As DGC International’s CFO, Mr. Fichadia brings prior experience working with Fortune 500 companies as a consultant, including Bearing Point, Pitney Bowes, and XM Satellite Radio. He has provided internal auditing and financial oversight for government contractors, effectively reducing their bottom line and improving performance. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Fichadia has brought his extensive financial oversight expertise that has helped DGC International grow sustainably.

Mr. Fichadia holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Major General Williams will lead as a Senior Executive Director for DGC International's Defense Sector Division. He served his country in the military for over 35 years and recently retired in 2010. He was last assigned as the Commanding General, 4th Marine Division from April 2007 to April 2010. As a Major General, he managed budgets up to $10 billion and led and managed Governmental and Economic Development in Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, in his early military career he was a Military Aide to Presidents Carter and Reagan.

Major General Williams has served throughout Asia, Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, and Africa in numerous military operations. He has extensive experiences in China, Korea, Japan, and the Republic of the Philippines. In addition to multiple combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, he has extensive operational experience in the Counter-Drug War in Central and South America, and in Southwest Asia.

He received Master's degrees from Georgetown University in Government and National Security Affairs in 1981, from Yale University in Hospital Management/Public Health in 1984, and from the U.S. Army War College in International Security Studies in 2000. He has completed studies at Harvard's JFK School of Government, and at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flaglar School of Business.

Mark J. Lumer comes to DGC International with over 33 years of federal service, and is an internationally known expert and author in the field of government contracting and has received many awards.  He formerly held the position of Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), with offices in Huntsville, Alabama; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Frederick, Maryland, Falls Church, Virginia and Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands.  As the Director of Contracts, he oversaw over $15 billion in active contracts, annual expenditures of about $2.5 billion and a staff of approximately 110.  Mr. Lumer was a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Army Acquisition Corps, with Level III certifications (the highest possible) in both Contracting and Program Management. He was a member of the Army Acquisition Governance Board.

Among other outstanding credentials, Mr. Lumer is the most decorated civilian contracting official in the history of the U.S. Army. Mr. Lumer received his last medal, for Meritorious Civilian Service, from the Army in Nov 2008, 11 months after his retirement. It is one of approximately a dozen medals he earned during his career. On the same day, he received the President’s award from the AbilityOne program, which represents the disabled community in the United States.

Prior to his retirement, Mr. Lumer received the Order of Saint Barbara in December, 2007 for his contributions to missile defense. Mr. Lumer is the only civilian in history to receive both the Order of Saint Barbara and the Order of Mercury. In June 2007 Mr. Lumer’s office was recognized by a consortium of federal agencies for obligating over $90M in contracts to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), more than any other DoD activity and more than any cabinet level agency except the VA. Mr. Lumer’s Command received three other small business awards from the Army on the same day.

In 2004, Mr. Lumer was selected by the White House and the Army to lead a procurement training team to visit coalition partners to thank them for their support in helping rebuild Iraq. Mr. Lumer worked with a number of U.S. Ambassadors and represented the people of the United States in 30 visits to 22 foreign countries. He was particularly proud of the fact that no foreign government pulled their troops out of Iraq during the three years he led this mission.

Between November 2003 and July 2004, Mr. Lumer served as the Assistant Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Procurement)- Iraq. In this capacity, Mr. Lumer had overall procurement policy responsibility for all Army contracts issued in support of Iraqi reconstruction. At the request of the Secretary of Defense and the Acting Secretary of the Army, Mr. Lumer personally conducted two on-site assessments of Army contracting in Iraq during January and February, 2004.  Mr. Lumer’s responsibilities included briefing members of Congress and responding to foreign governments and media inquiries. On August 24, 2004 the Deputy Secretary of Defense presented Mr. Lumer with a Leadership Award for his efforts in supporting Iraqi Reconstruction.

On April 6, 2003 Mr. Lumer received NISH’s highest honor, the “Dick Alley” award from NISH and the President’s Committee for Purchases from the Blind for his life-long commitment to helping the disabled. April 3, 2003 was declared “Mark Lumer Day” by the Mayor of Huntsville, Alabama in a proclamation recognizing Mr. Lumer’s long-term contributions to the local community.

Along with a number of other Senior Executives, Mr. Lumer was recognized by President Bush with a “Presidential Meritorious Rank Award” on October 16, 2001.

The Secretary of the Army presented Mr. Lumer with the “Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service”, the Army’s highest civilian award, on November 2, 2000.  On April 12, 2000, Mr. Lumer was the sole recipient of the Secretary of the Army’s FY 99 Award for Contracting Professionalism (Civilian).  Mr. Lumer’s office also received a second Secretary of the Army “Excellence in Contracting” award for procurement support to the warfighters in Kosovo.  In July 1999, SMDC Contracting was also recognized by the Secretary of the Army with two “Excellence in Contracting” awards.  In June 1999, the Secretary of Defense awarded Mr. Lumer’s staff a “Teamworking Excellence” award for their handling of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program. 
           
In May 2000, Senator Kit Bond and the SBA recognized Mr. Lumer for his exceptional support of HUBZONE companies.  SMDC Contracting received the National Institute of Severely Handicapped (NISH) “President’s Award” on April 17, 2000, for its innovative use of contracting techniques that substantially increased job opportunities for handicapped individuals at the High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands, NM.

Mr. Lumer previously worked in the Pentagon, where he was the Army Policy Representative on the DAR Council for four years.  As such, he established the Army’s position on revisions and changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS).  Mr. Lumer had eight DAR subcommittees reporting to him.  He also served as the Acting Director, Army Procurement Policy in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition) immediately before joining SMDC. Mr. Lumer is one of approximately 450 people worldwide who have actually written the FAR and DFARS.