Atlanta Counselors
Jone Debnam
Counselor, Atlanta
Jone Debnam is a Procurement Counselor with the Atlanta office of the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center. He has over 28 years of program and contract management experience with the federal government and in private industry. This includes experience in Defense Department acquisition including the management, installation, test and launch of Space Systems; management, design and development of Nuclear Intercontinental Missiles; Pentagon programming and budgeting; acquisition instruction at the Air Command and Staff College; and program control of Air Force Information Technology Systems. Jone’s experience also includes 5 years as a private industry program manager for a large software development project. As a career Air Force Officer, Jone holds a Masters in Procurement and Acquisition Management from Northrop University and a BS from Tuskegee University in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. In addition, Jone’s professional military education includes the Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College leadership schools.
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Thomas C. Larkin
Counselor, Atlanta
Tom Larkin is a Procurement Counselor with the Atlanta office of the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center. He has over 25 years of management and consulting experience with the federal government. This includes 17 years of hands-on experience in federal acquisition including service on the “HEMTT Should Cost” team, performance as an Administrative Contracting Officer at the Detroit Tank Arsenal (M1A1 Abrams MBT), PCO at the Tank Automotive Command, Purchasing Agent with the USDA’s ARS, as well as a Professor of Contracting at the Defense Acquisition University’s Mid-West Campus.
A career Army Officer, Tom holds a Masters in Management degree from Florida Institute of Technology and a BS from Southeastern Louisiana University in Animal Science. He holds a Level III certification in Acquisition.
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Steve Bettner
Counselor, Athens and Atlanta
Steve Bettner is a government contracting counselor with the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center. He has over 15 years of management and consulting experience with the federal government and 12 years of hands-on experience in federal acquisition and contracting as a contracting officer, contract specialist, administrative contract officer, project manager, business consultant and quality assurance representative. As a warranted contract administrator with the Defense Contract Management Agency and for the U.S. Department of Defense he awarded over $5.7 billion worth of government contracts.A former naval submariner, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tampa and is a graduate of the Naval Nuclear Power School and the Defense Acquisition University where he earned the highest certification as a contracting officer.
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E-mail: steven.bettner@innovate.gatech.edu
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Joe Beaulieu
Counselor, Gainesville and Atlanta
Joe Beaulieu is a government contracting counselor with the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center. He has over 33 years of management and consulting experience with the federal government and 13 years of hand-on experience in federal acquisition and contracting as an aeronautical engineer, program manager, business consultant, contracting officer’s technical representative, and quality assurance manager.
A retired naval aviator, he has been formally schooled in total quality management, statistical process control, and aviation safety, and he holds the highest certification from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. He has a bachelor of science degree from the United States Naval Academy and a master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.
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Chuck Schadl
Program Director, Atlanta
Chuck Schadl has been a procurement counselor with the Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center since 2003 and has served as program director since 2009. He has 35 years of experience in program management, marketing and government contracting. He began his government career as a federal contracting officer and went on to design and implement the Atlanta transit system’s minority business program. Later, he headed the marketing and communications department for MARTA and was responsible for the public transportation communications plan during the 1996 Olympics. In business for himself during a six-year period, Chuck provided consulting services to state governments, cities, counties and school boards. He specializes in: teaching how to market to government agencies; consulting for federal, state, and local governments; assisting small, disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses; preparing bids and proposals for government work; developing effective marketing and communications programs; and designing and conducting training on government contracting and related topics.
Chuck is Vice President-Education for the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers and has achieved the highest level of professional certification from that organization. He is a founding member of the National Contract Compliance Association, and attended the University of Akron.
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