Potomac Officers Club

Jeff Kubacki

Jeff Kubacki is senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, where he serves as the company’s primary information technology strategist.

He plans, develops and oversees the company’s information technology infrastructure, applications and resources and also supports the company’s efforts to be competitive compliant regarding information systems.

ATK said he also helps with the company’s growth initiatives in current and emerging markets, including international expansions.

Between 2007 and 2010, Jeff served as chief information officer for the Kroll division of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, based in Eden Prairie, Minn, where he oversaw Kroll’s worldwide information systems and services functions.

Prior to Kroll, he served VP of IT at Ecolab and IT director at Dell, where he provided IT leadership to the Americas service delivery business.

Kubacki holds an MBA from the University of South Florida and received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Mark Simione

Mark Simione serves as a senior vice president at Noblis, where he also holds the titles of treasurer and chief financial and administrative officer.

He holds responsibility for the non-profit corporation’s financial, operating and administrative activities and also serves as trustee of the Noblis pension plan.

Noblis works with government, private industry and other non-profits in national security, intelligence, transportation, healthcare, enterprise services, energy, environmental sustainability, oceans, atmosphere and space.

Before joining Noblis, he held several financial management positions at Mitre Corp., a non-profit organization that operates federally-funded research and development centers.

He serves as president of the board of trustees for United Cerebral Palsy of D.C. and Northern Virginia and is a member of the board of trustees at the Friends of Barker, an adoption agency in the Maryland, Virginia and D.C. regions. He is also a member of the CFA Institute, the Washington Society of Investment Analysts and the Association for Corporate Growth.

Simione graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance from Merrimack College and is a chartered financial analyst.

Stacy Mendler of Alion Science and Technology

As Alion Science and Technology‘s chief operation officer, Stacy Mendler is responsible for maintaining satisfaction with current business as well as growing new business opportunities. She initiates and manages special projects for both the CEO and the company as well.

She first joined the company’s team in 1998 as chief administrative officer. She handled responsibilities for administrative infrastructure such as information technology, contracts, subcontracts, procurement, property, marketing and human resources among other tasks.

While she handled responsibility for establishing corporate policies and procedures, she also played a role in special projects, such as coordinating business development meetings, reviewing proposals and possible acquisitions and coordinating strategies for corporate projects.

Before joining Alion’s team, Mendler was a part of SAIC, holding positions of increasing responsibility. She was the company’s vice president and contracts manager for the energy and environments group in her last five years with the company.

Mendler earned her B.B.A in Marketing from James Madison University and her master’s in contracts and acquisition management from Florida Institute of Technology.

She is a member of both Alion’s ESOP Committee as well as the Board of Directors for Human Factors Applications.

Paul Harrington of Vangent

Paul Harrington has been a part of Vangent‘s leadership team since July of 2009 and currently acts as vice president of the company’s business development and capture.

His role requires him to practice oversight of a team working to create and sustain organic growth across existing and all new accounts.

In his 21 year career, he has held leadership roles in both the commercial and federal sector. One of such positions, which he held before joining Vangent, include acting as account manager at CGI Federal.

As the account manager of CGI’s U.S.- level strategic account, he was responsible for the overall growth, account vision and senior client relationships.

Before working with CGI, Harrington held roles of increasing responsibility with additional pharmaceutical companies, of which include Johnson & Johnson. His positions in this industry consisted primarily of handling mergers and acquisitions.

His employment in the pharmaceutical industry gave fruit to the deployment of business technology solutions used in over 50 countries. Additional companies he worked with include SRA International, Anderson Consulting, which is now Acceunture, and Ariba.

The former U.S. Army officer earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University and also holds an MBA from Columbia.

Gil Guarino of CACI

Gil Guarino, executive vice president of the transformation solutions business group for CACI International Inc., boasts a full 36-year business career in senior and executive management positions, not to mention 20 years as an Air Force colonel.

His current position at CACI calls for him to handle all aspects of his group’s business, spanning acquisition activity to product delivery to clients which include military services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, national intelligence agencies, federal civilian agencies, healthcare agencies and members of the aerospace and defense industry.

Guarino arrived to his current role as a result of CACI’s asset purchase of American Management Systems, Inc.’s defense and intelligence group. He was first promoted to executive vice president before moving up to his current role.

He joined AMS in 1999 as vice president of strategic development for its defense and industrial business unit. He was responsible for leadership, vision and strategy to realign the company offerings. He also served as general manager for AMS’s Army and Air Force business as well as Deputy for AMS’s defense and intelligence group before it became a part of CACI.

Additionally, Guarino was program manager and the eventual director of the federal proposal and pricing group at Digital Equipment Corp. His subsequent positions included federal account manager for Digital’s federal healthcare business and national director for public sector marketing and sales.

As a colonel, he served in various program management positions for several space programs as well as F-15 and F-16 Tactical Fighter related positions. His last position before retired in 1986 was as the Air Force Systems Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Systems.

In May, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Guarino about federal acquisition reform and budgets. See more on this exclusive interview, here.

Lora Drewer of CACI

Lora Drewer, a 26 year contract management veteran, is the senior vice president and corporate director of contracts and procurement for CACI International Inc.

She is a part of the professional services and IT solutions company, which is comprised of near 170 professionals.

Drewer leads and works her division employees to ensure effective daily operations by providing education, training and growth opportunities for the staff. In her position, she aims to promote the role of contracting and procurement as a strategic business partner and business manager.

Prior to her position with CACI, Drewer held a position at SAIC as the vice president and group director of contracts for the research, development, test and evaluation group. While working in the group, Drewer oversaw approximately 1,500 active contracts and remained active in both international contracting and risk management.

Before her career start, Drewer spent time at the University of Maryland where she received her Bachelor of Science in finance. She also earned a M.B.A. in contract management from the Florida Institute of Technology. Additionally, Drewer has been a member of the National Contract Management Association for some time and is also a member of the NCMA’s Executive Advisory Council.

For further media coverage featuring Lora Drewer, see an interview with ExecutiveBiz as well as her take on growth in the contract enterprise system here.