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.


  • Joanne Woytek, program director of NASA SEWP, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center, to discuss the program’s recent growth, and shares her vision on how to make buying from and selling through SEWP…
    January 15, 2020
  • Deltek Senior Vice President Kevin Plexico and Bob Lohfeld, CEO of Lohfeld Consulting Group join host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the growth of GWACs over the last five years, best in…
    January 13, 2020
  • Aaron Heffron, president of Market Connections joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the results from the recently released 2019 Federal Media and Marketing Study which examines the media consumption…
    December 19, 2019
  • C2 Technologies CEO Dolly Oberoi joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the evolution of the “small business” contracting ecosystem and why now is a great time to be a…
    December 18, 2019
  • Fred Diamond, co-founder of the Insitute for Excellence in Sales joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the origin and scope of the IES and how integrating sales and marketing…
    December 5, 2019
  • Eric Strauss, Tan Wilson and Elizabeth Moon, members of AFCEA’s small business committe, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the committee’s mission, goals, and its plans for 2020.
    November 26, 2019
  • Mike Parkinson, author and principal at 24 Hour Company, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss why graphics are an important part of the proposal/RFP process, and how companies can…
    November 20, 2019
  • Carroll Bernard of Waypoint America and Govology joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the problems facing small contractors and the steps they can take to win more government contracts.
    November 18, 2019
  • What is the GovCon event landscape for the rest of 2019? Find out when Snowflake’s Rita Walston, Government Marketing University’s Lou Anne Brossman and Sage Communications’ Larry Rosenfeld, join host Mark Amtower on this week’s…
    October 16, 2019
  • Doug Mashkuri, executive vice president and general manager of GovLoop, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the potential impact of GDPR and the role of thought leadership in GovCon.
    October 11, 2019
  • Bloomberg analysts Paul Murphy, Rob Levinson and Dan Snyder join host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the top 20 contracting opportunities in fiscal year 2019.
    October 3, 2019
  • Author Carla Bass joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to discuss the benefits of concise and precise communication, and how powerful writing can help and hinder your career.
    September 23, 2019
  • Larry Allen, managing director of the Federal Market Access practice at BDO, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the top contracting issues including end of fiscal year IT spending,…
    September 4, 2019
  • Kurt Schneid, executive producer,director and editor at Brand Ready Media, joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center to explain the power of videos in B2B and B2G and how they can help…
    August 28, 2019