News and Events : PVBS in the News

Interview with Sherry Craighill, Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, Chief Financial Officer
Sherry Craighill, the CFO at government services provider Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, LLC (HHB), has selected, implemented, and managed many project accounting and financial management solutions for companies, non-profits and government contractors. We posed the following questions to her.
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Interview with Christine Zmuda, Microsoft, Government Contractor Business Development

Microsoft has marketed the Dynamics solutions aggressively to government contractors. This started in December 2005 when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a seminal speech to over 500 government contractor executives about Microsoft’s commitment to the market.This was supported by the creation of the Government Contractor Solutions Circle, a partnership of six companies that offer complementary solutions for government contractors. This consortium of partners serves to address one of the biggest challenges customers have, that is how to get best of breed solutions without having to manage multiple suppliers.

Now, Microsoft is ready to engage the market with its strongest effort to date as it prepares to unveil a powerful marketing outreach campaign this month. The campaign, which features online and offline elements, was designed to let the government contractor marketplace know that the Dynamics product lines, particularly Dynamics NAV, perfectly meet their needs and DCAA requirements.

We interviewed Christine Zmuda, Strategic Engagement Manager at Microsoft, to learn more about Microsoft’s focus on the government contractor space for its Dynamics product line. Ms. Zmuda is responsible for the Government Contractor vertical strategy for Microsoft.  In this role, she is the primary point of contact for small and midmarket government contractor community initiatives.  Ms. Zmuda is also the liaison to Microsoft for companies critical to the success of that community such as PVBS that offer solutions specifically for government contractors. She also manages other solution providers that provide additional Microsoft Dynamics financial, accounting, and sales solutions to government contractors, such as Dynamics CRM.
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Microsoft and Pleasant Valley Business Solutions Announce Major Government Contractor Accounting SW Deal

Microsoft Corporation and Pleasant Valley Business Solutions both announced that large systems integrator MANCON (Virginia Beach, VA) has become a customer of Microsoft's Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors from PVBS. MANCON is one of the largest companies to date that sells products and services to the Federal Government that has standardized its business processes on the Microsoft Dynamics platform.

Interview with Carl Sweetnam, Black Ink, President
PVBS recently announced a partnership with managed services provider Black Ink (Fairfax Station, VA).  Black Ink offers Hosted Application Services specifically designed for the financial management and project accounting needs of government contractors. Black Ink offers Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors from PVBS as a hosted application.  Dynamics NAV financial management and project accounting software was created specifically for high-growth government contractors.  As a hosted service, these same features are available to emerging government contractors. Black Ink's comprehensive application hosting solutions and project accounting consulting service creates the ideal foundation for small government contractors who need to comply with Federal Government financial management and project accounting requirements.

We interviewed Black Ink President Carl Sweetnam to learn more about his company’s services and how they provide value for emerging government contractors. Before creating Black Ink, Sweetnam was the CFO at Native American Management Services, Inc. and was a senior consultant at the Goodman and Company accounting firm. He has extensive knowledge about the challenges high-growth government contractors face from an accounting and financial management perspective.
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Interview with Ken Bricker, Goodman and Company Senior Partner
PVBS is teamed with some of the leading accounting firms for government contractors to bring its Dynamics NAV solution to the market. In this interview, Ken Bricker, senior partner with the Goodman and Company’s Government Contracting Services Group, discusses industry myths concerning “DCAA certified” accounting and financial management software and why his firm chose to partner with PVBS. Bricker has worked in the government-contracting and acquisitions arena since 1975. He has private sector experience as a Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of a government contractor, as well as government experience as a Senior Auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).
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Interview with Bernard Mustafa, PVBS Chief Executive Officer
Bernard Mustafa became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS) in 2004. Mustafa, a seasoned executive with deep experience bringing financial and accounting solutions to government contractors, has enjoyed a long and varied career at companies as diverse as American Express, Corning Hazelton, government contractor Standard Technology, Inc. and Microsoft Dynamics NAV value added reseller Integrated Business Systems.
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