Amtower Off Center

Hosted by nationally-known speaker and consultant Mark Amtower,  Amtower Off-Center highlights the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain silly of doing business in the government market. Every week experts join Mark for a lively discussion of current issues facing the government contractor community.


  • Ross Wilkers, senior reporter for Washington Technology, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss Washington Technology's list of the Fast 50 government contractors.
    November 8, 2024
  • Chris Parente of Story Tech Consulting joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on B2G content.
    October 29, 2024
  • Washington Technology Senior Reporter Ross Wilkers joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion regarding current events in the government market.
    October 8, 2024
  • Author, consultant and speaker Andy Fry joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a discussion of two of Fry's books: The Consultant's Code and The Trust Paradigm.
    September 24, 2024
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss current issues in contracting including another continuing resolution and possible government shutdown.
    September 17, 2024
  • Peter Jacobs of the Merritt Group joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a lively discussion on the evolution and current state of podcasting, especially as it pertains to GovCon.
    September 10, 2024
  • GovCon marketing expert Lisa Sherwin Wulf of LSW Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a lively discussion on branding in GovCon.
    August 15, 2024
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, GovCon marketing expert Lisa Sherwin Wulf of LSW Marketing joins host Mark Amtower to discuss marketing tips for the end of the fiscal year.
    July 12, 2024
  • Elizabeth Harr, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the company's 2024 High Growth Study.
    July 1, 2024
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion that includes the GSA Schedule program, and the delay in Alliant 3.
    June 26, 2024
  • Brian Stauffer, CEO of Paperless Innovations at Actus, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss issues regarding the government purchase card SmartPay.
    June 11, 2024
  • Dr Bob Frey, principal of Successful Proposal Strategies LLC, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a lively discussion on winning proposals.
    April 24, 2024
  • Jennifer Namvar, CEO of The Peerless Group. joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss a multi-point "cheat sheet" she developed on the capture process.
    April 19, 2024
  • GovCon expert Katie Helwig of MildRed joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the value of GovCon associations.
    March 29, 2024