Meet Our Team

McConnell clients have access to an exceptional team of executives with connections throughout the federal agencies and on Capitol Hill.

Our Executive Consultants:

• Have 500 years of combined federal government experience, most with more than 30 years of service.
• Are all former senior executives in federal agencies, in private industry, or on senior congressional staffs.
• Cover most federal agencies and the congressional appropriations process.

Bruce McConnell

President and founder of McConnell International, LLC, working with a wide variety of industry clients to respond to changing government requirements for technology and services at the enterprise level. Particular emphasis on homeland and cyber security, technology business cases, and e-government lines of business.

Chief of information and technology policy at the White House Office of Management and Budget until 1999. Helped redirect government information technology (IT) procurement and management along commercial lines, created an information security strategy for government agencies, led the government-industry team that reformed U.S. encryption export policy, and extended the presumption of open government information into the electronic arena. Established and directed the International Y2K Cooperation Center under United Nations and World Bank auspices. Adviser to government and industry officials in more than 160 countries.

Vice Chair for Outreach on the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Executive Committee. Named to the Government Computer News Hall of Fame in 1999, and received the Elmer B. Staats Award for Accountability in Government from the American Society of Public Administration and the Federal Computer Week Eagle Award in 2000. Extended Biography

Former Chief Operating Officer with the Small Business Administration. Headed the Detention and Deportation Program for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and served as Deputy Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Over 30 years of federal government experience in 10 agencies, including executive positions at the Departments of the Interior, Education, and Energy and the Office of Personnel Management. Charter member of the Senior Executive Service and Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Extended Biography

Former Deputy Commissioner of GSA's Federal Technology Service (FTS) that provides private-sector telecommunications and IT products, services, and solutions to federal agencies worldwide. More than 30 years in government service including working in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the United States Air Force. Extended Biography

Former Director of Policy and Resources Management with the Environmental Protection Agency. More than 30 years' experience in financial management, performance benchmarking, and strategic planning for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Civil Aeronautics Board. Extended Biography

Former Deputy CIO at the Department of the Interior and co-chair of the Federal CIO Council's Best Practices Committee. Over 30 years of federal IT experience in policy and operations with the Departments of Interior, Agriculture and Justice and the U.S. Information Agency, Air Force and Army. Extended Biography

Completed a 34-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard, with increasing managerial experience in recruitment, assessment, and personnel management of military and civilian personnel on a national scale. Served 20 years administering the regulatory and enforcement aspects of Marine Safety, Port Security, and Environmental Protection, both nationally and internationally. Extended Biography

Former Chief of Staff at the Veterans Benefits Administration with more than 25 years' management experience in 10 federal agencies. Expertise in human and financial resources, IT, and organization management. Extended Biography

More than 20 years' experience in managing complex legislation focused on House Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, and State. Exercised major authority over $20 billion of annual spending. Expertise in the missions of the Departments of State and Commerce. Extended Biography

More than 30 years' experience in financial management with the Departments of Treasury and Defense. Formerly a director at Defense Finance and Accounting Services, managing the world's largest finance and accounting operation and overseeing outsourcing programs. Extended Biography

Former Associate Director for Computer Security at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. A 35-year government career in the field of information systems security. Extended Biography

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than 25 years of policy analysis, strategic planning, health care management, and human resource management experience. Extended Biography

Former National Science Foundation e-Grants Program Manager with 30 years' experience in IT research and development and in identifying e-grants solutions with federal agencies. Extended Biography

Former principal at Booz|Allen|Hamilton with 30 years' experience in marketing, selling, and providing IT solutions to the federal government. Extended Biography

Former Deputy Director of the Federal Judicial Center. More than 45 years in government IT contracting management, strategic planning, lobbying, and business formation and development. Extended Biography