SBA-103 Federal - Industry Technology Partnership - Dispelling the Myths

Instructor NAME/BIO: Dr. Mary Ann Wangermann

Dr. Mary Ann Wangemann has spent the majority of her career serving as an executive managing federal programs valued up to $8B and as a Fellow providing thought leadership at EDS. As a fellow, she focused on critical focus accounts, strategic sales, innovation, thought leadership and intellectual property development. Prior to that, she has ran every aspect of business in positions including account manager, proposal manager, program manager, consultant, business manager, project team leader, contract administrator, operations manager, leadership mentor, marketing and sales support. 

She then served as vice president of a start up a company called mySBX, designed to help companies be successful in the federal government marketplace. The company was sold to Deltek and now operates as GovWin.

She has also had the opportunity to work at Management Concepts as a Program Director for a project management line of products and services to help government employees achieved federal certification.

She currently serves as the Statewide Director for the Procurement and Contracts program at UVA and runs her own consulting practice. 

She has also held numerous professor positions at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. She has written 14 books on federal government contracting and program management.

She enjoys traveling around the world with her daughter, Lorraine, and is an avid Washington Capitals hockey fan. She is currently in the ACT-IAC Partners program Class of 2014.