Recently Navstar’s new digs in Reston and our CEO Joanna Alexis were featured in the most recent Bisnow Fed Tech Newsletter.

The feature includes:

What’s a great way for the government to save money? Not fixed price contracts, says NavStar CEO (and founder) Joanna Alexis. When we met in her Reston office, she offered tips to protect taxpayer wallets and help small business.

She says small businesses with cost effective solutions don’t have a chance to save the government money because procurement just takes too long. “Sadly, having a woman-owned designated business status doesn’t help win business. I’ve had to walk away from deals because of the lengthy procurement process. Adapting to a more commercial-like procurement would save time and money.”

Indre, Joanna, and Corinne of Navstar

Admit it—after seeing this, you want to go work for NavStar (which is looking to hire a director of ops). That’s Joanna with Indre Bauza and Corinne Combeau. The company started in 1999 as an IT staffing firm, but four years ago transitioned into an IT subcontractor and teaming partner to large government primes. One cool project: supporting Treasury on a program that monitors and reports on the bank transactions of known bad guys. Back home, Joanna just adopted her fourth dog, enjoys investing in real estate, and will skim the occasional celebrity magazine: “Hang in there, Sandra Bullock!”

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