About - NextPoint Group LLC.

Overview of NPG

NPG provides IT solutions and professional services critical to prevail in today's Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security markets. We employ a world-class team of cleared technologists, managers, SMEs, and other IT professionals, all of whom have experience with mission-critical IT implementations.

Mission

We are dedicated to the delivery of best-value solutions and services that contribute to the security of the people of the United States and the protection of our borders.

Values

INTEGRITY | Maintain the highest ethical standards in our day-to-day business dealings. Do what is best for our employees and customers.

DELIVERING RESULTS | Provide 100% customer satisfaction by listening and responding to our customer needs, regardless of how large or small the task.

PEOPLE FOCUSED | Create a family-like culture for our employees by encouraging communication, rewarding performance, fostering professional development and creating a fun environment to work.

PASSIONATE INNOVATION | Have the passion each and every day to challenge ourselves to grow personally and as a team. Let's find new solutions to our customers' problems.

Culture

We provide our talented employees with a positive and challenging environment that encourages teamwork, creativity, innovation, and growth. We recognize and develop our employees through open communications, annual review process and an ongoing tailored training program.

Leadership Team

Partners

Ron Kattas

Chief Executive Officer

Scott Graham

President

Kevin Green

Chief Strategy Officer

Beth Jachim

Managing Partner

Beth Jachim

Managing Partner

As one of NextPoint Groups Partners, Ms. Jachim works with her Partners and Senior Management to ensure the company is aligned for market competitiveness while maintaining compliance and strategic growth within the federal consulting arena. Currently NextPoint Group generates $30M in annual revenue with 150 employees based in six countries.

Ms. Jachim also leads the company’s charitable involvement. NextPoint Group was the major event sponsor for all five years of Mini’s Mission kickball tournament which partnered with KickIt and Jeff Gordon’s Children’s Foundation to raise awareness and money for children’s cancer. NextPoint Group was also a two year Silver Sponsor of the Dulles Plane Pull benefitting The Special Olympics. In 2019 NextPoint Group organized its first golf tournament which raised over $10,000.00 benefitting one of its employee’s children’s foundations, Joey’s Foundation, which raises awareness and money to support children with brain injuries. Currently, NextPoint Group sponsors the annual Willing Warriors Annual Bike Ride held by Serve Our Willing Warriors based in Haymarket, VA.

Ms. Jachim has over twenty years of experience providing operational direction in both commercial and governmental industries. She has worked for Big Five consulting and start-up technology companies as well as the Departments of Defense and Commerce.

Previously, Ms. Jachim managed the operations of two start-up IT companies. In 2000 she was the second employee of Inteliguard, a consulting firm and SunMicrosystems partner, where she served as Manager of Operations. After one year the company was generating over $1M in revenue and in 2001 merged with T4 Consulting Group. In 2005 she assisted in the expansive growth and success of Codin Solutions, an IT Intelligence services company where she served as Director of Operations.

In addition Ms. Jachim provided consulting services to WinStar Communciations where she managed the 24 × 7 operations of WinStar’s 168 switches and hubs in seventeen major U.S. cities. Ms. Jachim also spent two years with EDS’s Government Consulting Group where she provided Change Management services to the U.S. Mint during their state quarter initiative. With the Department of Defenses’ Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service she was part of a team that supplied research and materials published in the National Performance Review.

Ms. Jachim is a graduate of Old Dominion University.

Corporate Management

Brandon Ginsburg

Chief
Growth Officer

Brandon Ginsburg

Chief Growth Officer

Brandon Ginsburg is a mission-focused industry expert responsible for leading growth, business development, capture management, and proposal operations, delivering leading-edge technology solutions to help solve his customers’ greatest challenges. Mr. Ginsburg has over twenty years of management and business development experience, with a consistent record of achieving revenue, profit and expense objectives. Throughout his career, he has successfully developed and delivered strategies to grow new business opportunity pipelines, win high-value contracts, manage multi-million-dollar annual new business fund budgets, and lead high performing teams that deliver year-over-year growth in core and expansion markets.

Mr. Ginsburg is a growth executive specialized in business development, investment, M&A, market / customer / competitive analysis, technology, and workforce strategy for the national security sector. Deeply patriotic and mission-focused, Mr. Ginsburg has dedicated his career to contributing to the security of our nation. During his more than two decades in the federal government contracting industry, he has worked to instill growth-minded cultures, build lasting personal and professional relationships, and improve partnerships between industry and government sectors in support of customer missions. Mr. Ginsburg taps into experience and skills as a motivational leader and relationship-builder. With the highest degree of ethics, he thoughtfully develops employees, fosters a collaborative and inclusive work environment, and guides agile methodologies to drive new business growth.

Prior to joining NextPoint Group, Mr. Ginsburg was Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at NT Concepts where he led the maturation and execution of corporate growth and the business development organization pursuing new business within the Intelligence, Defense, and Homeland Security markets. Previously, Mr. Ginsburg led growth activities at Leidos (SAIC prior) for 15 years where he served most recently as Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, supporting multiple agency customers across the Intelligence Community and DoD during his tenure at the company.

Mr. Ginsburg earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Business Administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He also has completed the Executive Leadership Development Program at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill, NC.

Sue Mikolashek

Chief
Administrative Officer

Shep Oliver

Chief
Technology Officer

Shep Oliver

Chief Technology Officer

As NextPoint Group’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Shep Oliver focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within our portfolio of clients. Additionally, he provides and enhances NextPoint Group’s services and solutions while partnering with the CSO and CGO. He continues to provide on-site Cyber Security consulting services to several clients.

Mr. Oliver has over twenty-five years of technical operational, management, and business development experience, delivering results, achieving company goals and recruiting/training/mentoring technology professionals.

He joined the NextPoint Group team in November 2011, after nearly seventeen years as an on-site leader and customer advocate at Dell Services Federal Government formally known as Perot Systems Government Services (Dell is ranked number 41 in the Fortune 500 for 2011). As the Director of National Security Program, Information Technology Services for Dell Services, he promoted Dell, rendering Professional Services and increased their industry profile through strategic planning and business development endeavors resulting in opportunities for growth with new clients and projects.

His operational business area expertise involved leading several contracts of $25M+ in total annual revenue, consisting of 150+ personnel. He exceeded corporate expectations with establishing four consecutive years of growth, averaging 17% per year expanding the base organically. Additionally, in 2009, he was responsible for winning a new $60M IT Support Contract. Led an on-site contract team of 120 FTEs, achieving an average 'outstanding performance rating' of 96% over ten periods of performance (5 years). He has a strong understanding of PMI fundamentals.

He is an experienced Technical Member of IT Teams with knowledge in the areas of system engineering, cyber security, system operations, system integration, and project planning. Specifically, in the areas of Dissemination Systems, Office Automation, Internet Service Providers, Network Operations, Help/Service Desk and Application Development/Web-Related Services.

From 2000-2003, he led a small team with designing, building and deploying of an IT mission solution consisting of a very secure self -protecting document system with the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) techniques. In the late 1990's, he helped with penetrating the wholesaling ISP market, and was responsible for the installation and oversight of a Network Operation Center (NOC) of nearly 50 Points of Presence within CONUS.