John Hindman has over 15 years of experience in providing government contract compliance, strategy, and advisory services.
John is an expert in federal procurement regulation and assists in resolving government contract audit issues related to cost accounting, pricing, and business systems. He has led complex engagements for federal contractors who serve a wide range of federal defense and civilian agencies.
John has experience with government regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200 Uniform Guidance. He has significant knowledge of DFARS contractor business system requirements, assisting contractors with audit preparation and development of policies, procedures, and internal controls. John has led engagements in business process transformation for contractors with billions in federal customer contracts ensuring compliance with DFARS accounting, estimating, and purchasing system requirements.
John specializes in cost accounting standards compliance, indirect cost rate proposal development, cost structure design, impact analysis, cost allowability, truthful cost or pricing data compliance, termination settlement proposal preparation, subcontract cost or price analysis, and request for equitable adjustments. He has led engagements in designing multi-billion-dollar cost structures, resolving audit issues for the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency, enhancing business system processes and controls, and guiding major restructuring efforts following acquisitions.
John currently serves as vice chair of the contract finance committee within the National Defense Industrial Association procurement division. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Professional Services Council, and the National Contract Management Association. John also served as a volunteer professional staff member of the Section 809 Panel in its advocacy for federal procurement reform.
Chelsea Cullum is a Certified Management Accountant with over 15 years of experience.
Chelsea has testified before various federal courts and boards of contract appeals regarding damages and government contracts. She has assisted clients with procurement analysis, forensic accounting and investigations, litigation support, and compliance analysis on hundreds of matters with amounts in dispute exceeding $2 billion.
Chelsea has experience with government regulations and statutes, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), the False Claims Act, and the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data statute (formerly known as “TINA”). She has advised contractors on compliance and government audits and assists with Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) compliance, as well as labor mapping issues.
Chelsea has expertise in developing and analyzing disputes and REAs, conducting cost realism analysis in bid protests, supporting contractors in terminations for convenience, and conducting investigations related to alleged fraud and defective pricing. She has calculated and rebutted damages claimed in False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act matters. Chelsea has also assisted clients in commercial litigation, providing expert analysis in areas such as economics, finance, and accounting, particularly for breach of contract and other commercial disputes.
Chelsea is a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Chelsea also served as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Business, where she taught a graduate-level course on pricing and cost issues in government contracts.
Matthew Hoover is a Certified Public Accountant with eight years of experience. He has assisted the named expert on more than 10 occasions.
Matthew has performed quantum analysis and drafted expert reports in support of state and federal contract disputes and terminations, commercial disputes, and litigation matters before the International Court of Arbitration and the International Criminal Court. He has provided technical accounting advisory services, merger and acquisition due diligence, and contract compliance advisory services on disputes with values of up to $3.4 billion.
Matthew has experience in technical accounting, financial analysis, and regulatory frameworks. He has assisted clients with compliance issues related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Uniform guidance, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Matthew’s expertise includes cost structure analysis, contract disputes, compliance management, and complex transaction advisory services across the construction, government contracting, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, nonprofit, technology, and transportation industries. He has prepared clients for and participated in settlement negotiations with federal agency representatives, as well as performing federal contract closeouts.
Matthew holds degrees in both accounting and information systems and business information technology. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia Society of Chartered Public Accountants.
Kwe Parker has nearly ten years of experience in providing government contract and grant compliance, strategy, and advisory services.
Kwe has advised on complex US government contract compliance matters and guided executives in aligning their services required in the Department of Defense requests for proposals. He has worked with defense contractors regarding the pursuit of business development opportunities and acted as the primary agent for clients during government compliance audits.
Kwe possesses experience in compliance and strategic considerations related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as well as other regulations, including the DFARS, Cost Accounting Standards, and 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance). He is well-versed in the US government contract and grant lifecycles, with hands-on experience ranging from grant pursuit to contract closeout, along with non-traditional acquisition methods.
Kwe specializes in the complexities and risks of selling or acquiring companies and has supported both buy-side and sell-side transactions regarding government compliance. He has supported clients in indirect rate modelling, proposal development, US government contract accounting, and GSA pricing.
Kwe holds a master’s in accountancy.
Austin Romeo is a Certified Fraud Examiner with over nine years of experience in accounting and dispute resolution services. He has assisted the named expert on numerous occasions.
Austin has provided financial, cost, and economic damages analyses for matters in dispute for various US government agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and the Department of Justice. He has assisted in preparing expert reports for disputes involving government contracts, commercial damages, breach of contract, and business valuation.
Austin has experience preparing and evaluating Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REAs) and government contract disputes, including analyzing contract records and accounting data applying the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). He has supported clients in preparing and evaluating termination settlement proposals (TSPs) for traditional fixed-price and commercial item contracts, and audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).
Austin has expertise in the energy, construction, and aerospace industries, having performed cost accounting consultation, audit support services, risk evaluations, and extensive reviews of accounting records such as contracts, purchase orders, payments records, cost reports, and financial statements. He has assisted with bid protests within government contracts, specifically analyzing the pricing and cost aspects. Austin has worked on matters at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), Court of Federal Claims (COFC), American Arbitration Association, and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA).
Austin is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
John Polcari is a forensic accountant with nearly 15 years of experience. He has assisted the named expert witness on numerous occasions.
John works closely with internal and external counsel on areas of forensic accounting and litigation support concerning government contractors.
John is well-versed in the general design and maintenance of compliant contractor indirect cost allocation structures and he assists clients in their review, interpretation, and exclusion of unallowable costs prior to government audits. He has worked across the consulting, engineering, information technology, cybersecurity, construction, infrastructure, and healthcare sectors.
John is experienced in government contract compliance, strategy, and advisory services and his expertise includes Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliance, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance, CAS required disclosure statements, Incurred Cost Proposal (ICP) submissions, and cost impact analyses. He supports contractor negotiations related to audit findings by the Defence Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defence Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and General Services Administration (GSA).
John has a bachelor’s in finance and accounting. He serves as treasurer of the Board of Contracts Appeals Bar Association, and is a member of the National Contracts Management Association and the National Defence Industry Association. He has published articles regarding various compliance issues and has undertaken numerous speaking engagements on matters related to accounting, cost and pricing.
José Soto has nearly 25 years of experience regarding government contracts. He has been engaged as an expert on over 40 occasions.
José acts as a subject matter expert providing complex advisory services regarding the interpretation of US Government Rules and Regulations to include the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), its supplements such as the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement (DFARS) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), among others. He has participated in transaction support activities including due diligence, mergers, acquisitions, re-organizations and carve outs from both the sell side and the buy side.
José worked as a senior auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency and for a number of top 100 contractors for the Federal Government before moving into consulting. He has reviewed maturity level policies and procedures and developed process improvement plans. He has assisted clients with future state indirect rates optimization and redesign and developing go-to-market pricing strategies to decrease risk, increase cost recovery and margins while maintaining or increasing compliance.
José’s compliance expertise ranges from business system readiness reviews to the development and implementation of corrective action plans to achieve compliance in response to Government audits and reviews related to non-compliances, and audit findings to ensure business systems approvals. He also assists in the preparation, submission and support of Gross Dollar Magnitude (GDM) or Detailed Cost Impacts (DCI) for use in negotiations resulting from Cost Accounting Practice (CAP) changes.
José is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the National Contract Management Association. He regularly participates in speaking forums regarding government compliance issues.
Karl Fultz is a is a government contracting advisory professional with more than 15 years of experience in government contract compliance, strategy, and advisory.
Karl assists with all aspects of potential non-compliance allegations, from initial identification to briefing US Government investigative agencies. He also assists internal and external legal counsel with leading investigations of non-compliance and mandatory disclosures from government contractors.
Karl’s experience includes work within the US Department of Defense and multiple global consulting firms. He identifies, defines, and manages enterprise risk for government contractors and federal grant recipients. He has expertise in governance framework design and evaluation, outsourced and co-sourced internal audit services, program management, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance.
Karl has supported government contractors across the high-tech services, shipbuilding, engineering and construction, manufacturing, aerospace, and defense sectors. He is engaged by traditional government contractors in addition to new market entrants across all sized organizations, from global enterprises to small businesses. He advises these organizations on expanding their US Government contract portfolio, defining growth and risk strategies, and efficiently integrating US Government requirements to ongoing commercial practices.
Karl is a Certified Federal Contracts Manager and has a master’s in professional accounting and is a member of the National Contract Management Association. He has delivered multiple seminars on government contract compliance and controls.
Matt Danner has over 15 years of experience in providing government contract compliance, strategy, and advisory services.
Matt identifies, quantifies, and manages risks for government contractors and federal grant recipients. He has assessed organization’s government cost accounting practices, conducted business system assessments, led compliance audits, developed and advised on cost and pricing proposals, developed organizational restructuring strategies, and carried out merger and acquisition due diligence on the buy side and sell side of transactions.
Matt has assisted clients with compliance issues related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200), and Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) supplement. His experience focuses on government contracting clients in the engineering, procurement and construction industry.
Matt’s expertise includes developing contractor requests for equitable adjustments and formal contract claims, including reviewing and submitting formal claims to the cognizant contracting agency and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA). He also supports clients in assessing and negotiating subcontractor contract claims.
Matt is a Certified Fraud Examiner and has a master’s in government contracts. He is on the board of directors for the National Contracts Management Association (Denver Chapter) and is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association.
Rachelle Jackson has more than 10 years of experience working in government contract compliance, strategy and advisory.
Rachelle undertakes assessments of client accounting and finance practices, performs mock audits of business systems, implements remedial action plans and internal controls critical to managing compliance and financial risks. She also specializes in assisting contractors in responding to audit requests.
Rachelle’s career has focused on Federal labor compliance including the Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis Bacon Act (DBA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) prevailing wage and apprenticeship programs. She conducts detailed back pay calculations and implements best-practice controls within business processes.
Rachelle has in-depth knowledge of the regulations contained within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS), and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). She supports federal government contractors in preparing strategic and compliant proposal price estimates when responding to Federal Requests for Proposals (RFP), reviewing forward pricing rate proposals (FPRP), incurred cost proposals (ICP), and negotiating indirect cost rate agreements (NICRA). She has also assisted with strategic cost accounting restructures, cost accounting non-compliances and changes which includes preparing general dollar magnitude (GDM) or detailed cost impacts (DCI).
Rachelle has a bachelor’s of business administration in finance and is a member of the Young Professionals Committee for the Colorado’s Judicial Institute.
