HUNGRY Reinvents Office Catering Model
Jeff Grass knows not all office catered meals are especially palatable or cost-effective. So, when the serial entrepreneur encountered an opportunity to address this problem while offering lower prices for companies, as well as creating a new career path and better pay for chefs, he jumped on board with HUNGRY in 2017 with company founders
WashingtonExec Interview Series, ‘Outside the Boardroom’: Ingenicomm President and CEO Amit Puri
WashingtonExec continues its interview series featuring government contracting executives and what they’re passionate about outside of their office and the boardroom. Ingenicomm Inc. President and CEO Amit Puri discusses being an entrepreneur and the importance of strategy, a strong corporate culture and challenging preconceived notions.
Ingenicomm’s Amit Puri Shares his Secret for Entrepreneurial Success
Amit Puri is the President and CEO of Ingenicomm, Inc., a company he founded in 2010. Since then, Ingenicomm has grown steadily, and today is a leading provider of mission-critical engineering services and specialized ground system electronics to a broad range of government and commercial aerospace programs. Puri recently spoke with WashingtonExec about what he
Video Interview: Mehul Sanghani Talks Growing Up in Blacksburg, VT and Entrepreneurship
Filmed at the 2014 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, Mehul Sanghani of Octo Consulting Group talks about growing up in his family business and cultivating entrepreneurship while an undergrad at Virginia Tech. Earlier this year Sanghani was appointed to the VT’s Board of Visitors. Sanghani went on win “Executive of the Year” for the less than
WashingtonExec’s Weekly E-Magazine: News You Need to Know
In case you missed this week’s WashingtonExec e-magazine, here’s what you need to know: Preferred Systems Solutions Inc. (PSS) announced its acquisition of Global Services & Solutions, Inc. (GSS), which enhanced its contracting relationship with the Department of Defense. Octo Consulting’s CEO Mehul Sanghani shared his journey from helping his family run their small motel
TandemNSI Founder Jonathan Aberman on Bringing ‘Nontraditional Performers’ to the National Security Sectors
The government is more creative than we give it credit for. And while, according to Jonathan Aberman, founder of TandemNSI and managing director at Amplifier Ventures, it’s been that way for a while, current federal contracting rules and institutional conservatism are hampering the government’s ability to effect fast-moving and entrepreneurial technology as efficiently as it
Video Interview: Bob Kipps Talks M&A Market, Entrepreneurship and Why Deals Fall Through
A brief interview with Bob Kipps, managing director of KippsDeSanto & Co., an investment banking firm in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. This is an official video of washingtonexec.com. Kipps is the first featured executive of WashingtonExec‘s new video series. WashingtonExec interviewed Kipps about the increasing competitiveness of the M&A marketplace over the next 15 months. Kipps also discussed
SAVE THE DATE: CONNECTpreneur Forum set for June 5
Investor, entrepreneur and CXO tickets are still available for the “Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forum” set for June 5 at the Tysons Corner Marriott aimed at bringing together venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Deemed by some to resemble a “networking jackpot,” Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Forums are hosted quarterly to bring together upwards of 250 founders, angels and
SAVE THE DATE: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Set for June 19
Twenty-nine Greater Washington area entrepreneurs made the finalist cut for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards set for June 19 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner. An independent judging panel comprised of regional business leaders and previous award recipients compiled the list, and winners will be revealed at the black-tie
SAVE THE DATE: Author David Kriegman to Conduct Book Signing June 4
David Kriegman, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SRA International and Author of Zero to a Billion: 61 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know to Grow a Government Contracting Business, on June 4 will join the City Club of Washington for a presentation and book signing. Kriegman served in February as the 2014 kickoff speaker for
NFTE DC Gala Set for April 24 Honors Pioneers in Entrepreneurship: Dagim Girma, Emily Frazier
His decision in 1982 to leave the corporate sector to become a special education teacher launched for Steve Mariotti, founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), what would become a 20-year streak of encouraging and motivating student interest in entrepreneurship. Two decades later NFTE, the international non-profit he started, trains and educates low-income youth
Even Startups Can Provide STEM Grants – Wyolum CoFounder Justin Shaw Shares an Innovative Perspective
STEM leader Justin Shaw has turned his passions for math and electronics into a lucrative startup business that also gives back to the community by providing thousands of dollars each year in grant funding to young entrepreneurs. Wyolum has become profitable through innovative tech products designed in an open source environment. Investing profit into young
DataRPM Founder Sundeep Sanghavi Talks DC Entrepreneurship, Natural Language Analytics and Computational Search
Serial entrepreneur Sundeep Sanghavi sat down with WashingtonExec to talk about his latest venture – DataRPM– a Natural Language and BI & Analytics company, available globally and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Sanghavi discussed his two previous startups, Razorsight and TEOCO, the big data opportunity, and where he is seeing growth in the commercial and federal
24-Year-Old Entrepreneur Discusses Backers, Networking, Future Challenges for Local Health Startup
A series of surgeries to treat a lacrosse athletic injury and frustration about a lack of online resources providing recovery information for that injury were the straws that led 24-year old Grant Verstandig to drop out of Brown University and pilot Audax Health. That was three years ago. The personal health management startup now has
CollabraLink President Rahul Pandhi Discusses Methods for Company Growth & the Acquisition Procurement Process
Rahul Pandhi, the president of technology consultancy CollabraLink Technologies, has an appetite for growing businesses. He joined CollabraLink in 2008 and has since grown the business from zero to 65 employees. Today he serves the business originally founded by his father, Yash Pandhi, by providing strategic direction for the firm and overseeing business development and
Women’s Center 27th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference; CGI Sponsors
The 27th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference was recently held at the McLean Hilton in Tysons Corner to celebrate “The Power of Purpose” and to explore women’s leadership roles in all aspects of life including government, education and entrepreneurship. CGI was the event’s Diamond Leadership sponsor, which was attended by more than 700 guests. CGI’s President, U.S.
SAVE THE DATE: NFTE Youth Fall Entrepreneurship Challenge November 15th
On November 15th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at George Washington University’s Funger Hall in the Dworetzky Auditorium in Washington, D.C., the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) will be having its 2nd annual Youth Fall Entrepreneurship Challenge in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Sanju Bansal, Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President &
Interview with Contractor of the Year Nominee CSSI, Inc: High Impact Teams and Making a Difference
WashingtonExec Series: Want To Be GovCon Executive Of The Year? The finalists for this year’s Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards were announced last month, and as promised, WashingtonExec is bringing you its annual series with GovCon Award nominees all this month before the winners are unveiled November 1. The winners will be announced at the
Three Pieces of Advice from Hulya Aksu, founder of Modern DC Business & I AM Modern Magazines
WashingtonExec Three Pieces of Advice Series: “If you could give your kids only three pieces of advice, what would they be?” Today’s advice is from Hulya Aksu, Founding Publisher of Modern DC Business, I AM Modern Magazine, and CriticMania.com. Find your passion and live with them- Life is full of repetitive and mundane tasks. Find
Interview With Gino Antonelli, COO Of New Company Spear, Inc. -Five Months In
WashingtonExec recently interviewed the COO of Spear, Inc, Gino Antonelli. Spear, Inc. is a professional services company founded in February 2012. We asked Antonelli how the last couple months have been treating him, as well as where he plans to take Spear, Inc. over the next year and beyond. Focusing on Spear, Inc.’s core capabilities,
Interview With BoxTone’s Alan Snyder: The 10-Year Mobility Technology Wave & Span
Earlier this month WashingtonExec had the pleasure of interviewing Alan Snyder, founder and CEO of BoxTone, Inc.. Snyder, a 2011 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Maryland) winner and frequent DC panelist on mobile technology, spoke with WashingtonExec about the thrills of “creating something from nothing” as well as where he sees BoxTone headed in the
SAVE THE DATE—TIE DC: Why Entrepreneurs Matter More Than Innovators—March 22
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, March 22, 2012 is the TIE DC: Why Entrepreneurs Matter More Than Innovators discussion featuring Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup and author of “The Coming Jobs War.” Clifton will talk about the all-important question in the world of startups, “is it innovation or entrepreneurship?” Clifton says in his book that company’s
Upcoming TiE DC Events- “Business Trends 2012: From .GOV To .COM”-TONIGHT
TiE DC, a membership-based organization consisting of the areas top entrepreneurs, has announced its 2012 upcoming events in the Washington, D.C. region. Tonight, February 27th, 2012, TiE DC is hosting Steve Pearlstein, columnist for The Washington Post, Pultzier Prize Winner, and George Mason University Robinson Professor of Public and International Affairs, at The Tower Club
Meet Tech Entrepreneur Dean Parker: Revolutionizing Cloud Communications
If you don’t already know Dean Parker, you will soon enough. A graduate of Virginia’s Liberty University, Parker has worked in the communications industry across the country for over 14 years and is the Founder, President and CEO of Callis Communications, a cutting-edge unified cloud communications company based in Mobile, AL. Parker has returned to
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