Each morning, Phyllis Turvey begins the day with a question: “What are the six most important things I’m going to do today — and how do they relate to our customers?” These days, Turvey is finding a lot of answers. As corporate director of contracts for Alion Science and Technology, Turvey and her team are [...]
With the change in administration and push toward insourcing, every contract executive’s job just got a little tougher. Challenges abound: Faster turnaround time for proposals, tightening federal budgets, new compliance guidelines, plus increasing competition for talent and bids. Add to the mix contentious debate over the definition of “inherently governmental services” — a conundrum exacerbated [...]
Phyllis Turvey is corporate director of contracts for Alion Science and Technology. Here’s her take on the current contracts environment: ExecutiveBiz: Obviously, OCI is a big topic for industry right now. How are you addressing it? Phyllis Turvey: With our acquisition of some of Anteon’s assets [in June 2006], we’ve been very aware of the [...]
