook deemed us “not shareable” because their al-
gorithms saw pictures of terrorists, causing us significant chal-
lenges in expanding on the platform. We continue to grow direct
readers which serves our audience and our GTSC members even
better.
Both our Climate Security and Transportation Security newslet-
ters doubled in subscribers with the top three sections viewed by
readers being the Homepage, Counterterrorism, and Aviation Se-
curity with Infrastructure Security close behind.
While HSToday brings readers the latest on threats to the home-
land, interest in our content reaches beyond our borders. The top
countries of readership are:
Homeland Security Today
• United States
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• India
• Germany
• Australia
• Turkey
• Netherlands
• Norway
• France
Editorial Board
Michael Chertoff
Former Secretary, DHS
Admiral Peter
Neffenger
Former Administrator,
Transportation Security
Administration, Former Vice
Commandant, U.S.Coast Guard
Elizabeth Neumann
Former Assistant Secretary for
Counterterrorism and Threat
Prevention, DHS
Matthew Albence
Former Acting Director, U.S.
Immigration & Customs
Enforcement
John Acton
Former Rear Admiral
U.S. Coast Guard
Kristjen Nielsen
Former Secretary, DHS
Vince Patton
Former Master Chief
Petty Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Richard Serino
Former Deputy
Administrator,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Bruce Hoffman
Terrorist Expert &
Professor,
Georgetown University’s
Walsh School of Foreign
Service
David Aguilar
Former Acting
Commissioner, CBP
Former Chief,
U.S. Border Patrol
Dr. Mitchell Simmons
Former Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Air Force
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
and Program Director in the Anthony
G. Oettinger School of Science
and Technology Intelligence at the
National Intelligence University.
Sandra L. Stosz
Former Vice Admiral
U.S. Coast Guard
Thomas D. Homan
Former Acting Director
U.S. Immigration &
Customs Enforcement
Mark Allen
Former Coast Guard
Reserve Force Master
Chief
Mark Sullivan
Former Director,
U.S. Secret Service
Greg Marshall
Former Chief Security
Officer, DHS
Steve Karoly
Former Acting Assistant
Administrator,
Transportation Security
Administration
Charles
Armstrong
Former Assistant
Commissioner & CIO, CBP
Greg Touhill
Former and first Chief
Information Security
Officer, U.S.Federal
Government
Antonio Villafana
Former Chief Information
Officer, DHS Countering
Weapons of Mass
Destruction Office
John Wagner
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Deputy
Executive Assistant Com-
missioner, Office of Field
Operations (OFO)
Caryn Wagner
Former Under Secretary,
Intelligence & Analysis,
DHS
Charles Werner
Fire Chief, Charlottesville, VA
Former Acting Deputy
State Coordinator, Virginia
Department of Emergency
Management
Luke McCormack
Former Chief Information
Officer, DHS
W. Ralph Basham
Former Commissioner, CBP
Former Director,
US Secret Service
Former Chief of Staff, TSA
Former Director, FLETC
Brian Harrell
Former Assistant Director
for Infrastructure Security,
Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency
(CISA), DHS
Francis X Taylor
Former Chief Information
Officer, DHS
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Columnists
Sergio A. Tinoco
Author of ‘Proud American’,
Border Patrol Agent
U.S. Border Patrol
Jack Jones
Chairman, FAIR Institute
Executive VP of Research
and Development,
RiskLens
David
Reichenbaugh
Former Lieutenant and
Barrack Commander
Maryland State Police
Anne Speckhard
Director, International
Center for the Study of
Violent Extremism (ICSVE)
Francis X. Taylor
Former Chief Information
Officer, DHS
Dr. Ajit Maan
Founder and CEO,
Narrative Strategies
Dr. Gary Shiffman
Author

15. If only
everything was
as clear as us
TRANSPARENCY
To TikTok or not
to TikTok?
Homeland Security Today
Leading “Months”
identified by DHS
As part of our community building efforts in support of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Today works with
leaders in the homeland community to facilitate more information
sharing and collaboration around DHS-designated days: Human Traf-
ficking Awareness Month in January, National Preparedness Month in
September, Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, Critical Infra-
structure Security & Resilience Month in November.
This year we worked with Luke McCormack, Former Chief Informa-
tion Officer, DHS; Brian Harrell, Former Assistant Secretary of Infra-
structure Protection at DHS; and Kristina Tanasichuk, Executive Ed-
itor, HSToday.
Pieces collected through these collaborations are tagged on the
HSToday site and compiled in a summary at the end of each designat-
ed month. Each year, we add the pieces to the last compilation to keep
a library of resources available to our readers.
National Preparedness Month
Cyber Security Awareness Month
Critical Infrastructure Security &
Resilience Month
Kristina Tanasichuk
Brian Harrell
Luke McCormack
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Mark Emery
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16. Homeland Security Today Webinars
31
Arson Terror: When Extremists
Use Fire as a Weapon
As wildfires rip through thousands of acres each summer, terror groups
gleefully trumpet the news reports to their followers in hopes that lone
actors will feel inspired to spark their own blazes.
Terror groups have also printed advice on how to pick good targets and
how to take into account weather conditions favorable to fire and offered
instructions on making incendiary devices.
This webinar explored the risk of arson terror from the fire professional
perspective as well as analysis of what terror groups have been encour-
aging.
Who are the terrorists now?
A two part series of webinars. Part I focused on ISIS and FTOs overseas and their
influence on citizens and non-citizens in the U.S., including encouraged attack
tactics. Part II focused on domestic extremists, motivations, and actual and en-
couraged tactics.
Most recently, extremists have targeted a hospital treating COVID patients in the
U.S. and have carried out attacks on houses of worship. They have also discussed
attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Path to Radicalization for Cells and Lone
Wolf Offenders
This webinar explored pathways to violence common for both lone offenders and
those radicalized through a cell. The FBI definition of terrorism requires a moti-
vation that goes beyond personal motivations and attempts to influence change
in furtherance of extremist ideology in social, political, religious, racial or envi-
ronmental nature.
Extremist Activity Around
the Holidays
The season of Hanukkah, Christmas, and New
Year’s has historically generated increased threats
from extremists and seen terrorist attacks including
the deadly attacks on the Berlin and Strausbourg
Christmas markets. In this webinar we discussed
threats to faith-based institutions and why extrem-
ists eye holiday-themed targets as well as how law
enforcement agencies and the private sector can
collaborate in making the holiday season safer.
GTSCEXCLUSIVE!
TheBeirutExplosion
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Joanna Mendelson
Associate Director of the Center on
Extremism, Anti-Defamation League
Rob Yandow
Faith-Based Information Sharing and
Analysis Organization
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
John Barsa
Acting USAID Administrator
Robert Lewin
Former Director of Santa Barbara
County Office of Emergency Manage-
ment and Fire Chief for CAL FIRE/
San Luis Obispo County Fire
Stephanie Yanta
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
Stephanie Yanta
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
Webinar with Director
Matthew Albence, ICE
Matthew Albence
Former Acting Director,
U.S. Immigration & Customs
Enforcement
Discussing the agency’s day-to-day operations
and impacts of COVID on their workforce of more
than 20,000 officers, special agents, attorneys,
and mission support professionals assigned to
more than 400 domestic and international offices.
Mr. Albence also discussed Enforcement and Re-
moval Operations, where he was director, leading
ERO in its mission to identify, arrest, and remove
aliens who present a danger to national securi-
ty or are a risk to public safety, as well as those
who enter the United States illegally or otherwise
undermine the integrity of our immigration laws
and our border control efforts. We also discussed
Homeland Security Investigations and the agen-
cy’s priorities for the rest of 2020 and into 2021.
This exclusive Homeland Security Today conver-
sation discussed the port explosion in Beirut with
USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa. Admin-
istrator Barsa had just returned from the site of
the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, which experts
called “one of the strongest non-nuclear explo-
sions ever recorded.” Barsa described what he
saw and shared stories of his experience with the
people of Beirut.
In 2020 our webinar audience exploded.
Thousands of law enforcement officials
from across the nation and world signed up
for our webinars, averaging 400+ registra-
tions per conversation. We are extremely
proud of the connection we’ve developed
with the foremost experts in counterterror-
ism to share their intelligence, information,
and insights directly with the law enforce-
ment community.
Conspiracy Theory Extremism:
When Fake News Becomes a Physical Threat
Conspiracy theories may seem confined to furious tweets or online forums,
but they can also inspire violence. Comet Ping Pong in D.C. was the target of a
gunman and an arsonist in separate attacks fueled by a conspiracy theory that
the pizza restaurant hosted a child sex trafficking ring. Dozens of communica-
tions towers in the UK have been targeted by arsonists and telecom employees
harassed as a result of a conspiracy theory alleging that 5G technology has
been connected to the spread of the coronavirus. This webinar focused on how
conspiracy theories take off and can escalate into violence.
Brian Harrell
Former Assistant Director for
Infrastructure Security, Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA), Department of Homeland
Security
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Alla Lipetsker
Supervisory Special Agent, Foreign
Influence Task Force - Russia,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul Cobaugh
Vice President, Narrative Strategies
Complex Coordinated Attacks: How to Prepare for Multiple Strikes
From Paris to Mumbai to Sri Lanka, devastating complex coordinated attacks – incorporating multiple assailants, types of weapons,
attack locations, or other techniques intended to hamper first responders and increase the number of victims – have heightened con-
cerns in jurisdictions big and small that their cities could be similarly targeted. This webinar discussed not only current threats and
indicators, tactics and techniques, but how agencies can successfully share information and train in order to be prepared to protect soft
and crowded targets and respond to simultaneous incidents.
Capt. John Delaney
Arlington County Fire Department,
Program Manager, Northern Virginia
High Threat Response Program
David Pounder
Senior Risk Analyst, Gate 15
with support to the Real Estate
Information Sharing and Analysis
Center (RE-ISAC) and Faith-Based
Information Sharing and Analysis
Organization (FB-ISAO)
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today

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Defending the Border
with Former ICE
Director, Tom Homan
Illegal immigration is the most controversial and
emotional issue this country faces today. Former
ICE Director and Fox News contributor Tom Ho-
man knows the facts. He’s spent his life on the
border, and knows that if we don’t control illegal
immigration now, this country will continue to
suffer the consequences of crime, drugs and fi-
nancial strain -- and it will get much much worse.
In thiis webinar we talked with Director Homan
about his new book, Defend The Border And Save
Lives, where he shares what he believes illegal
immigration is really about.
Leadership in Crisis:
How to Lead When it Matters Most
CountryReportsonTerrorism
In June the State Department released its annual report on the state of terrorism
across the world that updated the activities of designated foreign terrorist organ-
ization. The brief discussed:
Anti-Semitism:Behind the Escalating Domestic Threat
The American Jewish community experienced the highest level of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 since tracking began in 1979, with
more than 2,100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment reported across the United States, according to data from the Anti-Defa-
mation League.
DHS has warned that extremism is building as online platforms catalyze hate. This webinar focused on these troubling trends and es-
calation to violence, and how the threat of growing anti-Semitism can be confronted.
Breaking Hate with
Former Skinhead
Christian Picciolini
A discussion on extremism with former skinhead
turned activist Christian Picciolini. From a one-
time white-supremacist leader now working to
disengage people from extremist movements,
Breaking Hate is a “riveting” (James Clapper),
“groundbreaking” (Malcolm Nance), “horrifying
[but] hopeful” (S.E. Cupp) exploration of how to
heal a nation reeling from hate and violence.
Admiral Peter
Neffenger
Former Administrator,
Transportation Security
Administration Former Vice
Commandant, U.S.Coast Guard
Aryeh Tuchman
Associate Director, Center on Ex-
tremism, Anti-Defamation League
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Christian Picciolini
Author
Richard Serino
Former Deputy Administrator,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Brad Orsini
Senior National Security Advisor,
Secure Community Network
HSToday invited you to hear our two distinguished Editorial Board members dis-
cuss how they’ve navigated unfolding events, logistics, political influences and
unforeseen complications for some of our nation’s greatest crises.
Drawing from their deep experience they shared with us some crisis manage-
ment principles that are pragmatic and immediately actionable in the multiple
crises currently facing organizations, companies and governments.
Both also teach crisis leadership at Harvard’s National Preparedness Leadership
Initiative and they discussed the Harvard NPLI approach and the pragmatic and
immediately applicable tools they teach.
• trends of terrorist attack,
• the evolution of ISIS and its ad-
herents,
• US strategies to prioritize law en-
forcement to prosecute ISIS-af-
filiated terrorists for the crimes
they’ve committed
• counterterrorism finance to cut
off the flow of money to ISIS and
its affiliates around the world
• counter-messaging to delegit-
imize the radical ideology that
ISIS uses to inspire the next gen-
eration of recruits, and
• border security measures to en-
sure that ISIS fighters are not
able to enter the United States or
cross international borders.
Karen Zareski
Director of the Office of Homeland
Security, Bureau of Counterterror-
ism, U.S. Department of State
Theresa Bates
Director of the Office of Counterter-
rorism Finance and Designations,
Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT/
CTFD), U.S. Department of State
Hillary Batjer
Johnson
Deputy Coordinator for Homeland
Security, Screening, and Designa-
tions, Bureau of Counterterrorism,
U.S. Department of State
Irfan Saeed
Director for the Office of Countering
Violent Extremism (CVE), Bureau of
Counterterrorism, U.S. Department
of State
Todd Bensman
Author
America’s Covert Border
War with Author Todd
Bensman
Americans concerned by unchecked global mi-
gration, porous borders, and national security will
feel surprised to learn that thousands of migrants
from the Islamic world breach the U.S.-Mexican
bordereachyear,despitewidespreadmediainsist-
ence that these long-haul travelers are imagined,
as are the hardened jihadists caught among them
each year. This is an intelligence world insider’s
untold story of the ambitious and intrigue-laden
covert American counterterrorism programs built
after 9/11 from the U.S. border to the tip of South
America. These programs were created to protect
Americans from a supposedly notional infiltration
threat that has been killing and wounding thou-
sands in Europe in recent years.
Tom Homan
Former Acting Director
U.S. Immigration &
Customs Enforcement
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Jessica Reaves
Editorial Director, Center on Extrem-
ism, Anti-Defamation League
Steve Crimando
Principal of Behavioral Science
Applications LLC
The Incel Threat: Mindset Behind the Mass Shootings
With radicalization fueled in online communities, the involuntarily celibate movement - or incel - has been cited as the motivation
behind several mass murders including the 2014 mass shooting by Elliot Rodger in California and the 2018 Toronto mass shooting by
Alex Minassian.
This movement pushes the belief that men who are not having sex are entitled to it and lashes out at women they see as denying them
as well as the men they do choose - the “Stacy’s” and the “Chads”. This webinar delved into the incel mindset and motivations that can
lead to violence.
Leadership in Crisis Webinar: Focus on
Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement
Homeland Security Today discussed leadership, the attributes of good leader-
ship, and how law enforcement professionals can groom and evolve leaders that
recognize the strengths of diversity and inclusion to safeguard both our officers
and our citizens. Two of the nation’s most accomplished leaders joined us to
share their experiences, their “lessons learned” and their message for what we
all must do to assure that everyone in America feels secure in their homeland.
Lt. Colonel Thomas E.
Tuggle
Mississippi Highway Patrol
MCPOCG Vince Patton
Master Chief, US Coast Guard

18. Homeland Security Today Webinars
35
WMD Threats to American Citizens and
Infrastructure
William Byrd
Deputy Associate Director, Office for
Bombing Prevention, Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agency,
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor, Homeland Security
Today
Douglas J.
DeLancey
CPP, Branch Chief, Counter-IED
Strategy, Integration and Communi-
cations, Office for Bombing Preven-
tion, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA)
Travis Moran
President of Operations for Welund,
N.A., UAS expert and retired federal
law enforcement
Joe Levy
Chairman of the International Asso-
ciation of Venue Managers’ Venue
Safety and Security Committee
L. Scott Parker
Branch Chief, Advanced Threats
Security, Security Programs,
Infrastructure Security Division,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency
John Bryk
Cyber and Physical Threat Intelli-
gence Analyst, Downstream Natural
Gas Information Sharing & Analysis
Center (DNG-ISAC)
Robert Hodges
LE & IC Liaison, Office for Bombing
Prevention, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
Terror groups have long expressed a desire and encouraged followers to
pursue chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks, from al-Qaeda’s
quest to produce WMD to ISIS telling adherents to poison local food or wa-
ter supplies. And domestic extremists “have pursued chemical and biological
weapons more frequently” than homegrown extremists driven by loyalty to an
international terrorist group, Congress recently heard.
This webinar looked at the various CBRN threats and potential tactics and dis-
cuss practical ways to protect communities and potential targets.
Venue Threats:
Protecting Crowds Targeted
by Extremists
From the Manchester Arena bombing to the mass
shooting on the open-air music festival in Las
Vegas, to the attack on the Gilroy Garlic Festival,
assailants have shown a determination to get past
security measures in order to inflict harm on large
crowds gathered for any number of events. This
webinar looked not just at the threat landscape
and security measures local jurisdictions need to
keep in mind, but how COVID-19 is altering that
landscape and security posture as crowds move
outdoors and pandemic control guidelines are in-
tegrated with security principles.
Drone Threats: Challenges in Confronting Extremist Use of UAS
Whether it’s a terror group probing a sophisticated captured surveillance drone or a domestic extremist outfitting an off-the-shelf drone
for nefarious purposes, unmanned systems increasingly pose challenges for law enforcement and threats to communities. This webinar
discussed ways in which bad actors can use unmanned technology – including delivering potentially catastrophic payloads – and ways
that agencies can safely and effectively confront these unique threats.
Preparedness: Building Mental Health
Resiliency into your Community Plan
Sharon L. Cohen
Communication and collaboration
specialist
Bob Schmidt
Counselor
This webinar provided an overview of some of the steps that individuals, com-
munities, employers and public health departments can take to lessen this prob-
lem, particularly in the most vulnerable populations.
Peter Singer
Author
“Burn-In” The Future of Law Enforcement
We hear a lot about “artificial intelligence” and robotics, automation and other technologies
that are more mainstream every day. But how will these actually play out for law enforcement?
Singer delivered an exciting story -- filled with technology facts, woven into an exciting thriller
written by one of America’s Top 100 in security and defense. The Smithsonian named him as
one of the nation’s 100 leading innovators, Defense News as one of the 100 most influential
people in defense issues, Foreign Policy named him to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and
he was named an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.
Dr. Gary Shiffman
Author
Understanding Violence: Transforming our View of
Crime,Insurgency, and Terrorism
Where does violence come from, and how can we best identify, anticipate and control risks
for violent crime? In his new book, The Economics of Violence: How Behavioral Science Can
Transform Our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism, Gary M. Shiffman, Ph.D. proposes
that criminals are market actors and violent crime is a survival decision under conditions of
market scarcity. Viewed through the lense of behavioral science, violent crime becomes as
predictable as any other market behavior.
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GTSC is extremely proud of our supporting Strategic Advisors. Some of the most respected and experienced people in the homeland
and national security market have joined us to forward this market and achieve mission. Strategic Advisors lend their expertise to
our sessions, are available to our members for consultation, and advise GTSC leadership on the most effective ways we can impact
mission.
GTSC is proud to have strategic alliances with the foremost organizations in the homeland and national security industry. These organ-
izations are committed to a robust and cooperative exchange between our nation and share their expertise to equip our members with
the best resources available. GTSC thanks all of our partners for their input and contributions throughout the year.
Strategic Advisors
Strategic Advisors
Strategic Partners
Strategic Partners
Francis X.
Taylor
Former Under Secretary for
Intelligence and Analysis,
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Antonio
Villafana
Former Chief Information
Officer, DHS Countering
Weapons of Mass
Destruction Office
Caryn A.
Wagner
Former Under Secretary
for Intelligence and
Analysis, Department of
Homeland Security
John Wagner
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Deputy
Executive Assistant Com-
missioner, Office of Field
Operations (OFO)
Molly
Wilkinson
Senior Vice President,
Regulatory Policy, Regions
Financial Corporation
Jim Williams
Partner, Schambach &
Williams
Former Commissioner
of the General Services
Administration’s Federal
Acquisition Service
Rear
Admiral
John Acton
Former Rear Admiral, U.S.
Coast Guard and Special
Advisor to the Presidential
Transition who works with
the Coalition on initiatives
with the U.S. Coast Guard
David Aguilar
Former Deputy
Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) and Chief
of the U.S. Border Patrol
Matthew
Albence
Former Acting Director,
U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
Master Chief
Mark Allen
Former Coast Guard
Reserve
Force Master Chief, USCG
Charles
Armstrong
Former CIO and Assistant
Commissioner for the
Office
of Information Technology,
CBP; Principal, E271
Advisory
Services
Robert
Burton
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Andy Brinton
Former Executive Director,
Mission Support, U.S.
Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Office of
Field Operations (OFO)
Elaine Duke
Former Deputy Secretary
and Under Secretary
for Management, U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security
Peter Edge
Vice President of Corporate
Security at SOS Inter-
national
Former Acting Deputy
Director ICE
Sophia
Edwards
Former Chief of Staff to
the Director of the United
States Marshals Service
(USMS)
Mark Emery
Founder, Emery Consulting
Former and First CIO, TSA
Tom Essig
Former Chief Procurement
Officer, Department of
Homeland Security
David Grant
Principal, Potomac
consulting
Former Associate
Administrator for Mission
Support and Component
Acquisition Executive
Renee Forney
Senior Director of Cyber
Assurance, Capital One
P. Allen
Haney
President, P. Allen Haney
Company
Earl Holland
President, Growth
Strategy Consultants
Amy
Hutchens, Esq
Founder and President,
CLEAResources, LLC.
Keith Jones
Founder, President & CEO,
The Edgewater Group DC
Former Acting CIO, USCIS
Steve Karoly
Former Acting Assistant
Administrator,
Transportation Security
Administration
Greg Marshall
Former Chief Security
Officer
for the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS)
Mo McGowan
Partner, Command
Consulting Group
Former Assistant
Administrator, Office of
Security Operations, TSA
Luke
McCormack
Former CIO, U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security
Michelle
Mrdeza
Founding Strategic Advisor,
GTSC, Senior Advisor,
Cornerstone Government
Affairs,
Richard
Skinner
Former Inspector General,
U.S Department of
Homeland Security
Michael Smith
Former Director, Strategic
Sourcing, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
Vice Admiral
Sandra Stosz
Former Deputy
Commandant for Mission
Support
U.S. Coast Guard
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20. As many of you know, COVID hit non-profit organizations harder than most. This year — these sponsors really stepped up to help
GTSC survive and thrive.
Sponsors
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Supporters
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21. GTSC offers huge thanks to all the people engaged with
us. We are honored to work with our members, mentors,
strategic advisors, strategic partners and government
partners to work toward a safer, more secure America.
Government Technology & Services Coalition
www.GTSCoalition.com
www.GTSCDays.online
Homeland Security Today
www.HSToday.us
Lion’s Den Mid-Tier Campaign
www.GTSCMidTierSolution.com
Contacts: Membership@GTSCoalition.com
Twitter: @GTSCoalition
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GTSCoalition
Linkedin: Government Technology & Services Coalition group
YouTube: Government Technology & Services Coalition channel
Government Technology &
Services Coalition Staff
Kristina Tanasichuk
Founder & CEO
Jon Ostrowski
Chief Operating Officer
Kalyna White
Membership Assistant
Kristina Tanasichuk
Executive Editor
Bridget Johnson
Managing Editor
Kylie Bielby
Writer/Editor
Homeland Security
Today Staff
Government Technology
& Services Coalition’s
GTSC John Foradaris
Graphic Designer
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