Edward O’Hare joined Koniag Development Corporation (KDC) in 2011 as the company’s Senior Vice President, Technology Business Sector and as President and CEO of Koniag Services, Inc. (KSI). He has extensive experience in the IT and telecommunications sectors, including leading strategic planning and supply operations for government organizations.
After service in the U.S. Army, Mr. O’Hare began a long career in both the public and private sectors. His positions included Assistant Commissioner for the Integrated Technology Services at the General Services Administration (GSA) where Mr. O’Hare managed GSA IT and telecommunications contracts, which totaled more than $22 billion a year. In the private sector, Mr. O’Hare worked with government consulting contractors. Prior to coming to the Koniag family of companies, Mr. O’Hare served as vice president of business development for Dynanet Corporation.
Mr. O’Hare possesses more than 35 years of IT and government contracting experience. He also led the development of many groundbreaking systems, including the GSAAdvantage and GSAAuctions electronic commerce systems. He was proud to lead IT operations for the 2008 U.S. presidential transition.
Pete Maynard is the Program Manager for KSI’s Assistive Technology Solutions (ATS) practice. He provides oversight to the ATS team by providing the support for all employees with disabilities at the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Mr. Maynard has been working in the AT arena for more than ten years. His previous experience includes designing and implementing the first LANs and upgrading to fully digital telephone systems as the Information Systems Manager at Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB) in Washington, DC. While there, he also installed and configured AT for CLB’s Customers including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA), Department of State, Department of Transportation, the District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and Commonwealth of Virginia. Using his IT and AT expertise, Mr. Maynard served as the Senior Assistive Technology Engineer and technical team leader for the SSA’s Assistive Technology and Support Services contractor for the duration of the contract.
Ronald Wilkinson brings more than 25 years of proven progressive supervisory, leadership, mentorship, and Project/Program Management experience to KSI. He joined KSI in February 2009 as the Program Manager of the Social Security Administration’s, Systems Operations Support Services (SOSS) contract, a contract which he previously had five years of Program Management experience managing under CACI International Inc. Prior to his work with CACI, he provided stellar program management, leadership, and guidance to the Missile Defense Agency, the FBI, DSS, and several DoD and other federal agencies. Mr. Wilkinson also served in the U.S. Navy for 20+ years which afforded him extensive travel, and life experiences throughout the U.S. and abroad.