April 10: NEW SPEAKERS ADDED Roundtable with Chief Procurement Officer of DHS Nick Nayak and Kevin Boshears, Director, OSDBU, DHS

Join us to hear from two of the rockstars at DHS:

Nick Nayak Chief Procurement Officer DHS

Kevin Boshears Director Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization DHS

Dr. Cedric Sims Executive Director, Program Accountability & Risk Management

Mui Erkun Ombudsman, DHS

Dan McLaughlin Director

Mike Smith Director, Strategic Sourcing

We will discuss the DHS’ strategic procurement plan and their plans for small business contracts for the remainder of FY 2012. This meeting will focus on interactive Q&A and providing input to the highest levels at DHS on how your companies are managing in this economy.

APRIL 10, 2012 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Location TBA

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About Nick Nayak Nick Nayak has over 24 years of senior private, public and academic leadership experience. He has been a dynamic figure in the field of federal acquisition – helping to professionalize the federal acquisition workforce; implement methods to obtain acquisition savings; and recruit the next generation of acquisition professionals.

Nick served as Deputy Director for IRS Procurement responsible for support to the United States tax collection system. In this capacity, he managed operational procurement enabling IRS to collect nearly $2.7 trillion annually, funding a significant portion of the federal government.

Prior to serving as Deputy Director, Nick served in several high-impact leadership positions, including Director, Strategic Acquisition Initiatives, Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology Acquisition, Assistant to Director, Information Technology Program Management Office, Project Executive for the IRS Commissioner’s Security Readiness Project and Director, Treasury Acquisition Institute (TAI).

Nick has served in virtually every acquisition workforce role in government including program manager, contracting officer, procurement analyst, contracting officer’s technical representative, technical evaluation chair, purchase card approving official and competition advocate, as well as, contracts administrator, cost estimator and proposal writer in the private sector.

Nick has a Ph.D. in Administration and Management, an M.S. in Management and a B.S. in Finance and Economics. He has served as an adjunct professor for several universities and taught over 45 undergraduate and graduate business courses.

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