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.


  • Stan Krecji, principal of The SK Group LLC, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss what companies should consider when assembling boards of advisers and directors.
    August 8, 2019
  • Mike Smoyer, CEO of the Digital Government Institute, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss cybersecurity, IT modernization and the upcoming 930gov conference.
    July 26, 2019
  • Lohfeld Consulting CEO Bob Lohfeld and Deep Water Point Partner and GM Andy Patrichuk, join host Mark Amtowr on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss what companies can do to increase their odds of…
    July 22, 2019
  • Bob Gemmill, vice president of Strategic Sourcing at Leidos, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss how subcontractors can build a more strategic relationship with his company, and how Leidos…
    June 24, 2019
  • Market Connections President Aaron Heffron joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the findings in his company’s recently released 2019 Content Marketing Review.
    May 30, 2019
  • Patricia Davis-Muffett, director of Global Public Sector Marketing for Amazon Web Services joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of GovCon marketing. She also gives a preview…
    May 23, 2019
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion on GSA and OMB initiatives that will likely make it much more difficult for small contractors to success in…
    May 9, 2019
  • Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the market conditions impacting government contracting, and how to develop and agile mindset when working…
    April 10, 2019
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the big issues facing small contractors, including the impact of “best in class”…
    April 5, 2019
  • Marketing industry executive Aileen Black joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss how innovative new marketing tools are helping companies get their message out to new and existing customers.
    March 26, 2019
  • Evan Weisel, Tony Welz and Stephen Mackey of W2 Communications, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the evolving nature of communications and PR in the government contracting market.
    March 19, 2019
  • Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to talk about his company’s recently released 2019 High Growth Study which examines why some federal contractors are…
    March 13, 2019
  • Bob Lohfeld, founder and CEO of Lohfeld Consulting, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss a wide range of bid and capture process issues including what set-aside companies are facing…
    March 1, 2019
  • Kevin DeSanto, managing partner and co-founder of KippsDesanto, joined host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss his company’s 2019 survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in the aerospace, defense and government…
    February 25, 2019