The Award-winning Gloria Berthold Larkin of Target Gov Among Featured Speakers at April Biz Soiree, Mon., April 20, 2009 at New Baltimore Hilton, 401 West Pratt St. in Baltimore; Set Menu Available; Parking Available in the hotel garage
Gloria Berthold Larkin
Contact: 1.866.579.1346 (toll-free) Email: glorialarkin@targetgov.com
Business Biography
Summary
• President of Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc. (MOA) and its division, TargetGov. The TargetGov division focuses on government procurement and related business development and marketing services including Capability Statements, minority certification services, contract development (GSA Schedules, etc), business development, proposal management and development, contract administration and expert federal contracting services The parent company, MOA, provides corporate business development and marketing related services including current customer analysis to determine profitability, client profiling, targeted prospect identification and list development, database, marketing plan and strategy development, graphic design, marketing communications and calendar development and execution (advertising, direct mail, fax, email, newsletters, postcards, brochures, etc.)
• Author of “The Veterans Business Guide:
How to Build a Successful Government Contracting Business”” (book)
• Created a series of Government Business Development Toolkits (e-books)
focusing on business development processes for various federal agencies.
• Expert author with articles regarding business development published in
local, regional, national and international publications.
• Created the Government Contracting Institute for Howard County Economic Development Authority
Recognitions, Experience
• Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) National Procurement Committee Co-Chair 2007-09
• Serves on the Public Transportation Board of Howard County, Maryland
• WIPP Member of the Year 2007
• National Awardee: Fifty Influential Entrepreneurs in Business 2007
• Recognized as BRAVO Business Achievement Award Winner, 2007
• Recognized as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises in 2008 and 2006.
• Recognized as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 2007 and 2004
• Traveled to the Middle East to speak with women business owners from 17 Middle East and North African countries regarding business development and marketing issues through an invitation
from the US Department of State MEPI Program.
• Featured in various nationwide publications including USAToday, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Start-ups Magazine, and Government Executive magazine; interviewed for BusinessWeek.com podcast,
the Business Monthly podcast and Howard County and Anne Arundel County Public television.
• Expert author with articles regarding business development published
in local, regional, national and international publications.
• Recognized by Maryland’s Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs as one of the
Top Women Entrepreneurs.
• MOA was awarded “Innovator of the Year” in 2003 for the Government Buyers Directory; and
"Business of the Year" by the Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce.
• Active in the following organizations: Women Impacting Public Policy, Past Chairwoman for The
Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce; Past-president of the
Columbia Business Exchange; Member of the Business Women's Network of Howard County.
• Past Instructor at George Washington University, DC in the Continuing Education Division.
• An experienced speaker with recent engagements including: The Annual Veterans Conference; US Army; Annual Xchange Conference; The Department of Homeland Security at UMBC Tech Center; the Department of the Interior’s Procurement Conference; Keynote speaker at the Annual BWCC Government Procurement Fair,
others available upon request.
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