Hector, a recognized thought leader in the field of human capital, provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that Vector has the proper operational controls, administrative/reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the company and ensure financial strength and operating efficiency. He accomplishes this through a respectful, collaborative, constructive and energetic style, guided by the objectives of the company.

He is the co-founder of HireStrategy, the top-ranked staffing firm in the mid-Atlantic region, successfully acquired by The Addison Group in 2014. At HireStrategy, Hector led and participated in the successful design and build of leadership teams for some of the most visionary organizations in the region.

Hector serves as chairman of the board of The Skill Source Group and is a board member of the Northern Virginia Workforce Development Board, a team of private and public sector partners who share a common goal of promoting the economic prosperity and long-term growth of Northern Virginia. He also serves on the board of directors of the HR Leadership Forum, the Marymount University’s Reston Center, the Institute for Excellence in Sales and Bloomforth Corporation.

Briton Westerhaus and Brendan Freehart work for All Traffic Solutions, a leading innovator of cloud-based traffic management solutions that help government agencies, organizations and communities solve their most complex traffic, transportation and parking challenges.

Senior Software Engineer Briton has been with ATS for over four years where he engineered TraffiCloud™, All Traffic Solutions' IoT traffic management platform. Briton has worked as a software engineer since his graduation from The University of Pittsburgh in 2008.

As Data Engineer for ATS, Brendan uncovers hidden insights within prolific stores of traffic and parking data and turns them into data science solutions to improve traffic flow, maximize parking availability and make roads safer. Brendan graduated from The George Washington University in 2010.

Kurt has focused his time at Booz Allen making innovation real and relevant. He serves as the Director of the National Innovation Hub network and of the Innovation Center. Over the past year, the Center has hosted over 15,000 people, over 1,000 events and meetings, and helped to shape 33 project teams, resulting in over $550M of proposal, new, or follow on work.

Throughout his 13 years at Booz Allen, Kurt has served clients by focusing on the strategic transformation and organizational design of both commercial and government clients through innovation and analytics, including multiple agencies and companies in defense, intelligence, oil/gas, technology, and aerospace. 

Kurt holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a certificate in Change Management from Georgetown University, a certificate in Design Thinking from Austin Center 4 Design, and a BS in Economics from the US Naval Academy.

Prior to Booz Allen, Kurt served over 9 years as an AH-1W Cobra pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps with secondary duties as an intelligence officer.

Camille Stewart is a senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s cyber risk services practice focused on cyber, privacy, and identifying emerging technologies to bring to market. As a cyber, technology, and intellectual property attorney, Camille brings specialized, crosscutting perspective to bear on complex technology, cyber, and national security issues. She served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Cyber Infrastructure & Resilience Policy at the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration. Prior to working at DHS, Camille spent five years as the Senior Manager, Legal Affairs at Cyveillance, Inc. She also founded a legal consultancy and startup incubator, MarqueLaw, PLLC. Camille is an Inaugural Internet Law and Policy Foundry Fellow, a Truman National Security Fellow, a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member, and is the Chair of the of Women in Technology's Young Professionals. Camille recently launched the Hustle Over Entitlement Podcast where she and her co-host tell stories of trailblazers and risk takers. Subscribe. Listen & Share. www.HustleOverEntitlement.com. You can find out more about Camille and her current projects at www.CamilleStewart.com or follow her on Twitter @CamilleEsq

Jim Lawler has more than 30 years of HR experience, including extensive international experience in people-driven businesses. Prior to joining ICF, he served as chief HR officer at TASC, Inc., while the company was establishing itself as a standalone company. At TASC, Mr. Lawler designed and staffed the HR organization; recruited key members of the senior leadership team; designed and led the rollout of the company's compensation and benefits programs; and executed an HR systems conversion.

Mr. Lawler has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia and an executive coaching certification through Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching Program.

Al Naqvi is a global authority on Applied Artificial Intelligence in Business. Specializing in making A.I. learning easy for business executives and democratizing artificial intelligence, he has developed 12 courses in Applied Artificial Intelligence in Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Human Resources and others. He was the Subject Matter Expert on the first High School courses in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (developed by Praxis). He has published several academic articles on Applied A.I. He is the editor of Journal of A.I. in Business and Policy. He is co-editor of the first academic focused Business Strategy book on Applied A.I. He is the CEO, Professor, and Researcher at the American Institute of Artificial Intelligence. He has written dozens of articles on Applied A.I. and given interviews. His courses are taught in world’s top companies and with partner universities and professional societies and associations. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of A.I. He is also the Executive Director of Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare.

For more info visit: www.AmericanAi.com

Ian Cook is a professional keynote speaker, facilitator and executive coach based in Vienna, VA.His expertise and passion lie in helping mid-to- executive level managers lead effectively at the

“micro” level, in that interpersonal space between themselves and the individual employee. In Ian’s words, “Effective micro leadership practices yield macro results!”

He founded his company, Fulcrum Associates, in Toronto back in 1988, following seventeen years with Air Canada and Honeywell. Since then he has worked with thousands of managers from over

250 clients from the private sector, major trade and professional associations, small business, government, and not-for- profit organizations.

He is the author of "Would They Call You Their Best Boss Ever? Practical Tips and Insights for the Successful Manager".

For the last 25 years, Laurent has been a sought-after fitness expert.

He was part of Oprah’s “Live Your Best Life” Tour, has been featured in ELLE Magazine and a guest on The Dr. Oz Show. He is a regular correspondent on NBC, FOX, CBS and the CW Network. The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports named him one of the country’s top 50 trainers.

As a fitness entertainer, speaker and instructor, he is a catalyst for change and transformation using body movement to rewire mindsets. Every year, Laurent leads the warm ups for national campaigns such as The Avon's Walk for Breast Cancer, MS Society, Best Buddies, and Children’s Hospital.

Laurent is a graduate of the Université de Montréal and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He also attended CEGEP Saint Laurent in the Pre-Medicine Program.

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in this episode Louis Montgomery chats with Greg McCarthy CEO of AOC Key Solutions, a consulting firm that helps companies win government contracts. Louis and Greg discuss GovCon past and present, how entrepreneurs can break into this tough market, career paths for recent college grads in GovCon, and the agencies with the biggest contract opportunities.

Cindy Gurne interviews Ms. Perlowitz about her long and extensive background in science and technology including being the founder of a successful company which she sold to a public company, being the founder of Women and Technology and serving on the boards of many organization committed to growing technical talent. She discusses success and failure and what she should have done differently.