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News Release 08-11-2010
Engineering Services Network, Inc. (Corporate Press Release)

VP Denny Groh of Engineering Services Network to Share "Secrets of Success" Aug 12. at Hawaii Small Business IT Forum 2010: Teaming

ARLINGTON, VA (August 11, 2010) – Denny Groh, vice president of Federal Outsourcing at Engineering Services Network Inc. (ESN), will speak Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Hawaii Small Business IT (HISBIT) Forum 2010: Teaming, at The Japanese Cultural Center.

The Hawaii Small Business IT (HSBIT) Forum 2010: Teaming, will be Aug. 12 at The Japanese Cultural Center. The conference enables small business owners to meet with government officials who discuss their organizations’ needs in Hawaii and the Pacific.

The event focuses on providing local businesses and community programs entrée to key federal programs and potential growth areas, as well as partnering opportunities with major government contractors.

Groh is vice president of Federal Outsourcing at ESN, a technology and engineering solutions company based in Arlington, VA. ESN performs, IT, engineering, program management services, and business consulting services for the U.S. military, Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies.

Groh is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. Aug. 12 in Room B on the session “Business Owners – Secrets to Success.”

The cost for the one-day event, which includes lunch, is $35, and seating is limited. For more information and to register for the event, see www.HSBITForum.org.

Groh has more than 35 years of experience in managing acquisition and information technology resources in the public and private sectors. He is a former Assistant Commissioner at the General Services Administration, where he was responsible for the agency’s Office of Service Delivery, Federal Technology Services, managing multibillion-dollar contracts providing telecommunications services to federal agencies.

In addition, Groh has held senior management positions at STG, Siemens, Computer Sciences Corp., Boeing and RS Information Systems.

Also invited to speak at the HSBIT event, on “Future Small Business Opportunities,” are:
o Faye Isaiason, Director Small Business Programs, SPAWAR Command
o Floria Pang, Small Business Administrator, NAVFAC Pacific
o Keith Nakasone, Deputy Chief, Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DIT-CO) Pacific

“We at ESN are committed to the region and our customers,” said ESN President and CEO Raymond F. Lopez, Jr. “To that end, we firmly believe in small business participation in the federal government.”

ESN has mentored small companies seeking to do business with the U.S. government through the DoD Small Business “Matchmaker" networking system.

Recently, the Federal Times ranked ESN No. 53 among Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned companies contracting with the federal government. In addition, Inc. magazine named ESN one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. in 2010, 2009 and 2008, and among the top 100 fastest growing defense contractors in the U.S. in 2007. ESN also was listed in 2010, and 2009, among the top 500 Hispanic-owned companies in the U.S. ESN is also ISO 9001:2008 certified and has achieved CMMI® ML 2 for Development Version 1.2.

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