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Connected Logistics recently 🚀 EXPANDED 🚀 the SINs under which the company is eligible to compete for #GSA Schedule requirements! Building on Connected Logistics' longstanding #54151S (IT Professional Services) SIN -- under which we successfully performed $47M+ in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Technical Management Support Services (TMSS) for the US Army -- Connected Logistics is now competing as a #SDVOSB for Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (54151HACS); Management, Acquisition, and Project Management Services (541611); and Deployment, Distribution, and Logistics Services (541614) requirements under GSA Schedule GS35F0204X. To learn more about Connected Logistics' capabilities, experience, and commitment to meeting and exceeding our clients' expectations, send me a DM. Forrest Burke | Kiran Rathod | #SmallBusiness | #SDVOSB | #54151HACS | #541611 | #541614 | #54151S

Sharing a few more photos from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Official Summer Kick-Off Networking event following the VA APBI on 26 June 2024. Thanks again to GOVTECH CONNECTS and Susan Sharer for organizing the event; to Melinda Pitchford and Eric Gonzales for hosting (and DJ’ing!); and to premier sponsors SAIC and Coforma. Photo Credits: Mary Garcia, MBA Canopy Health, LLC, a VA T4NG2 IDIQ SDVOSB Prime | Connected Logistics | Forrest Burke | Kiran Rathod | Courtney Cashdollar

WE'RE HIRING! We have immediate openings for Computer Network Defense (CND) Analysts on Connected Logistics' DLA Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) program in Columbus, OH. Candidates MUST be US Citizens with an active DoD Top Secret (TS) Clearance. See the job posting on our website for additional requirements. Fully qualified candidates are encouraged to apply here: https://lnkd.in/eH5esyke. These are direct hire positions only. Forrest Burke | William ("Bill") Boyett | Tori Jarema, SHRM-SCP | Jeremy Dearth

On behalf of Connected Logistics and Canopy Health, LLC, a VA T4NG2 IDIQ SDVOSB Prime, Happy 4th of July! We wish you and your loved ones a day filled with patriotism, celebration, and reflection on the values that make our country great!

A not-so-short story about one of the world’s finest single barrel bourbons, and one of the world’s finest gentlemen… Please raise your glass of Blanton's "The Original Single Barrel" Bourbon to Daniel DeVincentis in honor of both his 70th Birthday AND his retirement from MAXWELL & ASSOCIATES. Six years ago, I spent a long weekend along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail* with college friends Liem Nguyen and John Murray / MBA. A highlight was our tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery, distillers of Blanton's "The Original Single Barrel" Bourbon. Like nearly every other visitor that day, I procured the maximum allotment of two 750 ml bottles of Blanton’s. 🥃 One of my two bottles became the centerpiece of the “Bourbon Sampler” (pictured), donated by Connected Logistics and auctioned off by the Defense Logistics Agency Foundation to raise funds for close family members and current and former Defense Logistics Agency employees attending undergraduate or technical degrees programs. The highest bidder was none other than Daniel DeVincentis, someone I have been privileged to call a friend and work with for nearly eight years. The other bottle, I consumed. 😊 Dan, too, long ago finished off his prized bottle of Blanton’s, and we have both since procured replacement bottles. 🥃 Fast forward to the present… To celebrate Dan's 70th Birthday and well-deserved retirement, we each made ourselves a Blanton's Old Fashioned, Dan in NJ and me in NoVA. I’ll end with this quote from the Buffalo Trace Distillery’s website: “Loved And Respected Master Distiller And True Kentucky Gentleman. He Dedicated 55 Years Of His Life To The Service Of His Community And His Company. That His Inspired Leadership May Live In The Minds Of Those With Whom He Lived And Of Those Who Follow. This Memorial Is Erected With Gratitude And Honor.” Perhaps less well-known but equally respected is Daniel DeVincentis. If you have ever had the pleasure of working with Dan at DLA or during his tenure with MAXWELL & ASSOCIATES, please join me in making a contribution to the Defense Logistics Agency Foundation in Dan’s honor: https://lnkd.in/gS_nHWC5. Thank you, Dan (and Mae) for everything! Wishing Dan a very Happy Birthday and many more to come! Cheers! Connected Logistics | Forrest Burke | Defense Logistics Agency | Karen (Kat) Schreiber Lopez | Timothy Morris, PMP | Carnelious Jones II * Footnote: Buffalo Trace Distillery is not a member of the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA), and therefore, technically not on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Bourbon connoisseurs and legal scholars can learn more about the trademark and copyright dispute that led to this split here: https://lnkd.in/eKwVsf9F.

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Thank you to Norseman Defense Technologies, Portraits For Patriots®, Eric S., and Mimoza Çejku for these headshots taken at last week's AFCEA International #TechNetCyber in Baltimore, MD! Eric Stegall founded Portraits for Patriots® as a national headshot photography program for transitioning service members and their spouses. Learn more about Portraits for Patriots® here: https://lnkd.in/ebwpagH2. Portraits For Patriots® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. You can make a donation via PayPal or credit card to support this worthy cause here: https://lnkd.in/eJpyi7Bu.

Great to see some of my favorite people — including competinates Jim Barrineau, PMP, Chan Park, MBA, PMP, CSM, CEH, ITIL, and William Lee — at the last AFCEA Belvoir Chapter Luncheon before summer break! Connected Logistics | Forrest Burke | Jeffrey Altdorfer | August (Gus) Muller IV | Rosemarie Floyd

Thank you to GovCIO, Trilogy Federal, Aquia, All Women Leadership -- AWL Strategies, and Gi4, LLC for the great 📸 from this week’s Post APBI Evening Reception at the Archer Hotel Tysons! Here are a few of my favorites. Find your own here: https://lnkd.in/e8kssB7Z. Canopy Health, LLC, a VA T4NG2 IDIQ SDVOSB Prime | Connected Logistics | Forrest Burke | Kiran Rathod | #T4NG2 | #SDVOSB | Matthew Robinson | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs