#18: Evolving Through Post Military Careers and Businesses with Cindy Gaddis

Gene Moran
May 23, 2022

A U.S. Army Veteran who served for 7 years, Cindy Gaddis now travels the country speaking and teaching to assist businesses in navigating the federal marketplace.

Summary

A U.S. Army Veteran, Cindy Gaddis founded CG Consults after a huge layoff; the purpose was to aid businesses that couldn’t afford to hire a full-time employee. For 6 years, CG Consults functioned as a company with expertise in solving challenges for the GovCon market at affordable prices and successfully keeping over $1 billion in federal contracts.

Today, Cindy serves as the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Advanced Technological Solutions (ATS), LLC. Currently, ATS supports the Department of Defense (DoD) by providing a full spectrum of IT services to support both civilian agencies along with military warfighters. Its expertise resides in the creation of analytics and solutions to harness the power of data. Having been motivated to help others, Cindy continues to be a strong supporter of data-based strategic planning. She has also collaborated with author Gloria Larkin on the Veterans Guide to Business Development, providing insight into how becoming a government contractor can serve as one of the greatest opportunities in this economy.

Episode Highlights

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03:37 – 09:51: Cindy describes her 7-year experience in the U.S. military, including the evolution of her education and her career. This acts as a lead-in to how Cindy obtained her first defense contractor job.

09:51 – 10:21: Cindy promotes her book, Veterans Guide to Business Development.

10:21 – 11:38: Cindy discusses her work at ATS, as well as her motivations and goals of helping businesses needing assistance prosper.

11:38 – 19:33: Cindy describes her public speaking (topics, locations, live events, streams, etc.), as well as her motivations for and goals in doing so. This acts as a lead-in for her overarching concept of living having meaning.

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Gene Moran

Gene spent nearly 25 years in uniform, serving in six ships and more than ten duty stations, and visiting over 50 countries serving as a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer and retiring as a Captain. In corporate, he led legislative affairs for a large international defense company from the Washington, DC office. In doing so, Gene gained a detailed understanding of the defense industrial base and supply chains of myriad platforms, systems and capabilities. Then in 2013, he took the leap to start his own business, Capitol Integration. Since then Gene has helped scores of companies improve their federal positions.

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