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.


  • Brian Chidester, Industry vice president – Worldwide Public Sector at Genesys, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on trends in government contracting, the mentor-protege program with…
    March 24, 2022
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on the emergence of POLARIS, the issues around CIO-SP4 and the new…
    February 24, 2022
  • On the 16th anniversary of Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower and his co-author Mike Lisagor will discuss their new book: How to Win in the Government Market.
    February 10, 2022
  • Matt Mani of PwC joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss a new book he co-authored titled: Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape Their Future.
    January 27, 2022
  • Kevin Cooley, CEO of Resource Management Concepts, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to explain how his company became a player in the Navy RDT&E world.
    January 18, 2022
  • Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss marketing tactics that government contractors should use in Fiscal Year 2022.
    January 3, 2022
  • NASA SEWP Program Manager Joanne Woytek joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to give an update on the GWAC and share her strategic goals for 2022.
    December 20, 2021
  • Janet Waring, CEO of ArtForm Business Solutions, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, for a discussion on how to reach your government audience by developing and sharing content.
    December 9, 2021
  • Lisa Shea Mundt of The Pulse of GovCon joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the top issues issues facing small government contractors.
    November 22, 2021
  • Michael LeJeune, partner and Federal Access program manager at RSM Federal, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss what small companies can do to grow their business.
    November 15, 2021
  • Marissa Levin co-founder of  Successful Culture International, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, for a wide-ranging discussion that includes paths for small contractor growth, agency-based marketing, and how to create a…
    October 7, 2021
  • Chris Parente of StoryTech Consulting joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion on GovCon marketing.
    September 28, 2021
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss GWACs, CMMC, CIO-SP4 and the state of the current government contracting market.
    September 23, 2021
  • Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center, to discuss the rise of relevance, and its importance in high growth professional services companies.
    August 3, 2021