Clarity

🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 - 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪! 🚀 Are you a neurodivergent individual looking for your next career opportunity in cyber? Join us for an interactive career discovery event designed just for you! 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Wednesday, March 19th ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Virtual 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁? 💡𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 delivered by David Beabout, Global Chief CISO. Hear David's perspectives as a global cyber leader and learn why cyber is a vial career. 💡𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 with leading cyber experts, Nikki Robinson, Angelique Napoleon, and Kristine Harper, about what it takes to get started in Cyber Operations, Responsible AI, and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). 💡𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀 with Dominion Energy, Leidos, Clarity, and other top cyber companies! Register to attend today 👉 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVg_7tp7 #CyberSecurity #CyberEvent #CyberCareers #Cyber Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business

We’re excited to be hosting an employer booth at the virtual #cybersecurity career event, presented by Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business tomorrow, March 19! And shout out to our very own James Chapman who is a dedicated mentor with The Cyber Guild! 🙌 His commitment to fostering talent in cybersecurity is truly inspiring and making a lasting impact. Candidates and employers can learn more and register here, https://lnkd.in/eZANCwBu #CyberSecJobs #VirtualEvent #CareerGrowth #MissionFirst

At Clarity, we know the best work happens when your job fits seamlessly into your life. We make the work part easy, so you can get back to the good stuff. ▪️ // Integrity- Upholding the highest standards of honesty, ethics, and accountability in all our actions, earning the trust and confidence of our stakeholders. . #CultureOfIntegrity #WorkWithPurpose #MissionVisionValues #DrivenToDefend #TopTech | Aaron Chaudoin | Allie Doyle | Brett Willie | Byron Williams | Craig W. Babst | Jay Bonci | Kayla Huthoefer | Kelli Usé-Hull | Marc Jabbour | Mike Lanciano | Michael Kukuselis | Paul 🇺🇸 Puckett | Tim Berzins | Trevor Baumgartner | Wesley Daniels

At Clarity, we know the best work happens when your job fits seamlessly into your life. We make the work part easy, so you can get back to the good stuff. ▪️ // Mission Excellence-Executing our mission with unwavering commitment, precision, and efficiency, ensuring the security and prosperity of our nation. https://lnkd.in/eQx_SfuE . #MissionVisionValues #ExcellenceInAction #DrivenToDefend #TopTech | Aaron Chaudoin | Allie Doyle | Brett Willie | Byron Williams | Craig W. Babst | Jay Bonci | Kayla Huthoefer | Kelli Usé-Hull | Marc Jabbour | Mike Lanciano | Michael Kukuselis | Paul 🇺🇸 Puckett | Tim Berzins | Trevor Baumgartner | Wesley Daniels

I wanted to draw some attention to Clarity's first ever blog post. We are going to be putting up a few thought pieces over the next few months for those of us who are supporting the government during this time of rapid change and uncertainty. This one is on the advantages of technical challenges in the role of software services contracting. While we wanted these sentiments to be evergreen, in particular I wanted to highlight how saddened we were that the ASA(ALT) put their Modern Software Development (MSD) effort on hold indefinitely while they review the strategy. Like many in the industry, we were looking forward to the competition and opportunity to tell our story. I wanted to give them some serious kudos for the forward-leaning effort in structuring the IDIQ to have two rounds of technical challenges and we strongly encourage them to keep those elements after the re-think. They had signaled a willingness to put in the work to run companies through a rigorous set of time-gated challenges to force a demonstration of the type of skills and culture needed to support the warfighter. We at Clarity welcome this kind of approach and associated pressure to perform, in no small part because of the depth of talent we are blessed with here. It can often be the easier path to make risk-averse moves in today's uncertain climate. This was an incredibly bold step, and while it certainly increases proposal and evaluation costs, it showed a strong commitment to getting the right companies into the vehicle who can perform. Results are everything, and I hope that others in the vendor community can rally support around them to continue down this road when it resumes. Anyone who is looking to make a similar software services acquisition should take notes from their draft documents on SAM.gov, including the time-gating and participation strictures they enacted. The US Digital Service has a good guidebook (https://lnkd.in/eHTDKpxY) for how to get challenges like these done in a FAR-compliant manner. Even having a single-phase technical challenge increases the quality of submissions and lets eval teams peak behind the paper. We hope this trend continues and would be happy to point any acquisition effort towards the rules for a few we have done and our perspective as participants. And to our competition we'll say: bring your best. We certainly will.

It’s always been absurd to me how the government chooses to give millions if not billions of dollars for software and hardware solutions to whomever can write the best words on a piece of paper. No doubt, it’s great to have a plan for how you’re going to tackle a problem and words on paper help solve for that, but when it comes to delivering real solutions, demonstrating real capabilities matters most. When I worked in the Army I got pitched a lot by industry and one of the typical questions I’d ask was “Who by name are you going to assign to my mission, and what effort by name are they getting pulled from to support me?” The purpose was two-fold: 1- to see if they knew who their best people were and if they were willing to give me their best and 2- to go inspect if their best were currently delivering real outcomes for their customers. Technical challenges buy down the risk of awarding work to companies who are great at talking and suck at delivering. What’s critical to making tech challenges work is ensuring that the government knows what good software solutions look like, what good software development and delivery methodologies look like, and what good software architectures look like. People wrongly assume that the main purpose of the software factory movement was to try to build GOTS and avoid buying COTS but instead, one of its main goals was to empower the government to know what good software delivery looks like. We need to see more tech challenges and we need to see more govies who know what good software looks like. Combined, I see an incredible opportunity for mission impact because the government is awarding companies who not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.

A big thank you to GovCon Wire for highlighting our newest leader, Molly Beggy, as she steps into the role of VP of Proposal Operations. Her expertise and leadership will be key as we continue to drive innovation and excellence. #WeAreClarity . #WelcomeToClarity #GovCon #Leadership #Innovation

Sorting the Talkers from the Doers 🗣️ Winning work in government contracting isn’t just about having the best proposal—it’s about delivering real results. That’s why Clarity welcomes the growing use of technical challenges in competitive solicitations. These challenges force companies to move beyond polished marketing language and prove their ability to execute under real-world conditions. 🔹 Can a company solve problems on a tight deadline? 🔹 Do they have the right talent in place—not just on paper? 🔹 How do they handle adversity, trade-offs, and communication? At Clarity, we thrive in these environments. Our teams don’t just talk about technical excellence—we demonstrate it. See why we believe technical challenges are shaping the future of government acquisition: https://lnkd.in/eCqkCTuz #SolveForYes #InnovationInAction #TechLeadership #WeAreClarity | Jay Bonci | Kayla Huthoefer | Kelli Usé-Hull | Byron Williams | Michael Kukuselis | Mike Lanciano | Trevor Baumgartner | Tim Berzins | Paul 🇺🇸 Puckett | Wesley Daniels

It's Day 1️⃣ of Austin4America! We're looking forward to the panel discussion at 10:55 AM( Winning in the Defense Market: Beyond the Valley of Death)—it’s one you won’t want to miss. If you're here, let’s connect! 🔥 Check out the full agenda: https://lnkd.in/gm4PFh58 . #A4A #Clarity4America #ThursdayTech #TopTech | Aaron Chaudoin | Byron Williams | Kelli Usé-Hull | Joseph Werther | Luke Fischer | Kate van Dam | Jay Bonci | Marc Jabbour | Mike Lanciano | Tom Babb | Tim Berzins | Trevor Baumgartner | Wesley Daniels | Michael Kukuselis | Paul 🇺🇸 Puckett

A huge #Congrats to Molly Beggy on their #NewPosition at Clarity!