About Us
Founded in May 2009, GovCon Executive is a news blog published by Executive Mosaic Media that covers the dedicated individuals who serve our government through private industry and the officials who affect the government contracting industry at the federal and state levels.
Publisher and CEO, Executive Mosaic - Jim Garrettson
Jim Garrettson founded Executive Mosaic, publisher of GovConExecutive, in 2008 to build an exclusive forum and cross media platform for top executives in Washington’s U.S. government contracting community. He has created a prestigious series of private networking communities for top executives, and serves as Publisher for the growing number of Executive Mosaic online and print media outlets, including GovConWire.com, TheNewNewInternet.com, ExecutiveGov.com, GovConExecutive.com and a popular print magazine, GovConExec.
As a precursor to Executive Mosaic, Garrettson also founded the Potomac Officers Club (POC) in 2002, a 501(c)6 non-profit organization whose mission is “To weave an executive fabric that benefits our local business community”. That organization and the associated e-magazine he co-founded in 2003 (ExecutiveBiz) served a pronounced need at the time for connecting the Washington business community.
A serial entrepreneur and veteran of the fast-growth technology and telecommunications industries, Garrettson is Founder and President of TownHall Teleconferencing, and earlier served as EVP of Sales and Marketing at Net2000 Communications, SVP of North American Sales for Cidera, President of Teleglobe Business Solutions, and SVP of Sales at Qwest Communications where he ran the National General Business sales force.
Aquala Bogan – Lead Writer
Aquala Bogan studied broadcast journalism at California State University, Northridge, and contributed to the school’s TV news show and radio station writing and anchoring stories broadcast throughout the Los Angeles area. Through American University’s Washington Semester Program, she interned at C-SPAN and gained more knowledge about business news through an internship with CNBC.
Katie Noland – Writer
Katie Noland is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Virginia Tech with a bachelors degree in English focusing on Creative Writing. She has been a contributing writer to the Virginia Tech website and a reporter for the Collegiate Times with creative pieces published in both the National Society of Collegiate Scholars newsletter and Virginia Tech’s Silhouette.
Ross Wilkers – Writer
Ross Wilkers is a Northern Virginia native who decided to stay in the region. He graduated from George Mason University, Fairfax, in 2010 with a B.A. in communication with a journalism concentration. He wrote stories on government and local business for the Patch.com website based in Manassas and the Fauquier Times- Democrat, a twice-weekly newspaper published in Warrenton.
Tim Watson – Writer
Tim Watson graduated from Washington and Lee University in May 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business-journalism. He has had several articles published in USA Today’s Money Section and has completed freelance work for the Valley Business Front. He previously interned under the public information officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
How to contact us:
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