Procurement/Purchasing Expert Witnesses

Los Gatos, California

Manufacturing, Procurement/Purchasing - Chinese Products, Chinese Imports, Counterfeit Imports, Chinese Manufacturing, Electronics, Purchasing, Inventory, Warehousing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, ERP systems implementations

China Manufacturing expert specializing in global supply chain sourcing, planning, production, logistics, import/export. Licensed US Customs Broker. Author of five books on global supply chain management including Amazon Best Seller "42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China." Ms. Coates is a seasoned executive and MBA, with over 30 years of experience in industry and consulting. She has worked on legal cases for the past 10 years, writing reports, giving depositions and testifying at trial. Her expertise is in global supply chains operations and software implementation including SAP and Oracle. Her legal work includes a variety of supply chain, import/export, and IT systems cases and issues including contract disputes, product defects, failed systems projects and patent infringement.

District Of Columbia

Procurement/Purchasing, Aviation & Aerospace - proposal, protest, NASA, rfp, rfi, compliance, requirement, rfq, government, contract, dod, defense, acquisition, cost, cloud, computing, spacecraft, satellite, sensor, imaging

Specializing in developing COMPLIANT AND COMPELLING proposals including protest evaluation and execution. Jeff N. JD, LLM is a federal business development expert, author, and 3 time NASA research fellow. He has managed proposals to NASA, DoD, NIH, NSF, Department of Commerce and more. Jeff is an experienced PROPOSAL MANAGER who has won $2,000,000,000 worth of federal work for his clients via RFP responses in areas ranging from cloud computing to deep space missions. His consulting clients range from small startups to NASA centers and universities. He can determine if evaluation criteria were fairly and legally applied and advise on protest suitability and strategy.

Decatur, Georgia

Procurement/Purchasing, Aviation & Aerospace - proposal, protest, NASA, rfp, rfi, compliance, requirement, rfq, government, contract, dod, defense, acquisition, cost, cloud, computing, spacecraft, satellite, sensor, imaging

Specializing in developing COMPLIANT AND COMPELLING proposals including protest evaluation and execution. Jeff N. JD, LLM is a federal business development expert, author, and 3 time NASA research fellow. He has managed proposals to NASA, DoD, NIH, NSF, Department of Commerce and more. Jeff is an experienced PROPOSAL MANAGER who has won $2,000,000,000 worth of federal work for his clients via RFP responses in areas ranging from cloud computing to deep space missions. His consulting clients range from small startups to NASA centers and universities. He can determine if evaluation criteria were fairly and legally applied and advise on protest suitability and strategy.

Alexandria, Virginia

Procurement/Purchasing, Business Operations - government contracts, federal contracts, subcontracts, Federal Acquisition Regulation, FAR clauses, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, DFARS, bids, quotes, offers, change orders, false claims, bid rigging, prime contractor, proposals, GSA, GAO, SBA, procurement, contracting officer

Specializing in GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS, Christoph Mlinarchik, JD, CFCM, PMP is an attorney, former federal contracting officer, professional instructor, top consultant, frequent public speaker, nationally recognized subject matter expert, and prolific author of 50+ publications, including the three bestselling books in The Government Contracts in Plain English Series. Christoph was honored with the “Top Professionals Under 40” and “Best Article of the Year” awards by National Contract Management Association (NCMA). Christoph is an experienced expert witness in GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS who has provided expert opinions and reports, deposition testimony, and research concerning damages, key findings, and case strategy for complex litigation. Expertise include the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), bid rigging, false claims, sole source (no bid) contracts, procurement rules, competition requirements, ethics, Requests for E...