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Federal Advisory Board
DSA has been established in the Defense and Intelligence marketplaces for many years. The creation of the DSA Federal Advisory Board (FAB), with its members’ vast experience and insights in those arenas, has stimulated still greater success for the company. The FAB assists DSA in reviewing its strategic business plan and provides guidance on how DSA can better deliver technology solutions to the federal government market.
Current Federal Advisory Board Members
Former Federal Advisory Board Members
DAVID BORLAND
David Borland served in the United States Air Force from 1966 through 1970. He entered Government civilian service in 1972. Having served as an intern in the Army Material Command, Mr. Borland has extensive experience in Information Systems Technology and Contracting. His experience includes assignments as a Contracting Specialist, Contracting Officer, Branch Chief and Division Chief from 1976 through 1984 at CSSAA.
Mr. Borland served as the Deputy Director of Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency (ISSAA) from 1984 through 1989. In this capacity, he served as the Principal Assistant, reporting to the Head of Contracting Activity, where he approved all agency acquisition plans, and served as the Source Selection Authority.
Mr. Borland was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in February, 1989 and served as the Director of Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency until 1994. He was responsible for coordinating all Army information acquisition program activities.
Mr. Borland was the Vice Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (DISC4) from 1994 until his appointment as the Deputy Chief Information Officer/G-6 in 1996. He retired from active government service in January 2004.
Mr. Borland was awarded the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award for Senior Executive Service Members in 1996 and the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award in 2000. He also has been awarded the Army’s Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service and the Superior Civilian Service Award. Mr. Borland was selected as a member of Federal Computer Week’s First Federal 100 in 1989, and honored again by selection in 1991, 1994 and 1999. He was honored by Government Computer News in November, 2000, by being selected as the Department of Defense Executive of the Year.
Mr. Borland received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Central Missouri State University. He also holds a Masters of Science Degree in Finance from George Washington University.
KEVIN CARROLL
Mr. Carroll is President of The Kevin Carroll Group, LLC, a consulting company. In his previous role as Program Executive Officer (PEO), Enterprise Information Systems, Mr. Carroll was responsible for the program management of the Department of Defense and Army business and combat service support systems, as well as related Army communication and computer infrastructure. These systems support logistics, medical, finance, personnel, training and procurement operations. PEO EIS organization consists of approximately 600 employees; the majority of which are located throughout the east coast region. Prior to becoming a PEO EIS, he served as PEO STAMIS and before that was the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Research Development and Acquisition, US Army Materiel Command. Mr. Carroll served as the Acting Director of the Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Acquisition Center, in Fort Monmouth, NJ. In addition, he functioned as the Associate Director of the CECOM Acquisition Center - Washington. Mr. Carroll entered the Senior Executive Service in June 1996 as Director of the U.S. Army Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency (ISSAA).
Mr. Carroll has served primarily as an acquisition manager and as a contracting officer on top priority DoD and Army information technology acquisitions. Prior to working for the Army he acquired information systems for the U.S. Coast Guard. He began his career in contracting at the Department of Transportation.
Mr. Carroll earned both his Bachelor of Science Degree and his Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and a member of NCMA Board of Advisors. He is active in both cross-governmental bodies, as well as information technology industry efforts.
Mr. Carroll has 30 years of government experience, 24 years of which consist of working in the information systems arena. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served from 1972 to 1974.
TOM L. HEWITT
Tom L. Hewitt is the founder and CEO of Global Governments, Inc. Global Governments' primary offering is information security. The company also focuses on strategic planning and marketing in the international government information technology (IT) marketplace.
In December 1984, Mr. Hewitt founded Federal Sources, Inc. (FSI) as a market research and consulting firm specializing in IT within federal and state government. The firm provides clients with market research, trend analysis, tracking of major government programs, opportunity identification, and training to assist clients with market expansion. In 1998, Mr. Hewitt sold FSI to Primedia Information, Inc.
Prior to FSI, Mr. Hewitt was Senior Vice President of Kentron, which was acquired by PRC. Before that, he held senior level positions at CSC, including President of the INFONET Government Systems Division and Vice President of Program Development of the Systems Group. Prior to that, Mr. Hewitt was with Boeing Computer Services for six years, where he started and subsequently managed its Federal government marketing operations.
Mr. Hewitt served on Virginia's First Commission on Information Technology appointed by former Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore. He is a member of the following Boards of Directors: GTSI [GTSI], Halifax [HX], Analex [NLX], Sigaba and INPUT. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of Fortress Technologies, ProSight, DSA, and Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).
Mr. Hewitt received his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from North Carolina State University and his Masters of Business Administration from Long Island University.
MICHAEL J. MESTROVICH
Michael Mestrovich is President and CEO of Unlimited New Dimensions, LLC and President and Chairman of the Board of the Federation for Identity and Cross Credentialing Systems (FiXs).
Previously, Dr. Mestrovich served for thirty years in the Department of Defense (DoD) as member of the Senior Executive Service, in information management/technology programs.
In addition to his role as President of FiXs, Dr. Mestrovich is active in many industry forums such as AFCEA. He is currently the Chairman of the Program Advisory Board for E-GOV 2002 through 2007 Homeland Defense and Information Assurance Conferences; and Chairman Emeritus of the AFCEA Technical Committee.
Dr. Mestrovich has an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters from Duquesne University. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.
CHARLES A. SELF
Charles A. Self is currently President of The Self Group, L.L.C. a consulting practice focused on helping companies grow their information technology business in the Federal space. He formed this company upon his retirement from the Federal government in 2003.
Mr. Self’s retirement marked the end of a 34-year profession as a public civil servant. He began his career as an Air Force Lieutenant and quickly rose to the rank of Captain. He moved into civilian public service with the Air Force, and later with the Department of Veterans Affairs, before joining the General Services Administration in 1985.
From January 1986 until March 2000, Mr. Self served in several positions of increasing responsibility including Assistant Commissioner for Information Technology Solutions (ITS) of the Federal Technology Service; Deputy Assistant Commissioner for ITS; and Director of the Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM). From March 1980 to June 1983, Mr. Self served as principal Technical Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Data Management and Telecommunications of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mr. Self was Deputy Commissioner of the Federal Technology Service (FTS) from March 2000 until his retirement in July 2003. FTS is the General Services Administration’s organization that acquires information technology and telecommunications products and services for federal agencies and departments, approximately $8 billion in 2003.
Mr. Self has received numerous awards for his work in establishing and operating “intra-governmental businesses” and promoting and fostering the concept of entrepreneurial government. Mr. Self received GSA’s Meritorious Service Award, the agency’s second highest award, for his work with FEDSIM. Mr. Self has received many honors for the differences he made in the way agencies and companies develop, acquire and manage information technology in the federal IT community.
Mr. Self received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science Degree in mathematics from St. Mary’s University. He completed a year of doctoral work in computer science at Ohio State University. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force from 1968 to 1972, leaving as a Captain.
EDWARD A. HART
Edward A. Hart is founder and President of Hart Enterprises, LLC, a highly successful consulting practice serving primarily high technology startups, with additional clients in government and in Fortune’s top 100, and has included SAIC and VeriSign. He provides both management and technical services, assists clients analyze and refine organizational structures and policies, and assists in developing market penetration strategies.
Throughout his 32-year career with the National Security Agency (NSA), Mr. Hart served in a wide variety of increasingly complex and responsible positions, beginning in research and development and culminating as Deputy Director heading one of two NSA mission operations. He developed timely and economical solutions for assured security for all classified information systems of the United States government from the President through Diplomatic Missions and Embassies, the National Command Authority, military services, down to the soldier in the field; also, NATO and coalition force structures, and all intelligence community systems. This included routine secure communications support to special operations, and weapons testing.
Mr. Hart was subsequently the managing director of the Center for Information Protection and senior vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) from 1995 until 1997, where he grew a small operation of ten people with $1 million in revenue into a 100+ person staff with revenue in excess of $20 million. This business unit was later sold for over $50 million.
Prior to joining DSA’s Federal Advisory Board, Mr. Hart served on and/or chaired Advisory Boards for several small companies, including Phoenix Technologies, RSA Security, Digital Signals Corporation, GHG Corporation, SafeOperations, SPYRUS, DPC Technology, Sigaba, and Trusted Computer Solutions.
Mr. Hart is the recipient of many high level awards and recognitions. He was conferred the Presidential Meritorious Senior Executive, the second highest senior executive recognition in US Government, on behalf of the President of the United States. He also received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the highest recognition within the US Intelligence Community, conferred by the Director of Central Intelligence. In addition, Mr. Hart was presented the Exceptional Civilian Service Award by the Director of the National Security Agency, the highest recognition of that agency.
Mr. Hart received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics from Furman University, a Master of Arts in Computer Systems and Management Information Systems from the American University, and studied post-graduate mathematics at both American University and the University of Maryland.
BRUCE MORRISON
Bruce Morrison was Chief Information Officer of the United States Department of State from December, 2002, until February, 2005. He was an ex-officio member of the Chief Information Officers’ and Intelligence Community Chief Information Officers’ Councils. He was Deputy Chief Information Officer for Operations at State from 2001 until 2002.
During his 28-year career as a commissioned foreign service officer, he has held a succession of information management positions at the State Department.
Mr. Morrison was the Dean of the School for Information Technology at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute from 1997 to 2001. His career has taken him to three continents. Specifically, he was a Computer Systems Manager in the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Computer Systems Administrator for the entire East Asian and Pacific Bureau, Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems, Director of the Information Management Planning Office, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Information Management Planning and Development, Associate Comptroller for International Financial Services, and Director of the Financial Services Center (FSC) in Paris which serves Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His first two assignments were as a General Service Officer in embassies Belgrade and Prague.
Mr. Morrison is a career senior foreign service officer. He joined the Foreign Service in 1976 from New York. He was graduated from Hunter College and went on to earn his Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. His awards include the State Department Distinguished Honor Award from Secretary Colin Powell, the Presidential Meritorious Service Award from President George W. Bush, the Luther I. Replogle Award for Management Improvement, five senior officer performance pay bonuses, and two Superior Honor Awards.
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