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.


  • 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
  • Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton and Kurt Schneid, executive producer at Brand Ready Media, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, discuss the popularity of podcasts and how to leverage them…
    January 22, 2019
  • NASA SEWP Program Manager Joanne Woytek and Markus Fedeli, sales manager for Red River, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the growing popularity of SEWP and how it manages…
    January 18, 2019
  • Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the top contracting stories in 2018 and what’s ahead for contractors in 2019.
    December 21, 2018
  • LG-TEK President Larry Letow, and Axiologic Solutions co-managing partners Tom Stauber and Michael Chavira, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the challenges that small contractors face when working in…
    December 12, 2018
  • Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the challenges facing subject matter experts, including difficulty they have in maintaining brand equity…
    December 10, 2018
  • Brendan Walsh, Sr VP Partner Relations at 1901 Group and Ed DeLisle, principal attorney and chair of the Government Contracting Group for Offit Kurman, join host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the…
    November 7, 2018
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower talks about some of the big issues facing small contractors with Elizabeth Moon, AFCEA’s Small Business program Manager, USmax Corp. President and CEO David Pak, and…
    October 30, 2018
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the biggest issues facing small government contractors.
    October 29, 2018
  • Scott Denniston, executive director of the National Veterans Small Business Coalition. joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the challenges facing veteran owned small businesses, including funding issues and a…
    October 19, 2018
  • immixGroup Vice President and GM Troy Fortune, and Rita Walston, the company’s senior director of Marketing Programs, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the upcoming Government IT Sales Summit…
    October 12, 2018
  • Government Marketing University’s Lou Anne Brossman and Rita Walston of the immixGroup join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of topics germane to GovCon marketing professionals.
    October 8, 2018
  • David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council  joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging interview on a variety of topics, including who the PSC serves…
    October 1, 2018