Ashley GilbertOperations Specialist 
AKA: “The Determinator”
As an Operations Specialist, Ashley provides overall administrative support VMSI's corporate office. Ashley joins VMSI with over 10 years of administrative service experience across many business verticals, which taught her how to pivot quickly to meet responsibilities. Ashley’s life and career experiences have left her very skilled in multitasking, meeting deadlines and the desire to create and implement processes and procedures that are repeatable.
Kirsten FlemingProject Support Specialist
AKA: "The Ninja"
Kirsten joins the team with four years of administrative support and business operations experience as well as over eight years of customer relations and service industry support. As the Project Support Specialist, she will provide support and business advisory assistance to our Program Managers and VMSI’s Program Management Office (PMO) through assisting, tracking and managing all project components. Her love for lists and details, as well as past experience in administrative support roles, allows her to complete tasks with the quick precision, skill, and sharpness of a “Ninja”.
Maria Morales-HankinsHuman Resources Manager
AKA: "Kitten Queen"
Maria brings over 15 years of combined human resources, benefits, recruiting, and office management experience to her role as Human Resources Manager with VMSI. Putting her HR-related experience to good use, Maria is responsible for a number of HR functions, including all payroll responsibilities – from timekeeping to tax-related reporting – and will partner with the Director, Human Resources in administering human resources programs that include Affirmative Action and EEO, benefits and compensation, employee onboarding, and regulatory compliance.
Heather EarleyProgram Manager
AKA: “The Crackerjack”
As a Program Manager, Heather provides direct support to all VMSI customer engagements assisting VMSI’s corporate Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure service execution. In addition to her sunny disposition and can-do attitude, Heather brings over 10 years of experience in office management and administrative support.
Laura FritzingerSenior Proposal Manager
AKA: "The Executioner"
Laura joins VMSI with eight years of proposal writing experience supporting various Federal and civilian agencies. She is a highly accomplished and motivated proposal manager who has successfully led winning proposals in the $3M-$40B range. As the Senior Proposal Manager at VMSI, Laura ensures the delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within the customer defined time frames. Her job is to implement the proposal processes, assign tasks to be completed and make sure the proposal is relevant and accurate.
Kiana EvansRecruiter
AKA: "The Sniper"
Kiana joins the VMSI team with eight months of full cycle recruiting and government contracting experience. As a recruiter at VMSI, she will provide recruiting coverage for our program management and growth teams. As a recruiter, she loves the process of helping provide opportunities to qualified candidates.
Paige P. MeadeVice President, Corporate Growth
AKA: "The Cheshire Cat"
As VP of Corporate Growth, Paige is responsible for overseeing all pre-award business development and proposal operations, strategic marketing initiatives, and fostering overall employee engagement. Her experience encompasses more than 20 years of writing, editing, marketing, proposal management, and graphic design for federal, commercial, municipal, and private sector markets.
Jacalyn PerleyVice President / Facility Security Officer
AKA: “The Jackie of All Trades”
Jackie brings over 20 years’ experience and dedication to her role as Vice President and Facility Security Officer. She provides full operational support to all corporate and remote employees to ensure individual and corporate success. With a role that touches all VMSI departments, she is an integral resource to all of our employees and customers providing support in all areas of operations: finance, government compliance, information technology, as well as industrial security and background screening. Jackie’s versatility in the small business and Government contracting industries allows VMSI to offer top-notch service and reliability to our stakeholders, customers and customer-facing employees
Ken KonkolCEO
AKA: “The Irishman”
Ken Konkol joined the VMSI Team in 2011 as the Vice President overseeing operations and delivery, and has since been promoted to CEO. As CEO, Ken is responsible for setting and overseeing VMSI’s strategic direction, establishing corporate policies and procedures, managing the overall business and financial performance of the company, and to ensure our mission, “To be the BEST DECISION our Clients make”, is unequivocally achieved. He has over 25 years of leadership and management consulting experience.
Shane A. MooreFounder & Chairman
AKA: “Mr. Socks”
Shane Moore, a service-disabled veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps served 4 years and was honorably-medically discharged as a Corporal. Shane studied at George Mason University for his undergraduate education in Management & Human Resources and ultimately continued on to advanced studies at the University of Virginia in Human Resources.