Meet the US Federal Executive Services Leadership Team

Author(s): Amanda Harrison, Mark Hoeting, Janice Clatterbuck, Ron Gumbert

With a budget of more than $6 trillion per year, the US Federal Government comprises 23 different agencies, including the Department of Defense. Although it would seem there should be similar priorities and areas of focus among the various agencies, there are significant differences in strategic priorities and areas of interest driven by the various constituencies. Our team strives to understand and address each organization’s priorities. Our imperative is to figure out how to best leverage Info-Tech’s research and analytical capabilities and tailor it to our clients’ requirements.

Our team combines extensive knowledge of the US Federal Government, national banking, Department of Defense, and United Nations organizations with deep experience in tailoring Info-Tech’s solutions to meet our government clients’ missions. Our Executive Counselors assist our clients in examining their key initiatives and guide them in the creation of actionable plans to achieve results in the demanding federal government environment.



The US Federal Executive Services Leadership Team

Ron Gumbert
Senior Managing Partner, US Federal Government and Department of Defense
Arlington, Virginia

Ron has spent 50 years serving in the US Federal Government space. After 30 years as a submariner in the US Navy, he has spent more than 20 years in the IT research and advisory business. He is passionate about developing solutions that enable clients to achieve mission demands while enabling individuals to gain satisfaction from working in the government and outstanding service to citizens.


Bryan Groden
Executive Counselor
Wake Forest, NC

In 25 years of experience as a consultant and advisor, I’ve had the privilege of working with over 70 different client organizations to advance their most important business and technology initiatives. I quickly learned that critical listening is fundamental to understanding each client’s unique situation and helping them deliver successful outcomes. Info-Tech provides an outstanding platform for me to continue supporting my clients this way. I really enjoy the opportunity to get to know each client – and leveraging Info-Tech’s deep resources to guide them in achieving their goals.


Janice Clatterbuck
Executive Counselor
Midlothian, VA

My passion is to fully understand our Info-Tech members’ unique challenges and to help them address those challenges using all resources available. Through my decades of experience in IT and leadership, I understand the importance of building relationships and being a trusted partner. I love learning about our members and their goals. My desire is to see our members be successful and advance their organization’s mission.




Amanda Harrison
Executive Counselor
Edmond, OK

Being a business-aligned technology and cybersecurity leader and practitioner in the US Government enabled me to work in partnership with federal organizations across the globe leveraging Info-Tech’s research and advisory services. During my 25-year career, I have focused my efforts on reducing IT spend by developing common, shared solutions in support of bridging the gap in Exponential IT and staying on the leading edge of technology. Now, I enjoy aligning our company resources to member requirements using best practices and repeatable processes to address today’s government challenges as technology advances.


Mark Hoeting
Executive Counselor
Marietta, GA

As a seasoned executive with over three decades of public sector IT leadership experience, I focus on offering unparalleled guidance in IT strategy, innovation, and cybersecurity within the US Federal Government space. My approach is deeply rooted in developing robust relationships and partnerships with members. This allows me to gain a profound understanding of their unique priorities and challenges. By customizing solutions and methodologies to each client's needs, I ensure that our approach is not only strategic but also highly personalized and effective. My extensive experience in the field equips me to navigate the complex landscape of government IT, providing innovative solutions that are both secure and forward-thinking. This blend of personalized attention and expert insight makes Info-Tech a valuable ally to those looking to enhance their IT capabilities in the public sector.

Over the past five years, Info-Tech has expanded its US federal and international government client base through extensive outreach and exceptional client service, establishing our credentials as experts in this space while assisting our government clients in identifying and creating solutions for their key initiatives. Our differentiator from other research and advisory organizations is our active listening and hands-on support. We understand the government workspace and bring insights that help our clients achieve success in a time-constrained environment.

How We Help Our Members Succeed

The US Federal Government Executive Services Team provides practical, actionable recommendations based upon Info-Tech’s research in combination with individual extensive experience in the government space. Expert guidance is available not only to IT leaders and managers but also to major program managers who are often responsible for multibillion-dollar programs. The team develops and tailors solutions for end users by leveraging Info-Tech’s core products:

Custom
Key Initiative Plans

In-Depth Research Centers

Comprehensive, Connected Blueprints

Actionable Diagnostic-Driven Insights

Consulting Quality Deliverables

Our team spends considerable time ensuring that our clients understand the issues related to the challenges they are attempting to solve, looking past the symptoms to identify the problem itself. The team is diligent in their discovery efforts and focused on identifying the appropriate advisory services that will support the development of an executable plan to achieve problem resolution.

Research Centers provide our members with a single location for research specific to a set of IT or business-related IT challenges. The team doesn’t simply refer the client to the Research Center but actively works with the client to identify the relevant research topics.

The US Federal Government is large and complex. The size and interrelationships of agencies usually requires the integration of different blueprints and research notes. Under the guidance of the Executive Counselor, Info-Tech’s detailed, step-by-step guides and production-ready templates are brought together to accelerate the client’s ability to accomplish their key initiatives.

Our diagnostics team, with the support of the assigned Executive Counselor, produces meaningful metrics for comparison against other clients in similar industries. In addition, diagnostics support the continuing assessment of the organization’s progress year over year.

Federal Government clients are often short-staffed or lack the required skills to undertake high-priority projects. For these clients, Info-Tech has available a talented professional consulting team that produces high-quality deliverables in a compressed time frame to assist with their most demanding, high-priority initiatives.

Info-Tech’s US Federal Executive Services Team is committed to client success. No two government organizations are the same, either in mission or available skill sets. Info-Tech’s research is, therefore, put into a client context that resonates not just with the client but also with the hierarchy with whom the client interacts. Given the dynamics surrounding US Federal Government organizations, with political appointees changing every few years, our clients must be prepared to move quickly. To support this dynamic environment, we assist our clients in understanding the importance of actively pursuing their key initiatives and communicating their successes and challenges to their stakeholders. Our mission is to help our clients make research-backed, data-driven decisions and to deliver continually improving government services by leveraging technology in a relevant, risk-managed method.

Recognizing that US Federal Government, United Nations, and international government clients have varying fiscal years, we adjust our delivery support to provide our clients with the most favorable pricing to support their particular contracting requirements. We work with our clients to help them plan for their research and advisory requirements on timelines that are aligned to their particular funding cycle. Our goal is to ensure services are delivered seamlessly regardless of fiscal year constraints.

We view our role as partners with our clients, always striving to understand their key initiatives, resource constraints, and future focus so we can lend Info-Tech experience and expertise in articulating potential solutions to specific challenges. Our Executive Counselors and Research Analysts have significant experience in addressing real-world challenges and risks.

US Federal Government Research Resources

Info-Tech is well known for its practical, actionable blueprints and templates. Our Federal Government research team, Patrick Spenser and Paul Chernousov, work closely with all our Research Analysts, as well as our Federal Government Executive Counselors, to identify and examine specific topics that are relevant to current government and government-related challenges. The US Federal Government team is committed to helping our members in US federal government, United Nations, federal banking, and Western Atlantic Islands governments address challenges relating to digital transformation and exponential IT. Our goal is to help our members meet the demands citizens are placing on their government entities. We continually look to address topics that are relevant to government leaders and to assist them in planning for, and executing, their key initiatives.


Patrick Spencer
Public Sector Research Practice Lead

Ottawa, ON

Patrick is driven by a passion for quality and creating a product that helps leaders overcome the real problems they are facing in the United States and Canadian public sectors. His team is always looking for input from IT leaders to drive better research.


Paul Chernousov
Research Director
London, ON


Paul is guided by a mission for quality and making the public sector better and more inclusive through his research. His team is always eager to hear from IT leaders to improve their insights and recommendations.

Examples of their research:

US Government Research Blueprints

Research Relevant to US Government

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