Speakers

Bio to be posted soon!

Guy Torres is the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer for the Internal Revenue Service, where
he provides executive leadership and direction on all matters relating to the day to day
operations of Procurement programs for the IRS, including planning, direction, coordination, and
control. He oversees 400 plus Procurement personnel nationwide and the agency's annual
contract obligations of over $3.275 billion. Additionally, he is responsible for the IT contractual
commitments of Treasury Departmental Offices and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Guy is an influencer and trailblazer in the federal acquisition space. He brings over 25 years of
success in leading people, driving results, and fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability,
and employee recognition. A strong proponent of innovation, Guy seeks new and efficient ways
to meet the changing mission requirements while complying with federal acquisition mandates.

Prior to joining the IRS, Guy served as the Account Executive for Northrop Grumman’s $1.2B
technology and service support portfolio supporting DHS. In that capacity, he drove business
development and capture strategies to assist Northrop Grumman with customer engagement
and execution of client deliverables. Guy also served as the Director of IT Contracting at DHS,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, where he supervised the planning, acquisition, and
contract execution of the largest IT acquisition portfolio in DHS for more than five years.

Guy is a graduate of the Capture Strategy Executive Program at the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business and the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Officer, where he
held numerous leadership and logistics officer positions supporting Marine and Joint Forces
worldwide. He is a 1991 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.

Nick Wakeman is the editor-in-chief of Washington Technology and joined the publication in 1996 as a staff writer. He's a graduate of Bridgewater College and earned a masters degree from American University. When he isn't writing about government contractors, he's thinking of cooking large pieces of meat over fire and dreaming of ways to embarrass his two sons. Follow him on Twitter: @nick_wakeman.