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Marq Neasman Advisory Firm Buyer Map

Marq Neasman Sr. | Marq Neasman Advisory Firm | October 2026

As of 12 Oct 2026

This page maps the organizations that buy the work your site describes: advisory, audit and assurance, accounting, and government contracting support. It sorts them by type and size, and names who usually signs off at each.

Your site sells to both sides of the public market. Agencies, cities and colleges buy advisory and restructuring work directly, and small and midsize firms buy help winning government contracts. Two private groups your site serves round it out: software and IT service firms, and grant-funded nonprofits.

Where your buyers sit

Agencies and other public bodies are not counted as firms, so their rows say there is no clean public count rather than guess. Public universities buy under their own state's rules and sit with state agencies here.

Group	Organizations in the US	Under 20 staff	20 to 99	100 to 499	500 or more
State agencies, cities and counties	no clean public count
Federal civilian and defense agencies	no clean public count
Private colleges, universities and professional schools	about 2,500	about 890	about 380	about 480	about 740
Small and midsize firms bidding on government work	no clean public count
Software, IT services and hosting firms	about 150,000	about 140,000	about 11,000	about 3,500	about 2,000
Grant-funded nonprofits	no clean public count

US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.

Who signs off in the public sector

Public buyers rarely buy on one person's word. The person who feels the problem writes the requirement, and a contracting or procurement officer makes the award.

Group	Who feels the problem	Who signs off	How they usually buy
State agencies, cities and counties	Department directors, the budget office, the finance director	The city or county manager, with the council or commission above its own limit; at state level, the department head and procurement office	Formal solicitations, cooperative contracts another jurisdiction already awarded, and small purchases under local limits
Federal civilian and defense agencies	Program managers, the CIO and CFO offices, the human capital office for leadership work	The contracting officer, on the program office's requirement	Small business set-asides, task orders on agency contract vehicles, and subcontracts under a prime
Private colleges and universities	The provost, the vice president for finance and administration, the enrollment lead	The president and the CFO, with the board for larger restructuring work	A procurement office solicitation for larger work, a direct engagement for advisory and leadership programs

Who signs off in private firms and nonprofits

In these groups the person who signs is usually close to the problem, and the size of the organization decides who that is.

Group	Who feels the problem	Who signs off	What usually starts the buy
Small and midsize firms bidding on government work	The founder, the head of business development, capture and proposal managers	The owner or CEO at small firms; the COO or business development lead at midsize firms	A lost bid, a first set-aside they qualify for, or a recompete on a contract they already hold
Software, IT services and hosting firms	The CFO or controller, the security or compliance lead	The CEO at smaller firms, the CFO at larger ones	An enterprise customer asking for a SOC report, a funding round, or books that no longer keep up
Grant-funded nonprofits	The executive director, the development director, the finance director	The executive director, with the board treasurer or finance committee	A new grant award, an audit that federal grant rules require, or a funding gap

What each group asks a firm like yours for

Matched to the services on your own site, so each group hears the offer that fits its problem.

Group	What they ask for
State agencies, cities and counties	Fiscal and operational alignment, department restructuring, multi-year budgeting, and leadership development
Federal civilian and defense agencies	Strategic readiness for modernization programs, governance and performance metrics, and leadership development
Private colleges and universities	Financial and operational restructuring, academic portfolio strategy, and lower back-office cost
Small and midsize firms bidding on government work	Readiness assessments, capture management, proposal development, certification support, and post-award compliance
Software, IT services and hosting firms	SOC audits, a fractional CFO, forecasting, and clean books every month
Grant-funded nonprofits	Grant management, fundraising support, and financial audit

How size changes the buyer

The size bands in the first table change who you talk to and what fits first. Your Executive Think Tank is built for the lower-middle market, which sits mostly in the middle two bands.

Size	Who signs	What fits first
Under 20 staff	The owner	Bookkeeping, payroll, and outsourced proposal help
20 to 99 staff	The CEO, with a controller or business development lead feeling the pain	A fractional CFO, forecasting, and capture support
A few hundred staff	A CFO and a business development team, with the CEO on larger work	Audit and assurance, SOC readiness, and strategy
The largest organizations	A formal procurement team or vendor panel	A defined project through a solicitation, often as a subcontractor

Ten people to start with

The people who run capture, proposals and federal business development at small and midsize firms bidding on government work, one a company, three of them in Florida. Work emails and phone numbers as of Oct 12, 2026.

Name	Role	Company	Where	Email	Phone
Mark Bortman	Vice President of Federal	Synergist Technology	Boca Raton, FL	mbortman@synergist.technology	+1 617 640 3376
Richard Dillard	Senior Capture Director	C5MI	Jacksonville Beach, FL	richard.dillard@c5mi.com	+1 618 920 6164
Tina Martin	Capture and Senior Proposal Manager	NTG	Tampa, FL	tina.martin@ntgit.com	+1 313 808 0587
John Simmons	Director of Federal Business Development	Radus Software	Reston, VA	john.simmons@radussoftware.com	+1 703 796 3527
Ryan Gallagher	Capture Manager	TechSur Solutions	Reston, VA	ryan.gallagher@techsur.solutions	+1 781 223 1813
Shreya Pai	Director of Capture	MERP Systems	Herndon, VA	spai@merpsystems.com	+1 978 853 8142
Steve Lamberson	Capture Manager	AGovX	Bethesda, MD	slamberson@agovx.com	+1 301 473 1973
Ray Nelson	Proposal Manager, Government Contracts	Scope Infotech	Columbia, MD	rnelson@scopeinfotechinc.com	+1 229 669 4424
Jason Endres	Senior Program and Capture Manager	Footbridge Federal	North Andover, MA	jendres@footbridge.ai	+1 952 210 6385
Lisa Dials	Senior Director, Federal Business Development	OSC Technical Solutions	Anchorage, AK	lisa.dials@osc-global.com	+1 614 519 6611

Where to start

Firms that know agencies buy what they sell

Your government contracting page speaks to firms that know the government buys what they have but cannot run capture and proposals alone. Software, IT and services firms with a few dozen to a few hundred staff are where that gap usually sits: big enough to bid, too small for a capture team. Lead with the readiness assessment, and bring their CEOs into the Executive Think Tank.

Cities, counties and state departments

Your government page already cites your local government recognition and the quality, continuity and information security standards public buyers check. Start where a city manager or finance director can act inside a small purchase limit, with a fiscal and operational review, then let that work put you on the solicitation lists for larger restructuring.

Service firms facing their first SOC report

Software, hosting and IT service firms often need a SOC report the first time an enterprise customer asks for one. That request is a clear trigger, and the CFO or controller who owns it is also the buyer for your fractional CFO and forecasting work.

Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.

If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.

Prepared by Ben Beattie, ben@enquirerconsulting.com.