Team
Team
Mr. Michael B. Smith, Founder and CEO
Mr. Michael B. Smith is a retired Senior Executive from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and currently serves as the Founder/CEO of Access Government Services and Executive Vice President with GovConRx where he uses his vast federal acquisition experience in contracting, performance management, program management, and logistics to provide full-service acquisition consulting services for companies doing business with federal, state, and local governments.
Mr. Smith formerly served as the Executive Director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Selective Acquisitions (OSA) within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) where he led the execution of classified and sensitive acquisitions for several DHS customers across the headquarters and component organizations. Mr. Smith is recognized across the government as a true innovator and transformational leader. He has over 34 years of experience in Federal procurement and acquisition-related fields including several positions of increasing levels of responsibility.
Mr. Smith has worked in a wide variety of acquisition positions throughout his career but has maintained a focus on national programs and department-wide acquisitions. Prior to serving as the Head of the Contracting Activity for OSA, he also served as the DHS Director of Strategic Sourcing where he was responsible for achieving savings of over $2.5 Billion by helping consolidate and unify requirements across DHS. During the stand-up of DHS, he served as Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives in the Information Technology Acquisition Center, and also as the Director of the Enterprise Solutions Office, and as the Program Manager for the Department of Homeland Security’s $48 Billion EAGLE and FirstSource acquisition programs.
In addition to DHS, his Federal experience includes the Army Corps of Engineers, Marine Corps Research Development and Acquisition Command, Department of Commerce, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. His private industry experience working in business development also provides a unique perspective and appreciation for the issues that are important to both the public and private sectors. In addition to his civilian career, Mr. Smith started his public service career as a U. S. Marine, and is a retired officer in the U.S. Army Reserves having held multiple leadership positions from Company through Theater level organizations.
Mr. Smith holds a Master’s Degree in Public Management from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and Bachelor’s Degrees in Marketing and Economics from Kentucky State University. He is a 2011 Service to America Medal Finalist and was honored by the United States Senate as a Great American Federal Employee for his work in Strategic Sourcing. He is also an Excellence in Government Senior Fellow and the recipient of the 2014 DHS Secretary’s Silver Medal award for innovation and leadership.
Ms. Carolyn A. Smith, President Access Government Services
Ms. Carolyn A. Smith is a retired Senior Executive from Department of Homeland Security who last served as the Executive Director of the Acquisition, Policy and Legislation Branch in the Policy and Acquisition Workforce Division within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. As Executive Director, Ms. Smith oversaw the coordination, development, and maintenance of agency-wide acquisition policy which includes maintaining the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) and the Homeland Security Acquisition Manual (HSAM); providing guidance and training on a wide range of procurement-related issues; ensuring the agency was an active participant in the Congressional legislative process on acquisition-related matters; Chaired the DHS-wide Acquisition Policy Council which includes representatives from each of the 9 Component Heads of Contracting Activity; and maintained representation on the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council in support of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
Ms. Smith was formerly the Director of the Acquisition Management Support Division (AMSD) in the Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. In this capacity, Ms. Smith lead the OPO acquisition policy efforts, and provided procurement oversight, policy development, guidance, analysis and small business program support to OPO with annual obligations in excess of $4 Billion.
Prior to being selected as the Director of AMSD, Ms. Smith, served in numerous roles in the Department with increasing levels of responsibility. Having joined the Department at the start up in 2003, she was one of the three original members of OPO. Ms. Smith served as the Director of Departmental Operations Division in OPO, Division Director of OPO’s Policy Oversight and Customer Support Division and Contracting Officer in the OPO Science and Technology Acquisition Division. Ms. Smith left the Department briefly to join the National Science Foundation to serve as the Lead Procurement Policy Analyst providing policy, oversight and leading the acquisition workforce program for the Agency.
Ms. Smith has over 35 years of experience in Federal procurement and acquisition-related fields, and is the recipient of the 2009 NSF Director’s award and the 2016 Undersecretary Award for Management Excellence. She has served in multiple agencies to include the Department of Homeland Security, the National Science Foundations and the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Defense. During these appointments she worked in procurement policy, program management as well as operational contracting.
Ms. Smith is married and has one son. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from George Mason University and a Master of Public Administration degree from American University.