Greg Baroni is the Founder and CEO of Attain Enterprises. In 2009, Mr. Baroni co-founded Attain, LLC. Following the sale of Attain’s Federal business division in 2021, he launched Attain Partners, with a continued—and expanding—dedication to the education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government markets. He also is the founder and CEO of Attain Capital and Attain Sports.

Before founding Attain, Greg held various leadership roles at Unisys Corporation, including corporate senior vice president of the company and president of its Federal Systems and Global Public Sector Unit. During his tenure, the Federal Systems group achieved extraordinary results, doubling its revenue while achieving industry standard operating margins.

Previously, Greg spent nearly 20 years at KPMG Consulting, departing the company as its senior vice president of Public Services, serving nonprofit, education, healthcare, and government clients. In this capacity, he advised numerous organizations on critical business areas such as strategy, cost optimization, and distributed learning. He also led development, implementation, and integration projects involving enterprise-wide packaged solutions and development of software solutions, including grants management, cost allocation, property management, space utilization, and effort reporting software. In 1997, he helped to launch a distributed learning group known as Blackboard—now part of Anthology—that became a first-mover and an industry leader.

For more than 15 years, he served on the Board of AIR, leading the Investment, M&A, and Finance Committees as Chair. During his time on the Board, AIR saw revenue grow by 5X, established a capture and business development program, launched a proposal center, and went through three iterations of strategic planning.

Greg has received numerous industry leadership awards such as the Fed 100, Fast Company’s Fast 50, Consulting Magazine’s Top 25, the Greater Washington Government Contracting Awards’ Executive of the Year, NVTC Tech 100 Executives, and the EY Entrepreneur of The Year in the Government Services, Small category for Greater Washington. He also led Attain to be recognized among Consulting Magazine’s 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Fastest Growing Firms and the publication’s 2017 and 2019 Best Firms to Work For, as voted on by the employees.

An active leader in the professional association community, Greg also continues to actively serve the missions of our local charitable and industry organizations. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Southern California.

Ted Davies is a recognized leader in the technology and government communities. He currently serves as Managing Partner for Attain Capital, Partner and Chief Strategy and Organizational Development Officer at Attain Partners, Lead Director at CodeMettle, and as a Senior Advisor at a number of other technology companies.

Most recently, he was the CEO of Altamira Technologies Corporation, an advanced analytics and engineering company supporting the U.S. national security community. Ted led the company through a period of rapid growth and transformation and a successful sale in 2019.

Prior to Altamira, Ted was the President of Unisys Federal Systems and was part of the Global Leadership Team and a Corporate Officer. He led a team that delivered a broad range of technology solutions and services across the U.S. federal government market.

Ted was also a Partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was in charge of cross-government service offerings related to economics and business analysis within the worldwide technology business.

Active in the federal government contracting community, Ted has been recognized as a Washington DC Tech Titan, GovCon Executive of the Year, Wash 100 winner, and a Federal 100 winner. He is the immediate past Chair of the Industry Advisory Council, the industry partner to the American Council for Technology (ACT-IAC), and is on the Executive Committee at the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).

Committed to charitable work, Ted is a past Chair of the United Way of the National Capital Area and was a long-time Board member of the Lupus Foundation of America (DMV). He is currently on the Board of The Women’s Center and serves as a Board member at the educational non-profit LearningPlunge.

Ted holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.B.A. in finance and investments from The George Washington University.

Michael Slarve is a Principal at Attain Capital where he is responsible for leading the evaluation, execution, and monitoring of new and existing investment opportunities. Prior to joining Attain Capital, Michael was an investment banker at Clearsight Advisors where he focused on M&A transactions across the professional services and tech-enabled services sectors. Previously, he was an investment banking associate at Raymond James in the Technology and Services Group. Michael received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from James Madison University.

Chris Kennedy is a Vice President at Attain Capital where he focuses on growth equity investments in differentiated companies providing tech-enabled services and solutions. Chris facilitates and drives effort across the investment lifecycle, including investment thesis generation, deal sourcing, deal execution, debt and equity capital raising, portfolio management, value creation and implementation plans, and exits.

Prior to joining Attain Capital, Chris was a Senior Associate at Solic Capital Advisors, a middle-market financial and operational advisory firm providing restructuring, investment banking, and distressed asset support services. There, he gained experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and restructurings for corporate clients and private equity investors. He also supported the firm’s principal investing activities, helping identify and evaluate opportunities.

Outside his professional work, Chris launched a hunger relief social business that served communities across central Vermont and has served in a number of roles across numerous start-ups. He has participated in various positions in local, state, and national political campaigns.

Chris actively participates and supports philanthropic and non-profit missions, and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leadership Council and as a Trustee for the University of California Merced Foundation.

Chris received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Michael McCullough is a Vice President at Attain Capital where he is primarily responsible for evaluating, executing, and monitoring new and existing investment opportunities. Previously, Mike was a Senior Associate at Gladstone Capital, where he focused on credit and equity investments in middle market companies across a variety of industries. Before Gladstone Capital, Mike was an Investment Banking Analyst at Seale & Associates where he worked on middle market transactions in the industrials and business services sectors. Michael holds a BS in Economics from James Madison University.

Colin Moody is a Senior Associate at Attain Capital and assists on evaluating, executing, and monitoring new and existing investment opportunities. Before joining Attain Capital, Colin managed buy-side and sell-side advisory engagements at BDO where he provided financial and business due diligence to clients across a variety of industries including government technology and services, professional services, health technology solutions, and manufacturing. Colin is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and he has a BBA in Economics and Accounting from James Madison University.

Paul Strasser is an Operating Partner at Attain Capital and has held senior management and executive positions over the last 30 years during a distinguished 43-year career in Science, Engineering, Information Technology. and Management Consulting, supporting mostly the US Federal Government.

Paul Strasser currently leads the Transitional Businesses sub-sector at Deep Water Point and Associates (DWPA) and has his own strategic consulting firm called Govcon Growth Advisors, LLC (GGA).

Before founding GGA and joining DWPA, Strasser was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brillient Corporation. During his two-year tenure with Brillient, the company grew revenue organically, three times, to over $100M. Strasser joined Brillient as President in 2019 after leading Data Systems Analysts’ (DSA’s) Information Management Solutions Group as Executive Vice President.  There he led operations supporting federal, state and commercial customers. At DSA, he also served as President and CEO of Project Performance Company, LLC (PPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Data Systems Analysts (DSA), following the acquisition of PPC by DSA in 2017. Strasser, working with FedCap Partners, led the sale of PPC to DSA.

Prior to DSA and beginning in 2014, Paul Strasser served as President and Chief Executive Officer of PPC, a twenty-five-year-old, IT Solutions company. There he successfully led PPC to growth in high-end Information Technology (IT) solutions prior to the sale to DSA in 2017.

Before joining PPC, Paul was the Senior Vice President at Engility Corporation (NYSE: EGL) following the acquisition of Dynamics Research Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCO) in January 2014. As SVP at DRC, he initially led Corporate Strategic Development and later transitioned into operations focused on cyber security, science and technology, healthcare, financial regulatory reform, homeland security and ISR. He supported customers across the Federal Government including Civilian Agencies, Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community.

His prior 28 years in technical and senior management positions include being the Chief Operating Officer at Pragmatics (2004-2010), VP for Titan Corporation and legacy companies (1994-2004), and software and systems engineer at various companies including Lockheed Missiles and Space.

Strasser has a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology with minors in Astronomy and Marine Sciences.  He earned a graduate certificate in Information Systems Management from the University of Southern California.

Mr. Strasser has been active with several industry associations. He currently serves on the board of the Growth Officers Association – Taking Sales Seriously (GOA-TSS).  Before that, he served on the ACT-IAC Executive Committee over a seven period, leading the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) as Chairperson in 2019-2020.  Mr. Strasser also served on the boards at the Government Electronics Industry Association (GEIA), as Vice Chairman, and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) (which merged with GEIA), and TechAmerica.

In 2013 and 2020, Mr. Strasser was honored to receive a Federal 100 Award for work in Information Sharing supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and for his work supporting government-wide initiatives at ACT-IAC, respectively. In 2023, Mr. Strasser received the ACT-IAC Industry Executive Leadership Award.

Katie Blot is an experienced operator, board member, and advisor to education services businesses and institutions ranging from growth stage to publicly traded. Katie is the founder and Managing Principal of Strategy-ed with a focus on helping education-focused companies and institutions drive positive change for students.

Katie has worked in the education sector for over 28 years including time in both the public and private sector and across large companies and start-ups. Along with compiling decades of experience in education, Katie developed her expertise in aligning organizational capabilities and creating executable plans to accomplish strategic goals.

Katie started her career at KPMG Consulting, where she quickly discovered her desire to serve education. A young analyst working with schools to improve financial aid and other student supports, she fell in love with the mission-focused nature of her clients and the impact they had on the students they served. She decided then to work in education for the rest of her career.

In that career, Katie spent five years in public service at the US Department of Education as both a Deputy General Manager and then Chief Information Officer for Federal Student Aid. She worked as part of the Leadership team at Blackboard for 10 years, holding multiple roles including Chief Strategy and Portfolio Officer. Most recently, Katie was COO & SVP Strategy for Vemo Education, focused on providing a new way for schools to increase access to higher education.

Across her career, Katie has built up expertise in strategic planning, market assessment, product strategy, and operational management. She now loves applying this experience and her knowledge of the education space to help education companies looking to make a difference.

Ellen Walsh is a Partner, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief of Staff for Attain Partners and sits on its Executive Committee. In her multi-faceted role, Ellen leads and supports multiple elements of the company, including marketing and operations. Having joined Attain at its founding in 2009, Ellen has played an instrumental role in the company’s growth, impact, and history.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Ellen has led the establishment and evolution of the Attain and Attain Partners brands, our internal and external communications, as well as myriad industry and corporate marketing initiatives. Ellen has been an ambassador and model for The Attain Way, dedicated to living and leading with our core values. She oversees community partnerships and outreach efforts, going well beyond corporate responsibility to infuse a spirit of service in the company culture. Ellen is also active in several charitable organizations, including serving as a Board Member for the National Kidney Foundation, National Capital Region.

In her secondary role as Chief of Staff, Ellen has provided steadfast leadership across both infrastructure and practices, navigating significant events over the years, including overseeing protocols and logistics while supporting the team through a global pandemic. She’s also led countless elements in the transition from Attain, LLC to Attain Partners, seamlessly supported multiple acquisitions, grown and led several internal functions, and managed numerous facility buildouts. In addition, she continues to support operations and strategic partnerships for Attain Capital and Attain Sports. Through these critical efforts, Ellen has been an invaluable member of Attain and Attain Partners leadership since its earliest days, serving as the ‘behind-the-scenes’ lieutenant throughout the company’s history, touching nearly every aspect of the business.

Earlier in her career, she led the award-winning and innovative marketing program for the State and Local Government, and Education segment at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting and KPMG).

In 2023, Ellen was named Finalist, Chief Marketing Officer, Private as part of the WashingtonExec Chief Officer Awards, recognizing her all-encompassing role as Partner, leading Attain Partners through transformation and growth. Ellen received a bachelor’s degree in English literature with a minor in art history from Georgetown University.

Manish Agrawal brings more than 30 years of experience leading diverse consulting and technology businesses serving the government and commercial markets. He has served as a board member and advisor to a variety of businesses and brings a history of leadership through growth and transformational change. Most recently, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of consulting firm Attain, LLC through the successful exit of the federal division to Maximus in 2021.

Manish has proven experience in global business development, strategic and operational planning, and overall P&L Management across countries. An enthusiastic technologist, innovator, and change agent, Manish has developed forward-leaning business models, including those that leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and data science. Prior to joining Attain, he led a business intelligence software startup and its successful divestiture with a positive return to shareholders.

Previously, Manish was a vice president and managing partner at Unisys Corporation, responsible for leading its Asia Pacific business unit and returning it to profitable revenue growth. He also was a partner at KPMG Consulting, where he advised and implemented large strategic initiatives for public sector clients. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Pune University in India.

Tom Anderson is a recognized and experienced leader supporting the Defense and Civil agencies of the US public sector in areas of Information Systems, Health Sciences and Engineering Services. He has 35+ years of experience in leading both publicly traded and privately held organizations.

Tom is the founder of DataStrategi, LLC, a management consulting firm focused primarily on the Aerospace and Health Services markets.  The company’s initial focus was consulting services and technology solutions in areas including data management, data analytics and Artificial Intelligence.  As the company evolved, it’s focus transitioned to providing measurable business growth support in the areas of Plan, Grow and Execute.  The firm focuses on small to emerging mid-tier companies during critical times of their growth.

Prior to the formation of DataStrategi, Tom’s career included senior leadership assignments at SAIC, where he contributed to the development of the business strategy for the company’s Health Services business and later co-led the development of SAIC’s five-year strategy. Prior to that, he served as Group President at Wyle, where he led an organization of 1,500 employees combining the capabilities of information systems, health sciences and engineering. At CSC, he served as President of the $1.3B Civil & Health Services. He led the daily operations of a business encompassing Civilian Agencies, the Health Services practice, the State and Local business and Canadian operations.

Prior to CSC, Tom served as a Chief Operating Officer at Raytheon Company, where he created and developed Raytheon Information Solutions, an organization focused on combining the disparate information systems offerings of the firm. At Federal Data Corporation, a prominent small business government systems integrator, he spent 13 years with the company as it grew through a sale to the Carlyle Group and then to Northrop Grumman. He began his career with Boeing Computer Services, serving in various operational capacities and Program Management positions.

He served as a Board Member and then as the Public Sector Chairman of TechAmerica, a nonprofit trade organization bridging commercial industry and government supported by 400 member companies.

Tom holds a Master of Science in Technology Management from George Mason University and a Certificate from the Federal CIO Council. He was Chair of the GMU Technology Management Capstone Advisory Board from 2007-2011 and has been Chair of the GMU MSIS Capstone Advisory Board from 2015-2017.

Renee Wynn is a strategic Independent Board Director, Former CIO, and C-level Officer with 30+ years of diverse governance experience, notably, at two esteemed federal agencies – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Fusing her broad background in global IT operations, cybersecurity, supply chain, risk management, environmental policy, and government-to-business expertise, she provides actionable insights to boards on scaling growth, expanding their footprint, establishing global technology operations, and cybersecurity programs, and mitigating supply chain risk in regulated industries.

As Independent Board Director of Axonius Federal System, a subsidiary of leading cybersecurity Axonius, Renee provides strategic governance and guidance on growth strategies including expanding its Federal Govt. relationships, as well as guiding on risk management, regulatory compliance relating to national and cybersecurity requirements within other nations to mitigate U.S. operational risk. She also advises on company financials, talent acquisition, and succession planning.

Additionally, she serves on Advisory Boards of companies across cybersecurity, supply chain risk Intelligence/AI, data, and digital transformation, advising via her government-to-business acumen, cyber expertise, digital strategies for business efficiencies, transformative technologies such as AI and quantum, and nuanced understanding and success addressing climate change challenges.

Renee concluded her prestigious leadership career as CIO of the $22.6B+ federal space agency NASA, where she provided strategic direction and governance for global enterprise IT services, overseeing 11 CIOs and a $2B IT portfolio – serving over 65,000 people, including astronauts on the International Space Station. She steered NASA’s global transformation to a more centralized model, and co-led NASA’s Digital Transformation, guiding the strategy toward the new digital age, including preparing for ML in AI, digital twins in space, engineering, data, and global infrastructure.

Notably, Renee established NASA’s cybersecurity program including complex space systems – connecting all worldwide ground systems, corporate, physical IT, mission, and space, overseeing major risk reduction, for which she was officially recognized during a Congressional Hearing. Renee also led an international Space Agency CIO Council to strengthen cybersecurity between NASA, the European Space Agency, and those in Japan, Germany, France, and Canada. As CIO, she served on all NASA Governing Boards overseeing mission planning such as satellite launches, Mars 2020 “Perseverance” with the first helicopter to fly on Mars “Ingenuity,” James Webb Space Telescope, and Moon-to-Mars flagship program.

Before NASA, Renee held several leadership roles throughout 25 years at the EPA, culminating as CIO and Acting Assistant Administrator, overseeing enterprise IT services for the $9.55B+ Agency, serving +23K people. During her tenure, she was widely acknowledged for her capability to deliver results through rebuilding or establishing critical programs and developing key strategies from risk-based environmental policies to spur economic recovery, digital data management, leading complex IT strategies, to guiding the first Agency to the cloud. Working with the Dept. of Justice, Renee addressed systemic issues and rescued a program from cancellation – with the effort being highlighted in the President’s Management Agenda.

Fusing her government-to-business experience and domain expertise, Renee founded an advisory firm, now guiding businesses on cybersecurity, technology, AI/quantum, data, risk mitigation, space, and expanding growth via government partnerships. She also serves as a Board & Audit Committee Member at Virginia Tech – Applied Research Corp., on the Board & Finance Committee of The Women’s Center, and on the prestigious IT/engineering MITRE Public Sector Advisory Committee.

Alexander Brown is an Advisor, Product and Technology at Attain Capital where he provides operational insight in the evaluation and improvement of software and technology-enabled services firms. Alongside his role at Attain Capital, Alexander is Principal and Capability at Attain Partners, where he focuses on leading the custom development of IP to better deliver strategic services.

Prior to joining, he worked at IBM as a consultant leading the delivery of technology services to the federal government including key technology innovations such as blockchain and AI. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The George Washington University.

Maureen Goldman is an Advisor, Marketing and Communications for Attain Capital. Alongside her role, she also serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications at Attain Partners, leading the firm’s marketing initiatives and digital brand including social media presence, website, content strategy, and email marketing, designing and executing integrated marketing campaigns to promote Attain Partners’ services. She also provides strategic input on both internal and external communications helping to both shape and promote the company culture.

Prior to Attain, Maureen was the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID) where she managed the BID’s website content strategy, social media channels, PR initiatives, video strategy, paid advertising, and printed collateral. In this role, she earned the Merit Award for her Rosslyn Video Strategy Masterplan from the International Downtown Association.

Maureen brings years of communications experience to her current role from her corporate, digital agency, and nonprofit work. Her previous roles include Marketing Manager for Siteworx, LLC generating and nurturing leads for the company through the execution of events, email marketing, content promotion, and video production. Prior to Siteworx, Maureen served Department of Defense clients as an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton providing strategic planning, business process reengineering, internal communications, and change management support.

Maureen graduated cum laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Theatre and a minor in Business Institutions. She earned her M.A. in Arts Management from George Mason University graduating at the top of her class and receiving the Graduate of the Year Award. Her areas of expertise include strategic communications, website redesign, social media marketing, content strategy, business process reengineering, email marketing (Pardot), strategic planning, and project management.

Jaspal Jandaur is an Advisor, Information Technology for Attain Capital. Alongside his role, he also serves as the Associate Director of IT at Attain Partners leading the firm’s technology strategy and IT infrastructure. Bringing over a decade of technology experience, Jaspal leverages cutting-edge software and SaaS-based solutions to help empower team members with the technology they need to deliver the best possible service to our clients.

Before joining Attain, Jaspal honed his skills by serving in various IT roles. Throughout his career, Jaspal has focused on driving efficiency in pre-established organizations. Additionally, Jaspal has led multiple companies through comprehensive transitions, including mergers and acquisitions. Throughout these transitions, he not only managed and implemented IT requirements but worked hand-in-hand with stakeholders implementing change management best practices to ensure a seamless transition. By leveraging his extensive IT expertise, Jaspal ensures that organizations can optimize their resources and deliver top-notch services to clients.

Jaspal received his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from George Mason University.