Dr. Daisy G. Wallace is CEO of Computer Technology Services (CTS), Inc.

Dr. Wallace received her BA in English from Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina; her MA from Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ, and her Ed.D. from The American University, Washington, D.C.

J.T. Hardy has spent over 25 years in the information technology industry in various sales, marketing, and professional services positions. His experience includes solving, selling and leading implementation solutions in large-scale information technology environments across multiple industries and in companies including IBM, Booz Allen & Hamilton, American Management Systems and Tandem Computers. J.T. became an entrepreneur with startups including co-founder of Geotrust which was sold to Verisign. Most recently he was a Founder and Partner of the Secure Content Group, an information security and identity management consulting firm. J.T. holds a BS from the United States Naval Academy. He held the rank of Commander in the US Naval Reserve.

Ms. Beverly J. Sangston joined Computer Technology Services, Inc. (CTS) in 1994. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President. She has over 35 years of experience in the Public Education sector as a teacher and administrator. Ms. Sangston received her B.A. in Sociology, from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia; and her M.A. from The George Washington University, Washington D.C., where she majored in Education and Human Development.

Ms. Sangston has extensive experience in curriculum planning and development with emphasis on integrating computer technology in the instructional program. She has managed large-scale technology projects, developed strategic and tactical plans, purchased and installed hardware and software, and coordinated training for professional development. Ms. Sangston is currently responsible for training and education operations in a small woman-owned business offering instructor-led, CD-ROM and web-based training for a variety of government, education, and commercial clients.

 



Samuel A. Clark, Jr. has 30 years of experience in experimental, applied engineering R & D, and technology management. This expertise is in such disciplines as electromagnetic effects hardening analysis, design and testing, environmental and systems engineering, standards and critical requirements development, IT technology & implementation, technical training, marketing, proposal development, and business development. Mr. Clark received his BS in Physics/Math from Norfolk State University, his MSC - Physics from Howard University, and pursued post graduate study in Physics, OR, and Systems Engineering at Howard, George Washington, and MIT. He also acquired extensive Management and Business development experience from U.S. Civil Service Commission, Army R&D Command, Air Force Command, Navy, OPM, Corporate, and Federal Training Centers.

His corporate business development accomplishments include: VP/Director, Business Development & Program Management, Innovative Computer Concepts & Services, Inc. (ICCS), 1995-2007. Senior executive responsible for bidding and overseeing Department of Defense contracts for minority-owned computer engineering consulting firm. Authored numerous responses to federal RFPs, winning more than 35% for annual revenues of up to $3M. Provided project management expertise on contracts with DoD, New York Life and several local government entities. Won grant to establish regional office of Department of Transportation Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, serving as fulltime Director for two years. Supported small business owner participation in set-aside contracts.

Director, Washington Operations, Elite Communications, 1984-1995. Established Washington, DC office of Arizona-based telecommunications and engineering consulting firm, focused on developing DoD contract base. Expanded office to $7M DBE contractor, overseeing staff of 40 employees and 15+ subcontractors. Principle in development of marketing targets, proposal creation, program negotiation and management of day-to-day office operations. Provided technical support as project manager/analyst in electromagnetism, communication security and hardware design and testing projects. Coordinated program activities with subcontractors including MITRE, TRW, California Polytechnic Institute, Stanford Research Institute and Research and Development Association.

Mr. Clark has served as a Physicist/COTR with the U.S. Army Harry Diamond Laboratories, as a senior staff member and program manager with Technology Development of CA and BDM Corporation. He also served as the Director-Washington Operations for Sol Telecommunications Services, Inc, and the Director of the DOT OSDBU Mid-Atlantic Minority Resource Center. He has served as an Executive Board Member of 8(a) IT companies, a Trade Association, and is currently an active member a MD Regional Civic Association.

Mr. Jeffrey A. Brenner currently serves as the Vice President of ECM & Document Management for Computer Technology Services, Inc. (CTS) He brings 25 years of experience in support of government scientific and technical personnel and operations. Mr. Brenner holds his BA.in Biology from Millersville University, Millersville PA. Application of his management analysis and work process skills bears directly on the effective use of government information resources and intellectual properties, maintained by his technical staff in large, complex, automated database and hard copy technical libraries.

Mr. Brenner for the past decade has been responsible for preparing and implementing budgets, and work plans, developing increasingly efficient work processes, and ensuring quality control of all work products and processes for a multi-year, multi -million dollar contract with the U.S Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

Ms. Diane M. Schmit joined Computer Technology Services (CTS), Inc. in 1990. Currently Ms. Schmit serves as Program Management Analyst and Lead Web Developer/Designer, responsible for maintaining web pages, including HTML conversions, CGI, site statistics and maintenance on various web platforms, and coordinating the work of various onsite staff members who provide strategic web content management services on contract for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Nutrition (CFSAN). Ms. Schmit holds a B.S. in Chemistry, from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA and an M.A. in Organic Chemistry/Biochemistry from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Ms. Schmit has over seven years experience as an information chemist, maintaining an online chemical thesaurus and the automated bibliographic index which it supports, and three years supervising the work of other chemical information specialists. Additionally, Ms. Schmit has ten years of graduate laboratory research experience—four years in synthetic organic chemistry and six years in molecular biology/biochemistry—resulting in two publications. This overlaps 16 years of experience teaching various levels of organic and general chemistry at the university/college and high school levels. Approximately six years of teaching experience includes the use of computers, course development, and the designing of demonstrations and laboratory activities.

Ms. Marie Bennett has worked with CTS on multiple projects since 1993. Marie is a nationally recognized expert in higher education administration with over 30 years of experience in diverse institutional settings including public, private, and for-profit sectors. She has significant expertise in student financial aid programs, admissions, compliance, and management. Marie earned her Bachelor’s degree in secondary vocational education and Master’s degree in Counselor Education from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Marie’s work in higher education has included twenty years of hands on campus experience, compliance, and accreditation work, training, and professional development. Her jobs have included college coordinator of student services for a multi-campus community college; vice president of compliance for a national group of proprietary schools; program manager for a U.S. Department of Education funded training contract for the federal student aid programs; director of education for a national career school accreditation association; and senior manager of higher education services for a law firm specializing in higher education.