FEATURED SPEAKER FOR November 5, 2008

Tanya Matthews, President & CEO, TMG Construction

ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPEAKER

Tanya Matthews is the President of TMG Construction Corporation of Purcellville, Virginia. TMG is a full-service general contractor whose motto is “builder of lifelong relationships”. Founded by Ms. Matthews in 1992, TMG has developed a portfolio that includes hundreds of projects at Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year alone. TMG has 65 employees in five offices and is one of the largest vendors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. TMG recently completed the new Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Facility (Station 301) at DCA and is responsible for getting IAD’s new Air Traffic Control Tower to the finish line.

Ms. Matthews also is an internationally recognized expert in Design-Build construction. She has held key management positions in several large construction and engineering companies, including Glen Construction Company, Dewberry and Davis and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Ms. Matthews served as the industry lobbyist representing architecture, engineering, and construction interests on Capitol Hill and in all 50 state legislatures for the Design-Build Institute of America, where she was elected as Chairman of the Board in 1999. Engineering News Record magazine named her as a top leader in the world in Design-Build. She has served as a visiting professor at numerous colleges and universities around the world and she holds five academic degrees. Ms. Matthews and her husband, Joe, live on a farm outside Purcellville, Virginia, where they are raising their two six-year-old sons.

FEATURED COMPANY

The Matthews Group, Inc. t/a TMG Construction Corporation (TMG) is an institutional and commercial building contractor whose core specialty is Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracting. TMG is a leading IDIQ commercial general contractor in the Washington, DC, metropolitan region that successfully completes hundreds of task orders, job orders and call orders on a yearly basis for projects located at Washington Dulles International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Fort Belvoir, and numerous government/institutional sites in Loudoun County, Virginia. TMG’s ability to effectively deliver IDIQ services is enabled by an organizational structure that utilizes specifically designed systems, procedures, training and home office support functions that allow our project personnel to manage and perform hundreds of projects concurrently. TMG’s systems, experience and excellent reputation also make it possible for us to maintain long-standing relationships with the region’s best subcontractors and create scalable design-build, fast-track, lump sum and time and material procurement solutions for building and/or civil projects.

Featured Speaker for October 1, 2008

About Frances Craig

With over thirty-nine years in Information Technology, Frances Craig reengineered the Computer Strategies professional services organization into a product company, Unanet Technologies. She designed the original concept of the web-based time sheet. Over the last five years, Ms. Craig has established Unanet as the leading vendor of web-based Professional Services Automation software. She has led the company’s strategy and positioning, recruited the Unanet management team, board members and advisors, won key customers, and developed alliances with vendors, ASP’s and resellers.

FEATURED COMPANY

Unanet Technologies helps your high-technology company better manage project, product and services work. Using anytime and anywhere 100% Web-based Unanet workforce optimization tools, Unanet customers increase corporate value including numbers of customers, revenues, and profits. Available as a customer premise solution and as an ASP offering, Unanet delivers a best-of-breed Professional Services Automation (PSA) software product suite.

Featured Speaker for September 3, 2008

About Kathy Benson

Kathleen Benson is the President of Office Remedies, Inc. (ORI), a data collection and survey research firm specializing in management of large scale data management and collection projects, custom research studies, and high-impact analysis projects. Kathy and ORI Vice President Sue Lynd founded the company, based in Herndon, Virginia, in 1988. ORI currently serves national corporations, associations and government agencies as their “trusted research partner”.

Benson is active in numerous professional and civic organizations including the Northern Virginia chapter of the National Association of Woman Business Owners, Women Presidents’ Organization, The American Small Business Coalition, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce. She is a long-time sports volunteer at her local high school and supports several charitable organizations through the company.

She has been an ardent supporter and early advocate of a healthy work-life balance. Benson has put these beliefs into practice by instituting flexible work arrangements, generous company benefits and telecommuting options for employees. ORI has been the recent recipient of Working Mother magazine’s 25 Best Woman-Owned Businesses for 2008. Additionally, Benson was awarded Washington SmartCEO magazine’s Bravo! Women Business Achievement Award.

FEATURED COMPANY

Office Remedies was named one of the top 25 Woman Owned Businesses in 2008 by Working Mother magazine. Research projects are the specialty of Office Remedies (ORI). Whether your requirements are large or small, one-time or recurring, by mail or online, ORI can help. ORI specializes in high-volume surveys and research initiatives. Professional management, experienced personnel and secure facilities allow ORI to create highly customized workflow solutions for clients. ORI are not just experts at collecting data - they also understand how to work on an as-needed basis. With Office Remedies you get the help you need when you need it, so your staff can get back to their work. Organizations have been turning to Office Remedies for over 15 years for research project expertise. All engagements emphasize personalized service. Low employee turnover ensures client’s stability, consistency in deliverables, and the highest degree of work output quality. So when you need the information and quality really counts, make Office Remedies your trusted research partner.

FEATURED SPEAKER FOR AUGUST 6, 2008

Homaira Akbari, President & CEO, Skybitz

ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Akbari has more than 17 years of strategic, sales & marketing, product development and operational experience across many critical high-technology industries including software applications, IT services, security systems for homeland defense, telematics and location-based services, and telecom. Dr. Akbari holds a Ph.D. with honors in particle physics from Tufts University and an MBA with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of more than 50 scientific articles in international journals and a frequent speaker in industry conferences and tradeshows. She serves as a judge at MIT $100K Business Plan Competition.

FEATURED COMPANY
Skybitz was the fastest growing business in Virginia in 2007 and was recognized by Deloitte & Touche with a fast 50 award. Based in Sterling, Virginia, SkyBitz was founded by Matthew Schor in the early 1990s, and was known at the time as Eagle Eye Technologies. Today, Skybitz is a leading provider of GPS for the trucking industry.