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.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • This week on Amtower Off Center, Brian Chidester, Global Public Sector marketing executive for OpenText, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the benefits and challenges of using the “whole of government” approach to resolving issues…
    January 27, 2021
  • Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss his company’s updated research on “The Visible Expert”.
    January 19, 2021
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, Simon Szykman, chief technology officer at Attain, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the preparation and planning that federal agencies go through during presidential transitions.
    December 22, 2020
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, Martha Dorris, founder and CEO of Dorris Consulting joins host Mark Amtower to discuss customer experience and how it fits in the federal government.
    December 21, 2020
  • Adam Vasquez, CEO of Merit joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to talk about his book: Toothfish: The Origins of Markets, and the concept of market invention.
    December 7, 2020
  • Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure at Forcepoint, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of how the federal goverment’s cybersecurity efforts are…
    December 1, 2020
  • Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss what small government contractors can do to grow their businesses.
    November 13, 2020
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, ATARC CEO Tom Suder joins host Mark Amtower to discuss how is company is his company is helping government agencies and contractors resolve their toughest technology challenges.
    October 16, 2020
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss a wide variety of contracting stories, including, the drama surrounding CMMC, the launch of Polaris,…
    October 9, 2020
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, author Joan Magretta joins host Mark Amtower to discuss her new book, “What is Strategy? An Illustrated Guide to Michael Porter”, and provides tips on how to develop a…
    September 2, 2020
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the “new normal” for federal workers and contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic, and whether fiscal…
    August 26, 2020
  • Christopheer Parente, founder of StoryTech Consulting, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss how contractors can develop and deploy their content to grow their businesses.
    August 14, 2020
  • This week on Amtower Off Center, Ray Bjorklund of Birchgrove Consulting joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the steps contractors can take to make sure they are targeting the right federal agencies for their products…
    August 4, 2020
  • Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on brand differentiation, content creation, social selling, and how to leverage visible experts to help…
    July 29, 2020