About us

President | Founder

Jeff Dickert brings nearly 30 years of experience engaging with the public sector in New York and other state and local government entities leading business and relationship development and professional services delivery for some of the world’s leading management consulting, systems integration, and technology companies including Deloitte, Accenture, IBM, CGI, and Oracle. He has also been an executive at regional systems integrators, including as US SLED industry leader, leading their transformational journeys rapidly scaling in the public sector including entry into new state and local government markets across the United States.

Jeff is an expert in seller-side procurement and sales strategy in the state and local government marketplace having led end-to-end business development efforts for some of New York’s most transformational IT and management consulting engagements across multiple agencies.  He is a recognized expert in marketplace intelligence and contracting with decades of experience in opportunity capture management including win strategy development, partner teaming strategies, lobbyist management, proposal development, competitive analysis, and contract administration.

Jeff has been a member of the NYS Forum for over 15 years and is currently the co-chair of the IT Procurement Workgroup.
 

Senior Advisor

Darla Malone is the Founder and Principal Advisor of Connect Consulting and serves as a strategic partner to technology firms, consulting organizations, and growth-focused companies pursuing expansion across enterprise and public sector markets.

With more than 25 years of experience spanning enterprise technology sales, sales leadership, and go-to-market advisory, Darla brings deep expertise in revenue execution, market positioning, pipeline strategy, and stakeholder engagement. Her background includes leadership and enterprise sales roles with Dell Technologies, Gartner, and VMware, where she worked with executive leaders and technology organizations navigating modernization initiatives, cloud transformation, infrastructure strategy, and enterprise growth initiatives.

While she maintains significant expertise within the Texas government and SLED market, her advisory work extends beyond Texas and includes broader enterprise and public sector growth strategy support for organizations operating in highly matrixed buying environments.
 

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