cBEYONData

Washington, D.C., September 24, 2023 – cBEYONData LLC (cBEYONData), is proud to announce its selection as one of the finalists of the Greater Washington GovCon Awards as Contractor of the Year.  This prestigious selection by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce recognizes the top government contractors for outstanding contributions and exemplary performance in providing solutions to federal government customers.

With hundreds of nominations across the GovCon industry, a team of esteemed judges evaluated the nominations to determine this years’ finalists in a number of size categories.  cBEYONData is one of six finalists in the $25m-$75m revenue category.

“This is just the latest acknowledgment of the outstanding and important work that our employees perform for our customers and how cBEYONData’s unique expertise and innovative technology solutions positively impact the success of our Government and our Country”, said cBEYONData CEO Dyson Richards.

The winners in each category will be announced and celebrated at the 21^st Annual Greater Washington GovCon Awards banquet on November 1^st. The ceremony will be held in Tysons Corner, Virginia and bring together leaders from across the federally focused consulting industry to recognize the accomplishments of the finalists and the industry as a whole. 

For more information contact: Theresa Backus Dunn, Director of Marketing and Communications, Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cBEYONData.com, (954) 594-3010

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built, tech-enabled, professional services firm that specializes in supporting mission-driven federal agencies with the enhancement of business processes, enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, and data management/analytics. cBEYONData is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

cBEYONData Awarded Army Materiel Command Full and Open Enterprise Resource
Planning Support Services Contract

Washington, D.C., September 18, 2023 – cBEYONData LLC (cBEYONData), in collaboration with
our partners Sentar and CODEplus, were awarded the Army Materiel Command (AMC)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Support Services contract award.

This selection underscores cBEYONData’s ERP modernization, integration, and enhancement
prowess. Over the course of the contract which was awarded for one year with the potential for
an additional 4 years if all options are exercised, the skilled team will provide indispensable ERP
expertise in support of the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), Global Combat Support
System-Army (GCSS-Army), General Funds Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), the Army
Enterprises Systems Integration Program (AESIP) Hub, and the Army Enterprise Business
System-Convergence (EBS-C). The cBEYONData team, composed of top-tier professionals, is
dedicated to delivering exceptional results and contributing to the modernization and efficiency of
the Army Materiel Command’s operations.

“We are thrilled to be a part of this award and look forward to supporting the Army Materiel
Commands efforts to enhance and improve their ERP,” stated Dyson Richards, CEO of
cBEYONData. “cBEYONData is poised to excel in this new venture, harnessing our deep
industry knowledge, technical proficiency, and commitment to delivering high-impact solutions
that drive operational excellence”, said Richards.

For more information contact: Theresa Backus Dunn, Director of Marketing and Communications,
Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cBEYONData.com (954) 594-3010

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built, tech-enabled, professional services firm that specializes in
supporting mission-driven federal agencies with the enhancement of business processes,
enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, and data management/analytics. cBEYONData
is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners.

For Immediate Release

cBEYONData adds former SAP National Security Services (NS2) CEO, Mark Testoni, to the board to further propel growth and innovation  

(Arlington, VA, July 18, 2023)

cBEYONData LLC (cBEYONData), a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, announced today that Mr. Mark Testoni has joined the board as Executive Chairman. With his unparalleled expertise and strategic guidance, he will collaborate with the board, the CEO, and the management team to drive corporate strategy, fuel marketing & growth initiatives, identify and pursue acquisitions, and foster innovation in solutions development. Mark’s leadership and visionary mindset ensure that cBEYONData remains at the forefront of delivering mission-critical solutions like our award-winning CFO Control Tower and Budget and Spend modules to federal agencies, empowering them to enhance business processes, leverage advanced analytics, and optimize enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Dyson Richards, Chief Executive Officer of cBEYONData is quoted as saying, “we are very excited to welcome Mark to the team as a thought leader in federal cloud-enabled solutions and to harness his experience and expertise to apply to our product and services portfolio. With his past success helping build the footprint of both SAP and Oracle in the Federal Government sector, his engagement with cBEYONData will help take us to new heights within our core market.” 

Mr. Testoni has served as an executive within the software industry with increasing levels of responsibility culminating in eleven years as the Chief Executive Officer of SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2). Each role focused on customers within government and regulated industries space, both domestically and overseas. This followed a distinguished 20-year military career in the U.S. Air Force supporting financial management, IT, and logistics. While at Oracle, Mr. Testoni led teams to large programmatic wins in the Air Force and defense agencies, critical to establishing the company’s foundation in the federal ERP space. At NS2, he drove an eight-fold increase in revenue, helping create a secure cloud business as a huge growth driver and value differentiator for SAP—and established a model for global use.

Mr. Testoni is a well-respected technology leader in the federal marketplace. Because of his success and thought leadership his perspectives and insights on ERP, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other contemporary topics are frequently featured on national TV and in print and blog media. Philanthropy is also part of his ethos. He was a founder of the highly successful NS2 Serves—a training program targeted at harder to employ veterans. He has also served on the boards of Best Buddies and the National Kidney Foundation.

“cBEYONData has experienced significant growth over the past two years. Mark’s track record leading rapidly growing technology businesses will enhance the leadership depth of our team and provide proven perspectives for sustaining our growth and maximizing our innovation potential. We are excited to have him join us and we look forward to learning from one of the best” said David Schmidtknecht, Chief Solutions Officer and Founder of cBEYONData. 

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built, tech-enabled, professional services firm that specializes in supporting mission-driven federal agencies with the enhancement of business processes, enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, and data management/analytics. cBEYONData is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners. Please visit www.cbeyondata.com for more information.

About Bluestone Investment Partners

Bluestone is a private equity firm investing exclusively in lower middle-market companies in the defense and government technology arena. Bluestone’s principals have a long and successful track record owning, operating, investing in, and advising companies in the defense and government services sector. Please visit www.bluestoneinv.com for more information.

For more information contact:  Theresa Backus Dunn, Director of Marketing and Communications, Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cBEYONData.com, (954) 594-3010

June 1, 2023, Arlington, VA – It was announced today that cBEYONData’s technical solutions and related services have been approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service to be offered within the government-wide Marketplace Catalog offered by the Financial Management Quality Service Management Office (FM QSMO).

The FM QSMO Marketplace Catalog combines federal and commercial providers into a single marketplace to provide flexibility and choice to agencies to help them satisfy a variety of financial management needs. cBEYONData’s solutions and services have been vetted for adherence to Federal standards and common capabilities that agencies need and will be showcased to allow agencies to easily contract for solutions that address their FM challenges. 

“As the fifth commercial vendor to be approved for the FM QSMO Marketplace Catalog, we are honored to be recognized as a leader in the FM solution space and humbled by this opportunity to more easily obtain contracts to apply our unique solutions to improve financial operations across the federal government”, said Dyson Richards, cBEYONData CEO.

“Our CFO Control Tower® solution, including the Budget and Spend (BAS) and Financial Management and Analytics solutions (FM&A) applications continue to be recognized as innovative solutions to help federal agencies address the need for agility, speed, and performance of financial management and budget planning and execution which are so critical for our customers’ success”, said Richards.

cBEYONData FM QSMO Marketplace categories and associated solutions can be found at: https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fmqsmo/commercial-services-solutions-index.html

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built professional services firm that specializes in innovative solutions and services including ERP support, business process re-engineering, financial and logistics data management, analytics, data visualization, and process automation. cBEYONData is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners. Please visit www.cbeyondata.com or contact Theresa Backus, Director of Marketing and Communications at Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cbeyondata.com

For Immediate Release

Contact: Theresa Backus Dunn
cBEYONData
954-594-3010
Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cBEYONData.com

CBEYONDATA RANKED IN THE TOP GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTORS IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON REGION BY THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL

(Arlington, VA, March 27, 2023). cBEYONData announced today that it has been ranked No. 43 by the Washington Business Journal in its Top 50 List of Largest Government Technology Contractors. The rankings were published on March 23, 2023.    

The contractors were ranked by information that was gathered through an annual survey of local companies in the technology industry, to rank them by current metro-area employment and government sales. To be eligible, contractors had to have a presence in Southern Maryland, Washington D.C., or Northern Virginia.

“We are honored to be recognized as a top employer in the DC Metro area and a leading provider of information technology capability to the federal government. This acknowledgement is a testament to our commitment to our team, partners, and customers. With our dedication to innovation and forward-looking solutions, we are continuously developing market offerings that solve our customers’ toughest data challenges”, said CEO Dyson Richards.

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData specializes in enabling federal agencies and organizations through innovative solutions and services which include business process re-engineering and improvement, enterprise resource planning, financial and logistics data management, business intelligence and analytics, technology modernization, data visualization, and business automation. Please visit www.cbeyondata.com for more information.

About the Washington Business Journal

The Washington Business Journal is the #1 print and online source for Greater Washington area business news and information on the most successful people, companies, and transactions in the region. Every Friday, the Business Journal arrives with an in-depth lineup of breaking local news stories, business profiles and valuable industry rankings. From technology and sustainability to small business, biotech, hospitality, real estate and banking, the Business Journal covers the most relevant and timely topics for the local business community.

ARLINGTON, VA – November 09, 2022

Decision Lens, a leading developer of public sector continuous planning software, has announced a new partnership today with cBEYONData, a purpose-built professional services firm that specializes in supporting federal financial management and budgeting customers.

The partnership will see Decision Lens integrated with cBEYONData’s CFO Control Tower solution to further assist federal financial management organizations with their budgeting & reporting needs. Decision Lens capabilities for business planning, prioritization, and resource allocation, combined with cBEYONData’s accounting consolidation and reporting capabilities brings two best-of-breed Software as a Service capabilities under one umbrella for an automated, seamless planning effort.

In an era of constantly constrained budgets and resources, organizations need the tools to prioritize limited funds to meet their mission. The combination of these two solutions will continue to transform and modernize public sector planning and financial management. 

cBEYONData Chief Executive Officer Dyson Richards immediately saw the possibilities an integration offered, “As we seek to enhance and automate business processes across federal agencies, we recognized a need for improved decision support throughout the planning process. The integration of Decision Lens will provide a new set of capabilities to enable our customers to make more informed decisions.”

According to John Saaty, Decision Lens CEO “We are excited for more users to gain access to Decision Lens through this partnership. Assessing the capabilities that CFO Control Tower brings to our platform furthers our mission to help the Department of Defense reform the PPBE process.”

Already, our company’s development teams are collaborating to deliver a seamless end-user experience. Together these solutions will marry their respective strengths and functionality to enable our collective customers to make data-based and risk informed tradeoff decisions.

For more information on Decision Lens, visit https://www.decisionlens.com or email sales@decisionlens.com. To learn more about cBEYONData visit https://www.cbeyondata.com or email info@cbeyondata.com.

About Decision Lens

Decision Lens develops integrated planning software which modernizes how government prioritizes, plans, and funds. We have been transforming public sector planning since 2005, delivering the people, process and technology which empower agencies to effectively meet the needs of today while delivering the cutting-edge capabilities of tomorrow. Customers across the Department of Defense, intelligence community, federal civilian agencies, and state and local governments achieve a sustained operational advantage through superior long-term planning, continuous medium-term prioritization, and short-term funding execution.

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built professional services firm that specializes in supporting mission-driven agencies and organizations with the enhancement of business processes, cloud migrations, BI, data management, data analytics, agile project and process management, dashboards, and geo-mapping.

For Immediate Release

cBEYONData acquires Alta Via Consulting

Creating a Leading Provider of Financial, ERP and Data Analytics to the Federal Government

(Washington, D.C., March 2022).  cBEYONData LLC (cBEYONData) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Alta Via Consulting, LLC (Alta Via). Founded in 1998, Alta Via Consulting is a premier provider of ERP consulting services centered around improving clients’ operations by maximizing value from existing business processes and information systems. As an SAP development partner since its inception, Alta Via possesses a unique blend of SAP, process, industry, and design knowledge.

The combined firm will have over 240 employees delivering ERP architecture and design, business intelligence, financial management, cloud migration and robotic process automation solutions. The firm’s clients include the U.S. Army, the Department of Justice, and the General Services Administration, among others. cBEYONData is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners.

Dyson Richards, Chief Executive Officer of cBEYONData, said, “We see huge opportunity for the firm to help our collective customers transform how they do business. The synergies in our talent, culture, and technology expertise will enable us to expand our offerings and deliver immediate value to current and future customers.”

Dawn Sedgley, President of Alta Via, said, “We are joining a team that shares the same commitment to customer success that we do, and we’re only going to enhance these qualities as we integrate.” The senior leadership team from Alta Via of Dawn Sedgley, Anton van der Merwe and Chris Jackiw will remain with the company.

cBEYONData’s combination with Alta Via provides clients access to an exceptional team of experts with deep expertise in SAP®, Momentum®, OneStream®, UIPath® and related business intelligence systems. It positions the company to support the migration of federal computing to the cloud and lifecycle upgrades for key SAP systems. Alta Via’s cost analytics and performance optimization specialties complement cBEYONData’s delivery of its CFO Control Tower® solution. CFO Control Tower® is a scalable on-demand solution that enhances federal government financial systems reporting and allows clients to quickly automate business process and reduce the time spent on data aggregation and manipulation. The cBEYONData Budgeting and Spend (BAS®) module is preconfigured to meet the needs of federal budgeting organizations and improve and automate a wide range of planning, forecasting, consolidation, and financial reporting requirements.

David Schmidtknecht, Chief Solutions Officer and Cofounder of cBEYONData, said, “Alta Via’s expertise in the DoD and ERP space dovetail nicely with cBEYONData’s focus on federal financial data management in civilian agencies. Together we will be able to offer more robust solutions to a wider set of customers.” 

The McLean Group provided investment banking support for Alta Via. Holland & Knight and Nelson Mullins provided legal support to cBEYONData and Alta Via, respectively.  

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built professional services firm that specializes in supporting mission-driven agencies and organizations with the enhancement of business processes, cloud migrations, business intelligence, data management, data analytics, agile project and process management, dashboards, and geo-mapping. cBEYONData is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners. Please visit www.cbeyondata.com for more information.

About Alta Via Consulting

Alta Via Consulting is an advisory firm providing expertise in guiding, executing and sustaining business transformation. Alta Via experts improve clients existing operations by maximizing value from existing business processes and information systems or by redesigning operations and leveraging improved technology. We integrate business process evaluation, risk mitigation, data protection, technology evaluation, and operational design to deliver a roadmap for transformation. Our unique approach aids leaders as they operationalize their goals and objectives into executable strategies. By doing so, we provide the insights necessary to understand, orchestrate and execute the steps required for your organization to achieve mission success. Please visit www.altavia.com for more information.

About Bluestone Investment Partners

Bluestone is a private equity firm investing exclusively in lower middle-market companies in the defense and government services arena. Bluestone’s principals have a long and successful track record owning, operating, investing in, and advising companies in the defense and government services sector. Please visit www.bluestoneinv.com for more information.

For more information contact:  Theresa Backus Dunn, Director of Marketing
Theresa.Backus.Dunn@cBEYONData.com
954-594-3010

(Washington, D.C., January 10, 2022) 

cBEYONData announces the promotion of Michael Huffman to the role of Chief Growth Officer (CGO).

Mr. Huffman has supported the company’s growth as Vice President of Business Development since 2017, transitioning the company from a small business into a rapidly growing mid-sized leader in the federal market.

In his new role, Mr. Huffman is responsible for leading the growth of the company with hands-on engagement in all aspects of growth to achieve corporate growth objectives. He works closely with delivery leadership, helping delivery teams identify and apply the best solutions to address customer requirements. Michael oversees the opportunity capture process, working as part of the team to identify new business opportunities and successfully win the ability to deliver the best outcomes for our federal clients. He also oversees the firm’s marketing efforts to enhance the visible presence of the company to reach future customers.

During his 30+ year career, Michael has spent over 20 years building, growing, and managing organizations, programs, and projects. He has extensive experience addressing customer needs with solutions, providing consulting service excellence, and managing a wide range of federal government contracts. He has led organizations and projects ranging from small projects with one resource to large federal programs with values exceeding $100M.

“Michael has proven his ability to build the business through his strong performance, client service, and sales leadership. As our growth leader, Michael will continue to solidify our company’s commitment to building a business designed to help our federal clients solve their toughest challenges”, said CEO Dyson Richards.

Mr. Huffman holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University and an MBA from the College of William and Mary. He is also a certified PMP as well as holding multiple agile certifications.

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a mid-sized business specializing in providing data focused solutions to the Federal Government. As a purpose-built professional services firm, cBEYONData supports mission-driven agencies and organizations with the enhancement of business processes, cloud migrations, business intelligence, data management, data analytics, agile project and process management, dashboards, and geo-mapping.

(Washington, D.C., September 14, 2021)  

cBEYONData welcomes the appointment of Gray Beck to our leadership team as Chief Financial Officer.

Gray has over a decade of experience in successfully delivering professional services to federal, state, and local government customers.  As the CFO, he is responsible for planning and executing cBEYONData’s financial strategy and managing the Company’s finance and accounting functions. Gray’s focus is on optimizing the Company’s financial resources to continue to develop and deliver best-in-class service offerings. 

“We are excited to have Gray join the cBEYONData team. He compliments our strong performance-oriented culture, and we believe his impressive reputation for execution and achieving results makes him the right choice to lead our finance and accounting operations,” said CEO Dyson Richards.

Prior to joining cBEYONData, Gray held CFO roles at Klein-Hersh International and Quadel Consulting.  He holds an M.S. degree in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as a PMP certification.  

About cBEYONData

cBEYONData is a purpose-built professional services firm that specializes in supporting mission-driven agencies and organizations with the enhancement of business processes, cloud migrations, business intelligence, data management, data analytics, agile project and process management, dashboards, and geo-mapping.