executive and professional with cross-functional impact in major, large-scale organizational operations’ stand up and execution for scientific/technical, aeronautical systems, manpower, budget, training and theatre operations. He has executive leadership in large-scale team building, relationship building and leadership within the Army Aviation Arena, as Mission Team Lead and Military Liaison for the United Nations, as Joint Chief of Operations for District of Columbia Army National Guard (DCARNG), and as Commander Counter Drug Task Force, DCARNG. Berkley has demonstrated leadership/ interpersonal skills in training, equipping, building, managing and motivating team/ task relationships in dynamic combat employment and challenging corporate/technical environments. He has built highly effective teams with peers, co-workers, stakeholders and senior management in mission execution at the highest levels of law enforcement, government agencies, and aviation in both domestic and international environments.
International, alongside Ambassador Andrew Young, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and US Congressman promoting health, education, leadership and human rights in the United States, Africa and the Caribbean. She also works with countless other non-profit organizations and homeless shelters collecting food and clothing for those in need.
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Dr. Swapan K. Sarkar
AGS Board Advisor, IT/ Analytics
Swapan K. Sarkar is AGS Board Advisor for Information Technology and Analytics. He is Co-CEO of Cortices.NET Inc. For more than 30 years Dr. Sarkar has provided operations research and systems analysis to Department of Defense, government and non-government agencies. He planned and led significant State Parks Agency, Marine Corps Logistics modeling and National Institute of Health pharmaceutical projects with empirically-supported, basis for decisions regarding C4 large network attack
Berkley G. Gore
Senior Vice President, AGS Board Executive
Berkley G. Gore is Senior Vice President of AGS LLC. He is an Executive and Retired Senior Army Aviation Officer with thirty years of corporate-level experience in Aviation Management, Safety, Maintenance, Air Medical Evacuation, Personnel Recovery as well as Combat Theatre Search and Rescue. Berkley is an accomplished
proudly works as an Accountant for the Women In Military Service for America Memorial organization. She previously worked for Communities In Schools, Inc., Arlington, VA as a Grants Manager Intern, and was a Billing Coordinator for a major accounting firm in Alexandria, VA, where she managed accounts receivables, billing reports to managers and account relationships for dozens of major government and commercial clients. She is an involved leader in the community with projects including the Village of Hope Lazarus Project in Haiti, Relay for Life, the Carpenter’s Shelter, the Marine Corp Marathon, and the Ronald McDonald House.
state, and local government. Additionally, Joshua created product integration/ development of an online advocacy center that added over 45,000 advocates, 120% increase in Twitter followers, over 4 million emails to advocates, and 100,000 communications to elected officials. As a result the American Motorcyclist Association received the 2015 Showalter Grassroots Innovation Award. Joshua is a guest contributor to CQ Roll Call’s publications including Connectivity and StateTrackers, is a lecturer at The Leadership Institute, and is an administrator of the Grassroots Professional Network. He authors articles for Campaigns & Elections Magazine and The Hill. Joshua is an adjunct faculty member of West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media teaching strategic social media.
efforts. With a PHD in Operations research, Dr. Sarkar's strength lies in scientific data and metric development for live experimentation, simulated experimentation, and training events. His team's focus is optimization and statistical tools and techniques such as statistical inference, risk analysis, and mathematical programming.
Data Center, Application Development, Service Desk and Infrastructure teams. Mr. Qureshi has national and international Information Technology management experience and over 7+ years of Agile/ Lean project management experience.
Sajid Qureshi
Director IT Federal Programs
Mr. Qureshi has 20+ years of professional experience with proven high-level IT and Project Management skills. He has extensive experience leading large infrastructure enterprise operations teams. Mr. Qureshi managed, trained, mentored and evaluated physical and virtual teams across multiple departments/ functions and led cross-functional development teams. His experience includes managing NOC,
AGS Executive Vice President Emeritus
Jerry "Jay" A. White II was Executive Vice President of AGS LLC. He brought almost 30 years of large-scale, executive experience, including 23 years and four combat tours as a Senior Army Officer. He had extensive experience in business operations through executive leadership. Jay's prior positions included Corporate Vice President of IntelliDyne, Chief Operating Officer of Halfaker & Associates, and Corporate Vice President/Managing Director at MicroTech. Throughout his career, Jay was known for his leadership and management skills. An Infantry Officer in several rapid deployment units, he served two tours in Iraq including four combat operations. Jay held a Master of Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Business Admin degree from the University of Hawaii, and an Associate’s from Monterey Peninsula College in Foreign Languages. He was a Project Management Professional, Shipley trained in Capture management and is ITIL certified. Because of Jay's lasting impact to our industry, service to our country, and friendship and mentorship to all, we are proud to call him Executive Vice President Emeritus on behalf of all of his service, government and business associations.
remediation, chemical/biological, and Defense systems at the highest DoD levels. He led Business Case and Economic Analyses in service-wide ACAT I level programs. He has a Master of Public Administration (Economics) from Harvard with coursework including National Economic Models, International Trade Policy and Law (at Harvard Law). Mr. Dickens leadership highlights include leading a major IT/ Software Support PPBE System/ Training Program for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); ICA Service Team Lead for OSD PAE acceptance of a major Space Lift Systems cost/ technical approach; US Coast Guard Commandant acceptance of his engineering study on Composite Hulls; briefed the Under Secretary of Defense on an Economic Analysis of the Defense Travel System, and was Budget Execution Manager, Secretary Air Force Financial Management, for the total $100B annual Air Force Budget. Mr. Dickens is currently leading client engagements for the Defense Logistics Agency for Business Process Review of the Energy Division and finance/ accounting support at DHA.
Laura Catherine Dickens-Sanchez
Advisor to AGS for Contracts and Administration
Ms. Sanchez’s experience includes 9 years leadership in accounting and administration, state and community project development and marketing and Grants Management for City Schools at the local level. She completed her Associates in Business Administration at NOVA College, Alexandria Campus, and completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Liberty College, Lynchburg, VA in the Fall of 2016. A working mother with a five year old daughter and 1yr 10 month old twins; she is recognized academically for marketing leadership for developing/ managing the Appomattox Courthouse Tourist Promotion project, accepted by the Virginia State Parks Agency, and as Data and Statistics Leader for a major business plan project in 2012. Laura
E. G. "Gil" Dickens
President/ CEO
Gil Dickens is President of AGS LLC. He was previously Area Director of Acquisition Cost and Logistics for a major defense firm, and has 44 years of acquisition and program management leadership in Service Level Financial Management/ Analytics, IT Program Management for software design/development, Defense Satellite, Air Force Space, Marine Corps ground/ C4ISR, Training Curriculum development/ delivery, Cyber IT, avionics, electronics, environmental
Michelle Anthony
AGS Board Member, Strategic Alliance
Ms. Anthony serves as President and CEO of Anthony and Associates, Inc. (AAI), No One Left Behind International, Inc. (NOLBII), and NOLBII Solutions Group, Inc. (NSG). A United States Army veteran, and a graduate of the Reporting Academy of Virginia, Ms. Anthony has over 20 years of Executive Leadership, Business Development and Talent Acquisition. Ms. Anthony recently launched NOLBII, a non-profit organization that is supported by NSG, a newly created for profit entity that is the sole funding source for NOLBII’s mission. Ms. Anthony also works with the Andrew Young foundation, and formerly Good Works
Please see our tribute (below) to our friend and colleague Jerry "Jay" A. White, In Memoriam, AGS Executive Vice President, 2018
Joshua Habursky
Consultant to AGS for Government Affairs and Communication
Joshua Habursky is the Director of Government Advocacy for the American Banking Association. He was formerly Senior Manager of Grassroots Advocacy at a leading healthcare non-profit association. Previously Joshua worked as the Grassroots Manager at the American Motorcyclist Association where he coordinated grassroots lobbying efforts to advance motorcyclists rights through action at federal,
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In Memoriam
Jerry "Jay" White II
(Lt. Colonel, USA, Ret.)
Very sadly we learned of Jerry " Jay" A. White II's unexpected passing, Sept 20th, 2018. An Army combat veteran, patriot, business executive, friend to all, and most of all family man. He loved his wife Jennifer, daughter Juliana and son Jameson dearly and spoke of them often. I am leaving Jay's cameo up to allow us to grieve and celebrate his life. God Speed Jay! Thank you for your example, friendship and encouragement. I will think of you often and strive to follow your example.
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